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ٍReference to confiscation of Aminollah Amin and Azam Lashgarloo's assets in press conference by Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor

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Accusations against the Baha'i Faith or community
Confiscation of personal and business assets and properties
Aminollah Amin
21 January 1986
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Withdrawal of license to produce cow milk at farming complex in Semnan

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29 July 2003

Hospital manager warns Baha'i employees that they have been dismissed but can attend a religious training course and return to work afterwards if they repent their faith

27 April 2002

Court rejects Parvindokht Mohair Jasbi's appeal to have part of her confiscated assets returned

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Properties owned by Baha'is in Matanagh village (Azerbiajan) seized and given to others

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Request to investigate confiscation of Nahid Enayati's house

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Court ruling on Nahid Enayati's property

12 February 1996

Confiscation of three storey house in Shiraz

24 January 1996

Keyhan Havai says government and religious authorities in Kazakhstan are concerned about increasing Baha'i activities in their country

27 November 1995

Ardeshir Najmi's property confiscated in favor of Imam Khomeini’s Charitable Organization in Yazd

14 September 1995

Esmat Rowhani–Manshadi's assets seized

13 September 1995

Property of deceased Baha'i confiscated for the benefit of Imam’s Executive Headquarters

02 August 1995

Tahereh Jam-Torki's assets seized

15 May 1995

Order to seize assets of Abdol-Hosein Sabeti Ali-Abadi confirmed

04 May 1995

Mah-Bibi Afkhami's assets seized

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Confiscation of Ladan Rabbani's assets

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Confiscation Order of Asadolah Mazidi’s properties

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05 December 1994

Confiscation of Bahereh Behdin-Yazdi's properties

07 October 1994

Dr Sholeh Missaghi Dehaghani protests against the ruling to surrender her house

25 September 1994

Order to seize and sell properties confiscated from Dr Amanollah Misaghi

14 September 1994

Confiscation of assets belonging to Shah-Fereidoun Lor -Mehdiabadi

14 September 1994

Property deed belonging to Mehraban Ahouraie to be seized

21 August 1994

Dr Sholeh Missaghi Dehaghani protests against a court ruling in her absence to confiscate her house

20 July 1994

Properties confiscated for association with International Zionism

03 July 1994

Sholeh Misaghian ordered to clear the cardboard boxes in the basement of her confiscated property

27 April 1994

Kayhan Havai: Baha'is trying to claim a religious identity for themselves

24 April 1994

Prosecutor General quoted in Salam newspaper: Not one is punished In Iran for expressing their beliefs or being a Baha'i

20 April 1994

Keyhan Havai attacks Turkish Jomhouriat newspaper for describing Baha'is as the largest religious minority in Iran

10 November 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper quotes the leftwing Fadaian group that Iranian government is planing to convert Baha'i Cemetery in Tehran to a cultural centre

12 October 1993

Saeed Alhavan's assets confiscated

15 September 1993

Converting Baha'i Cemetery into a Cultural Centre

31 August 1993

Nasrollah and Shafaieh Miraftab's assets to be confiscated

24 August 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper: Nimrooz magazine revealed its subservience to Baha'is

21 April 1993

Keyhan quotes Washington Post: Iran's legitimate approach to Baha'i agents , is one of the excuses that Clinton administration wants to use to put pressure on Iran

01 March 1993

Nosratollah Khalighi's request to have his assets returned

10 February 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper: Americans use Baha'is as proponents of their system in Iran

11 January 1993

Objection to the seizure of residential home overuled

03 January 1993

result newspaper interview with Asadollah Lajevardi: Whoever spies will be guilty, whether Baha'i, Jew or Muslim

28 November 1992

Confiscation of assets - Amrollah Oboudiyat and 17 other company shareholders

29 September 1992

Confiscation of assets belonging to Nasrollah and Shafaiyih Miraftab

19 September 1992

Telephone line disconnected, and request for reinstalling it rejected

27 April 1992

Manager of Shafa Pharmacy summoned to the Division of Enforcing Imam’s Orders

25 January 1992

Assets belonging to Amanollah Missagh and his immediate family cofiscated

21 January 1992

New deed to be issued for the property confiscated from Vahdat-Hagh family

29 December 1991

Yadollah Esfandiari summoned for settlement of his account

07 December 1991

Shoaieh Mir-Aftab convicted by Revolutionary Court and her assets seized

20 August 1991

Newspaper reports expansion of Baha'i activities in the Soviet Union

13 August 1990

Mousa Ehsani can keep possession of his residence, but will not be entitled to means of his income

02 May 1990

Complaint by Ali Habibi that his house has been seized and his family is homeless

