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Letter to the Speaker of Parliament: Baha'is have had no rights, after the revolution

Individual Baha'is
Accusations against individual Baha'is
31 December 1981
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03 October 2020

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30 November 2019

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12 September 2019

Adyannet: Parvaneh Salahshouri supports an acclaimed figure associated with Baha’is

19 August 2019

Mashregh News: Works of Bahram Beyzaie in exhibition of traditional arts

04 September 2018

Kayhan Newspaper: Lamenting Ehsan Yarshater in government newspapers

20 September 2017

Letter by a group of clerics in Sadat Mahmoud about lands belonging to Baha'is in Kata area

18 September 2016

Rasekhoon: Alimorad Davoudi, a Baha’i cultural figure

15 September 2016

Rasekhoon: Baha’is who are involved in cultural activities in Iran

18 April 2016

Fars News Agency: Baha’is of Morocco demand the release of Yemeni Baha’i prisoners

27 January 2016

Mashregh News: Dr Ayadi, Baha’i physician of the