14 April 1990

Petition to reinstate rights and validity of title in Khormoj property

24 February 1990

Confiscation of Sofia Taghavi's assets

02 February 1990

Request to return seized goods and to unfreeze bank account

26 September 1989

Confiscation of properties and belongings of Asadollah Sadeghzadeh

04 July 1989

Delivering telephone lines to Baha'is in Aliabad is subject to permission from Head Office of Mazandaran Telecom

27 February 1989

Request for a new membership book for Ali Akbar Rouhani, who has been given back his orchards

26 February 1989

Ali-Akbar Rowhani's assets returned and he is given license for drilling wells

15 February 1989

Haydarali Rouhani's assets to be confiscated

11 December 1988

Prosecutor’s Office in Kazeroun confirms it owes rent to Ali Akbar Rowhani for his confiscated assets

22 November 1988

Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the UN can not get involved in judicial decisions of the Iranian courts

15 August 1988

Farhangi Sabet family's appeal to Friday Prayer leader of Rasht

18 July 1988

Keyhan newspaper: Iranian delegation in International Labour Conference persuaded representatives of Islamic countries that Baha'is are apostates

05 August 1987

Result Newspaper: Wahhabism has the same role in Arab countries that the hollow, spying Baha'ism has in Iran

30 June 1987

Nasrin and Sousan Hakimi summoned to Islamic revolutionary court in Sari

27 June 1987

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20 June 1987

Dr Mohammad Sadegh Farhangi summoned to Islamic revolutionary court in Sari

26 April 1987

Questions asked during the interrogation of a Baha'i

25 March 1987

Interview with Hojatol-Islam Majid Ansari, Head of Prisons by Keyhan-Havai about the rights of Baha'is

05 March 1987

Ayatollah Rabani Shiraz's animosity with Baha'is as explained by his son in interview with Result newspaper

08 February 1987

Islamic Republic newspaper: Colonialists never stop aggravating ethnic, racial and religious conflicts

10 January 1987

Akbar-Jahan newspaper accuses Baha'is of conspiring a coup in Uganda

05 January 1987

Result newspaper considers Baha'is instrumental in unveiling of women in Iran

10 December 1986

Society of Clerical Teachers protests to Indian Government for the building of the Baha'i Temple in Delhi

26 November 1986

Commentary in Ettelaat newspaper says the Shah and Farah along with the Baha'i Ansari (Finance Minister) sold the nation to Kissinger and Rockefeller

19 November 1986

Keyhan newspaper coverage of Report by Special Rapporteur of UN Human Rights Council on Iran

05 October 1986

Order to evacuate and surrender building owned by Omana Company in Tehran

11 September 1986

Baha'i prisoners excluded from amnesty

11 September 1986

Conditions of parole and release from prison

11 September 1986

Head of high courts briefing on prisoner amnesty

10 September 1986

Tenant ordered to stop paying rent to Baha'i

25 August 1986

Confirmation of order to confiscate Rameshni family's assets

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

05 July 1986

Article argues that international protests against persecution of Baha'is in Iran is welcome, but others suffering similar fate in Iran should be supported too, not just Baha'is

15 June 1986

Etellaat newspaper quoting Chief of revolutionary Committees accuses Baha'is of distributing offensive posters in urban areas

15 May 1986

News of Fedros Shahrokh's execution printed in Kayhan (of London)

05 May 1986

Member of Parliament from Tehran attacks Baha'is and governments critical of Iran for persecution of Baha'is

24 April 1986

Member of Parliament from Isfahan attacks BBC for its report on human rights and execution of Baha'is

13 January 1986

Order to confiscate Aminollah Taleb's assets

01 December 1985

Transaction ban on Houshang Daemi's property

28 October 1985

Ordered to refund salaries received in the past

07 September 1985

Marriage to a Baha’i is unlawful and void

07 May 1985

Request to the Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor for release of surety

04 May 1985

All assets belonging to Ashraf family confiscated

11 March 1985

Confiscation of Mousa Ehsan's assets

10 March 1985

Properties of 5 Baha'is to be confiscated and the rents received refunded

22 February 1985

Hashemi Rafsanjani: Bahai's have employment in Islamic Republic, no one bothers them, they are no bother for Islamic republic, and are in fact serving the country

28 January 1985

Requesting decision about apartments owned by Paridokht Khaze

30 October 1984

Transfer of Rameshni family's assets to Bonyad-e Shahid (Martyrs’ Foundation)

07 October 1984

introducing government’s representative in (confiscated) Radco company

07 October 1984

Handover of Nosratollah Khalighi's confiscated house

02 August 1984

Freezing the account of Mohebat Ain at Bank-e Melli, Tehranpars Branch

02 May 1984

Delivery of educational documents belonging to family of Enayatollah Tashakor acknowledged.

04 April 1984

Instructions from Central Bank regarding the blocking of Mr. Master's Bank accounts

11 March 1984

ٍDemanding Parvindokht Mansouri to pay rent for living in her own house

02 February 1984

Property deeds of Baha'i cancelled in Shiraz

01 February 1984

Prime Minister (Mir Hossein Mousavi): anyone not convicted for spying should not be denied their legal and social rights

19 January 1984

Revolutionary Supreme Court confirms verdict on Dr Sirous Alaei, and confiscation of his assets

26 December 1983

Confiscation of assets due to religious beliefs

10 December 1983

Confiscation of Aidoun family's business

24 November 1983

Assets belonging to Azizollah Motahedeh and Rouhangiz Khodavandi Yazdi cofiscated

16 November 1983

Permission to seize assets belonging to members of the Local Baha'i Assembly in Gorgan

16 November 1983

Permission to confiscate properties

27 October 1983

Revolutionary Court order to confiscate assets of Dr Sirous Alaei

20 September 1983

Confiscation of assets belonging to Parvindokht Berjis

29 August 1983

Chief Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor: we do not imprison or execute anyone for being a Baha'i

08 August 1983

Sobh Azadegan newspaper: What lies behind recent posturing of the anti Baha'i HojJatieh Society

16 March 1983

Confiscation of properties and belongings of two Baha'is

27 February 1983

Request for home telephone to be reconnected

26 February 1983

Appeal for justice by Keyhan Atefi to Inspector General

22 February 1983

Sharia Judge of Shiraz in interview with "Khabar Jonoub" (News of the South) newspaper: I warn Baha'is to embrace Islam

19 January 1983

Confiscation of assets - Allah-Morad Rouhi Zadeganand Olia Mosallanejad

25 December 1982

Delivery of good to Azizollah Motahede's property

19 December 1982

Bakhtaran Islamic Revolutionary Judge: If Baha'is conspire against the Islamic Republic, they will be treated as anti-revolutionaries

23 November 1982

Khabar newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari

23 November 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting revolutionary prosecutor of Shiraz and Bandar Abbas: Baha'is who are arrested are agents of Zionism

20 November 1982

Khabar-e Jonoub newspaper reports Ziaollah Ahrari's execution in Shiraz

16 November 1982

Khabar Jonoub (News of the South) newspaper report on execution of Habibollah Owji

30 October 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper attacks Amnesty International

26 October 1982

Etelaat newspaper interview with Deputy Prime Minister about purges in government departments

02 October 1982

Movahdi Savoji in Parliament: Hojattieh network who were set up to oppose Baha'is and avoid fighting against the Shah's regime, and even occasionally collaborate with it, are a deviant and illegitimate group

18 September 1982

Azadegan morning newspaper report on the anti-Baha'i Hojjatieh Society

12 August 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting Hojatol-Islam Rafsanjani: all religious minorities enjoy equal rights in Iran, except baha'is who are not considered a religious minoroty

04 August 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting Head of ETKA's Political/Ideological Department: There was a Baha'i network inside ETKA that we managed to clear them out

24 July 1982

Iran's representative at UN Human Rights Commission: If Bahai's are executed for their belief, why aren't all the rest of Bahai's

24 July 1982

Islamic newspaper quoting Iran's representative at UN Human Rights Commission: If Bahai's are executed for their belief, why aren't all the rest of Bahai's

11 July 1982

Four Baha'is behind the network called "Iranian National Uprising" executed in Qazvin

07 July 1982

Confiscation of Farhad Master's assets

05 July 1982

Confiscation of Enayatollah Azizi's income from imported milk powder

29 June 1982

Bank Melli blocks the bank accounts of a Baha'i

05 June 1982

Income from sale of imported powdered milk to be seized

09 May 1982

Rooz newspaper commentary: Ayatollah Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri turned people away from the Majlis, which was dominated by Freemasons and Baha'is

04 May 1982

Paridokht Khazae's tenant instructed to pay his rent and any other outstanding debt to the Revolutionary Prosecutor's account

03 May 1982

Confiscation of properties belonging to Baha’is who don't qualify as protected infidels

03 May 1982

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of one Baha'i and ten members of the Mujahedin Khalgh Organisation

21 April 1982

Azadegan newspaper commentary: it was a colonialist plot that Bahai's suddenly appeared in Iran, Wahabies in Arabia and Qadianis in India, trying to make trouble

10 April 1982

Order for extradition of Baha'is approved

04 April 1982

Two Baha'is warned to vacate and surrender their shop

01 March 1982

Properties registered in the name of Mahmoud Rafati, and his children and his heirs, have been confiscated and their deeds need to be cancelled

06 February 1982

Ayatollah Khalkhali in interview with Keyhan: purging the Baha'i spying machine was one of the successes of the revolution

05 February 1982

Iran Times quoting Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati: Bahai's who were executed had conspired in plot to overthrow the government

04 February 1982

European Parliament condemns persecution of Baha'is

30 January 1982

Islamic Republic newspaper quoting Prayer Leader of Shiraz: We got rid of Baha’is in government departments, in order to close down Israel’s spying operation

27 January 1982

Etelaat newspaper quoting government spokesman: In line with our beliefs and our constitution, we do not kill Baha'is for being Baha'is

25 January 1982

Press office of Islamic Republic embassy in London: Bahai's are not executed for their religion

20 January 1982

Comments on execution of members of the Baha'i National Assembly in press conference by Sharia Judge and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran

18 January 1982

Keyhan Newspaper: Inform the City Council about any streets named after Baha’is

12 January 1982

Etelaat newspaper comment on the purpose of "The Week of Unity": Baha'is are too ineffective for Imperialists to exploit them for undermining Iran

07 January 1982

Etelaat Newspaper: a group of Mujahedin together with Bahai’s attacked Friday prayer, held by students of Concordia University in Montreal

07 January 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper quoting Head of the Supreme Court of Justice: In the Islamic Republic of Iran no one is persecuted solely for their belief and religion

15 December 1981

Houshang Mahboubian's account to be closed in Mellat Bank

15 December 1981

Freezing bank accounts

29 November 1981

Ruling by Islamic Judge of Kashan: Baha'is do not have the right to sell their properties

29 November 1981

Kashan Sharia Judge: Bahai's are not allowed to buy and sell their properties

04 November 1981

Ziaieh Imani and Ramez Rowhani sentenced to one year prison and confiscation of their assets

22 October 1981

Keyhan newspaper claims a Baha'i hiding house and documents of Baha'i links with the palace have been discovered

11 October 1981

Confiscation of assets belonging to Issakhan Taheri, Hossein Rowhani, Nosrat and Bltoul Rafiei

07 October 1981

Receipt of goods delivered and distributed between Revolutionary Guards PR department and Relief Headquarters for War Victims

27 July 1981

List of individuals whose assets have been confiscated in Yazd

24 July 1981

Iran's response to concerns at UN Human Rights Committee about violations of the rights of Baha'is in Iran

09 July 1981

Accusations by Hamedan's Islamic Judge against the 7 Baha'is executed in Hamedan

17 June 1981

Crimes of the seven Baha'is executed in Hamedan, according to the Islamic judge of Hamedan

23 May 1981

Article with multiple accusations against Baha'is in Azadegan newspaper

04 May 1981

Verdict of Shiraz Revolutionary Court on 5 Baha'i defendants, reported by Keyhan newspaper

02 May 1981

Keyhan Newspaper says Anti-revolutionaries are still active and have links with Baha'is too

25 April 1981

Report from trial of Frahang Maveddat, Chair of Baha'i Assembly of Karaj

23 April 1981

Mayor of Shiraz orders Baha'i to vacate his residence

05 April 1981

Order to evacuate and surrender house for demolition in Shiraz

28 March 1981

Prohibition of real estate transactions with Baha'is

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Public Prosecutor of Tehran about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Head of Supreme Court about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prosecutor General about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Speaker of Parliament about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prosecutor General about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Appeal for justice by Mrs Hakim, after the murder of her husband, Professor Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prime Minister about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to the President about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

14 January 1981

All properties belonging to Baha'is in Bushehr to be transferred to Bonyad Mostazafan

14 January 1981

Assets of Khormouj Baha'is confiscated by the Foundation for the Poor, Bonyad-e Mostazafan

06 January 1981

Baha'is banned from dealing in real estate in Miandoab

02 December 1980

Karaj Member of Parliament criticises Provisional Government for positive response to Baha'is

09 October 1980

Etela'at newspaper quoting Sheikh Mustafa Rahnama, chief of Palestine Aid Society: Baha'i leaders were great help to Zionism

09 October 1980

Hojatol-Islam Mostafa Rahnama in interview with Etela'at newspaper: Baha'i leaders have given great help to International Zionism

09 October 1980

Hojatol-Islam Sheikh Mustafa Rahnama: Baha'i leaders have given massive help to international Zionism

28 September 1980

Revolutionary court of Yazd considers membership in the Baha'i community as proof of espionage

28 September 1980

Confiscation of Mehdi Mahdavi's assets

28 September 1980

Confiscation of Mehraban Akhtarkhavari's assets

22 September 1980

Yazd Bazar supports decision to execute of seven Baha'is

22 September 1980

Sharia Judge of Yazd says US and Israel had sent five hundred thousand dollars to Baha'is and the seven Baha'is in Yazd were executed for spying, not their religion

18 September 1980

Kayhan Newspaper report: Baha'i "safe house" discovered

13 September 1980

Article in Etelaat newspaper: Mirza Kochak khan refused to give in to powerful Baha'i pressure to become subservient to Ehsanollah Khan

06 September 1980

Representative of Bonyad-e Mostazafan confirms his appointment to supervise Sazegar Store

28 August 1980

Etelaat newspaper: plot of land in Salmas belonging to Baha'is handed over to Department of Education

28 August 1980

Jomhouri Islami newspaper quoting Hojatol-Islam Khamenei: you would often hear that the religious studies teacher at a school is a Baha'i or a communist or an infidel who doesn't care about faith

27 August 1980

Keyhan newspaper says evidence of extensive spying has been uncovered, which shows among other things that Baha'i leaders receive regular instructions from Mossad spying network

26 August 1980

Confiscation of 16,000 tiles belonging to a Baha’i

25 August 1980

Member of Parliament from Fouman: most senior managers of the National Oil Company are Baha'is

25 August 1980

Islamic Republic newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

24 August 1980

Etela'at newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

17 August 1980

Seminar of Revolutionary Courts: Baha'is are foreign agents and have taken millions of dollars out of the country to Israel

13 August 1980

Etelaat Newspaper article: "Babi" or constitutionalist?

09 August 1980

Baha'is must not be employed in sensitive roles, and should be retired as quickly as possible

21 July 1980

Possessions of two Baha'i sisters set on fire

20 July 1980

During the operation to occupy the Haziratu’l-Quds, only ten names related to the Baha’is have been discovered.

17 July 1980

ِEtelaat newspaper: Archbishop of Canterbury, and Protestant churches support Baha'is

06 July 1980

According to the Prosecutor General there is no ruling for confiscation of Mr Kordian's shops in Tonekabon, and Mostazafan Foundation should stop causing trouble for him

05 May 1980

Notaries instructed to refrain from transferring lands belonging to Baha'is

22 April 1980

Keyhan newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

09 April 1980

As properties of Omana and Nawnahalan companies were confiscated, payment needs to be made for burying the dead in the Baha’i cemetery of Hamadan

10 March 1980

Balance of debts to be submitted to Omana company

21 February 1980

Confiscation of rental income of a Baha'i for use in distribution of Islamic pamphlets.

19 December 1979

Baha'i house set on fire

01 December 1979

Ayatollah Shariatmadari in interview with Dutch TV: Baha'is have the rights of an Iranian citizen but are not allowed to assemble and promote their faith

26 November 1979

Accusations of collusion between Baha'is, the US nd Zionism, in a publication called "Efshagary" (Expose')

24 November 1979

Minister of National Guidance quotes SAVAK documents that the Shah appointed Baha'is and Jews to sensitive roles and they kept his secrets safe to the end

07 November 1979

Iran's Charge de Affair in London: Those gathering under Bakhtiar's umbrella are opponents of the revolution, corrupt fugitives, Baha'is, Zionists, those damaged by the revolution, and friends of the Shah

01 November 1979

Opinion of Shari’a Judge regarding rental payment to a Baha'i

31 October 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri in interview with Keyhan: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in a city in Italy

30 October 1979

Iran's Charge de Affair in London: Those gathering under Bakhtiar's umbrella are opponents of the revolution, corrupt fugitives, Baha'is, Zionists, those damaged by the revolution, and friends of the Shah

21 October 1979

Confiscation of possessions and those of family members

08 October 1979

Foundation for the Poor requests confiscation of Ataollah Eghrari's property

07 October 1979

Keyhan newspaper: Suspects in Saadi Township killings summoned to court

16 September 1979

Confiscation of property belonging to Omana Company

05 September 1979

During the Constitutional Revolution, Muslim fanatics were against the Parliament and thought it's only strengthening the Babi's and non-believers

03 September 1979

Bamdad newspaper explains that it printed Houshang Mahmoudi's letter to highlight freedom of press in Iran, otherwise it believes the advent of Babi and Baha'i faiths was a colonialist conspiracy

31 August 1979

Former SAVAK agent, defending himself in court, refers to his anti-Bahai activities as evidence

28 August 1979

Baha'is, Shapour Bakhtiar, Jamshid Amouzegar, and Shaban Jafari are involved in anti-revolutionary activity in Europe

28 August 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri quoted by Bamdad newspaper: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in Perugia, in Italy

28 August 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri quoted by Islamic Republic newspaper: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in Perugia, in Italy

14 August 1979

"Message of Iran and Palestine" newspaper quoting the Iranian Society for Cooperation with Palestine: The Shah, helped by Baha'i leaders, destroyed our economy and agriculture

14 August 1979

"Payam Shahid" newspaper: Great leaders of thought in Islam were often accused by enemies of Islam of being Babi, Baha'i, Marxist, Wahabi, etc

09 August 1979

Article in Bamdad newspaper about Babis

07 August 1979

Expressing hope that there will be no new sects claiming to be followers of the hidden Imam, until the true Imam appears

06 August 1979

Story of closing down a Baha'i school in the early years after the Constitutional period

August 1979

Statement against Baha'is and Hojjatieh Society, by a group calling itself "Gorouh Tohidi Kholous" (Oneness and Purity Group)

30 July 1979

Keyhan newspaper report: The Iranian Society for Cooperation with Palestine bring charges against the Shah, including for collusion with Baha'i leaders

29 July 1979

Opinion of Shari’a Judge regarding rental payment forwarded

27 July 1979

History article in Isteqlal newspaper on bombing of Imam Reza's shrine in Mashhad says talebol-Haq used to speak in mosques, warning people that Babies have destroyed our religion

24 July 1979

Rouidad newspaper quotes from an interview with Sheikh Mohammad Montazeri: Abbas Amirentezam was named after the Baha'i leader Abbas Efendi

10 July 1979

Ayatollah Allameh Nouri: We look at Israel's embassy and the Haziratulghods (Baha'i Centre) in the same light

09 July 1979

Report in Bamdad newspaper on Haziratul-Qods in Tehran

07 July 1979

Shahab newspaper: Freemasons, backed by Baha'is are responsible for 150 years of treason against Iran

04 July 1979

"Nahib Azadi" (Cry of Freedom) Newspaper welcomes confiscation of Habib Sabet's assets but asks whether this is legal in Islam

13 June 1979

Inquiry into situation in Misaghieh Hospital, confiscated from Baha'is

08 June 1979

Article in Bamdad newspaper: When Shia clerics become oppressors

31 May 1979

Farman newspaper's accusations about ownership of Baha'i cemetery in Tehran

31 May 1979

Poem with social content in Freedom Front newspaper

27 May 1979

Keyhan newspaper: The Haziratulghods (Baha'i Centre) in Shiraz seized

27 May 1979

Etelaat newspaper: Baha'i Center (Haziratulghods) in Shiraz discovered and seized

26 May 1979

"Nabard Mellat" newspaper reprints a comment from 1955 about the attack on Baha'i Centre in Tehran

16 May 1979

Yasuj Revolutionary Committee in reply to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani: Armed Muslims could have cut out the roots of Baha'is in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad, but they have been told not to bother them

30 April 1979

Article in Ferdowsi magazine, denouncing the Bahai' faith

30 April 1979

Javanan Magazine: Confiscation of the Holy House of the Baha'is in Tehran

28 April 1979

Nabard Mellat newspaper blames "evil CIA, remnants of the Shah's regime, SAVAK, Communists, Baha'is, etc" for deteriorating conditions

21 April 1979

Publicity in Etelaat for a book, newly published: The Baha’is, by Seyyed Mohammad-Bagher Najafi

18 April 1979

Keyhan quotes a SAVAK chief speaking in court that SAVAK had nothing to do with the events in Shiraz which resulted in Baha'i and Muslim killings

17 April 1979

Keyhan quotes Ayatollah Khoei that he warned the Shah to expel Baha'is and Zionists but he didn't listen

16 April 1979

Satirical piece in Ahangar newspaper:... who says only Communists, Baha'is, SAVAK agents and left overs from Shah's regime are the only critics of the government

11 April 1979

Article in Tudeh party's newspaper, Marcom, on the role of social democracy in Iran's Constitutional Revolution

07 April 1979

Shahab newspaper suggests that General Azhari was thought to be a Baha'i

17 March 1979

Nabard Mellat newspaper:...The dervishes in Sangesar should not be seen in the same light as the followers of the deviant Baha'i sect...

11 March 1979

Etellaat newpaper report on seizure of the Baha'i Centre in Sangesar

10 March 1979

Blurb for a new book, "Clergy and Governance", in the newspaper of the National Front of Iran

10 March 1979

Farman newspaper quoting a young Police officer: In the Police ranks, one comes across people, who are there only to serve as an agent for Baha'is

06 March 1979

Ayatollahs Shirazi and Tabataba’i talk about Baha'is

06 March 1979

Khorasan newspaper reports deliberations of Ayatollahs Shirazi and Qomi about Baha'is

06 March 1979

Baha'is used the Constitutional Revolution to publicise their faith, and Freemasons took over the leadership of the revolution itself

05 March 1979

Aftab Shargh newspaper repots deliberations of Ayatollahs Shirazi and Qomi about Baha'is

05 March 1979

Ayatollahs Qomi and Shirazi approve seizure of Baha'i centres

03 March 1979

Ettela’at newspaper: 2 Baha’i centres and 25 subsidiaries seized in Mashhad

03 March 1979

Ettela’at newspaper: 2 Baha’i centres and 25 subsidiaries seized in Mashhad

02 March 1979

Statement by clerics in Khorasan against Baha'is

18 February 1979

Star of islam newspaper: Baha'i influence has pushed the country to precipice

18 February 1979

Star of islam newspaper: Baha'i influence has pushed the country to precipice

30 January 1979

Shahab Newspaper: Abbas Effendi's statement has fallen into our hands after 80 Years - Baha’ism is not a religion.

29 January 1979

Ayandegan newspaper quotes an Egyptian magazine that a large group of Army and SAVAK officers, including many Baha'is have taken asylum in Israel

24 January 1979

Khorasan newspaper on statement of allegiance by Khavari tribe of Khorasan to the army against anti-Islam elements, particularly Baha'is

21 January 1979

Ettelaat Newspaper quotes Ayatollah Khomeini that the Shah surpassed Muslims in order to promote Bahai's and Jews

17 January 1979

Ayatollah Dastgheib in interview with Keyhan: Baha'i army officers were responsible for the terrible killings in Saadie township

16 January 1979

Statement of Shiraz University students: attack on Baha'is and burning and looting their houses is a plot by the regime to besmirch the Islamic revolution

03 January 1979

Charlatan Baha'i preachers are deceiving unsuspecting people and pulling them into their evil trap

03 January 1979

Neda-ye Haq newspaper: Discussion with a Baha'i preacher, Abbas Alavi

1979

Etelaat newspaper featuring Parliamentary candidate, Ali-Akbar Pour-Octad, talks about his anti-Bahai background

27 December 1978

Mehr Iran newspaper: The bankrupt and disgraced Britain is causing havoc with a transmitter and a few rude, obsessive Baha'is with terrible voices

October 1978

Ayatollah Khoei attacks the Shah's government, among other things, for appointing Baha'is and Jews in key government positions

04 July 1972

Etela'at Newspaper justifies printing a letter with anti-Baha'i lines

01 July 1972

Letter of protest by Baha'i National Assembly to Ettelaat, Keyhan, Keyhan International, and Ayandegan newspapers about a report they had published

13 August 1967

Flag of Islam newspaper: Anti-Baha'i book authored by Haj Mirza Yousef Shaor and written by Jafar Shoar to be published soon

11 October 1956

Venues in possession of the Baha’is in the name of the Assembly be vacated

06 September 1955

Publicity in Sahar newspaper for an anti-Baha'i book, Claims to be the Mahdi (the messiah) from the advent of Islam to present

21 June 1955

Sahar newspaper accused of collusion with Baha'is

04 May 1955

A talk by Hujjat al-Islam Falsafi inciting the persecution of Baha'is

08 April 1951

Dad newspaper: 15 arrested for murdering a woman and 4 children

06 November 1947

Khooshe newspaper: Fighting Bahai's was a major government policy three years ago, how come that it has become a crime now?

14 August 1947

Flag of islam newspaper: People in Behshahr have asked that the government closes down shops that sell soft drinks in Behshahr, and are unhappy about Baha’i women teaching their children in kindergarten and primary school

02 August 1947

Prime Minister's office referring the request of Alaie and Foroutan to ministry of education for action

19 July 1947

Complaint to the "World of Islam" newspaper that in a high school for girls in Isfahan, girls are taught immoral and loose behaviour by Christian and Baha'i teachers

14 July 1947

Complaint to Prime Minister that increasing number of books and articles are published in Iran, spreading hatred and lies against Baha'is

23 June 1947

Complaint that Baha'is and some officials are harassing Muslims in Shahzand Arak.

12 February 1947

Report of complaint from Ferdous about government officials supporting the Baha'is

11 October 1946

Article in "Ayeen Islam" (Muslim Faith): Future leader of the world - The Promised One

13 September 1946

letter published in "Ayeen Islam" newspaper protesting that Zoroastrians, Jews and Baha'is are allowed to be employed as school teachers

11 August 1946

Report in "Peikar Rooz" newspaper titled trial of Muslims and Bahai's in Semnan

24 July 1946

Dalv newspaper report: There have been conspiracies to cause unrest in a number of cities in Khorasan

19 June 1946

Keyhan newspaper: Fighting, looting and killing between Muslims and Baha'is

05 July 1945

Abolghasem and Talaat Ferdowsi attacked for Baha'i activities in Aran

27 June 1945

Petition to Governor of Kashan to remove Abolghasem and Talaat Ferdowsi from Aran

21 January 1945

Report of religious agitation against Baha'is in Abadeh

01 October 1944

Baha'is advised to leave Gorgan to avoid unrest

27 September 1944

Interior Minister asked to send as soon as possible the report of investigation into Shahroud events and any measures taken to the Prime Minister

03 September 1944

ٍPrime Minister asks Interior Minster to send him quickly the report by special investigators on Shahroud events

01 September 1944

Baha'is have written to the Shah about events in Shahroud which has resulted in three deaths

20 August 1944

Report by Interior Minister on investigations and security measures in Shahroud

14 August 1944

Prime Minister's instructions have not been used to attack anyone for religious reasons in Azerbaijan

14 August 1944

Report on tensions in Shahroud

29 July 1944

Publicity against Islam in Shahroud must stop

24 June 1944

Parliament asks Interior Ministry to explain what has it done to curb Baha'is in Qom

18 June 1944

Abadeh is peaceful again

13 June 1944

Two junior clerics and their supporters stirring up religious trouble in Abadeh

08 June 1944

Complaining to the Shah about Baha'is in Qom

04 June 1944

Report of religious unrest in Abadeh

31 May 1944

Telegram to the Shah from Qom, complaining about Baha'is

30 May 1944

Some officials in Abadeh are not helping military authorities to calm the situation

28 May 1944

Incident in Abadeh and arrest of several Muslims and Baha'is

22 May 1944

Complaining about Baha'is in Shahreza

17 May 1944

Telegram to Society for Promotion of Islam that Baha'is in Abadeh have trampled on Islam and are endangering it

13 May 1944

Baha'is to be expelled from Qom to pacify the residents

07 May 1944

Confidential telegram about Baha'is to Qom, Qazvin and Abadeh

06 April 1944

Kashan MP complains that Sheikh Mohammad Khalesi-zadeh is stirring religious bigotry in the city

04 April 1944

Campaign to expel Baha'is from Qom

March 1944

Religious acticists call on people of Qom to push Baha'is out of their city

03 October 1943

Letter by Iranian Ambassador in Baghdad to Foreign Ministry of Iraq about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

19 August 1943

Report from Najafabad by visiting Police representative

25 May 1941

Prime Minister reports to the Shah that officials in 6th Province are engaged in Bahai propaganda

Azizollah Motahedeh's assets to be seized

Ayatollah Khoei critical of "appointing Baha'is, Jews, and other foreign agents to key government positions"

Ziaollah Motearefi, manager of farming complex in Semnan complains to Minister of Agriculture about confiscation of his business

Commentary in Ettelaat newspaper says Farokhroo Parsa, the Baha'i Education Minister opposed Hijab in schools and tried to stop it

Friday prayer with anti-Baha'i posters and banners

Tenant authorised to confiscate property leased from Asadollah Sadeghzadeh

Warning to Bahai's from "The brave Muslim youth of the holy city of Baharestan": we are determined to rid our city of the shame of you Baha’is

Anti Baha'i video

Receipt of cheque from Nawnahalan Company deposited into current account of Bonyad Mostazafan

Appeal by Ziaollah Motearefi about the successful farming complex he has built over years but has been seized from him

Akhbar Iran newspaper, Paris: resorting to religious bigotry and portraying Babis as enemies in order to stir trouble

Attacks by Isfahan Member of Parliament on Baha'is

Ayatollah Makarem Shiraz: Baha'is are infidels, and must be avoided. Dealing or marrying with them is not permitted

Anti-Baha'i flyer distributed in Qom

Verdict in absentia to confiscate Abbas Mohajeri's assets is confirmed

Ayatollah Khomeini urges the clergy to speak against the Shah's regime during Muharram mournings

If you don't kick out this Baha'i by the end of the week, the company will be burned

Family gatherings of Baha'is in each other’s homes should be stopped

Abbas Mohajer's assets seized

Warning by "the Youth of the Hezbollah of Shiraz"

Keyhan newspaper: warning about expansion of Baha'i publicity in Kazakhstan

Newspaper editorial: political sects and "human rights" as a tool

Baser Magazine: Baha’ism, Sinister off-spring of New Imperialism

HOMA (Iran Airlines) magazine: ...they may still be in charge

Blunt warning to Baha’is of Iran from Ayyatollah Sadoughi

Iranian official in meeting with UN representative: In our view, the accusation that we execute Baha’is because of their religion is a conspiracy against Islamic revolution

Rouhaniyyeh Rezai asks Iran's Revolutionary Court why it has summoned her and has frozen her assets

Confiscation of Mehran Akhtar Khavari's assets

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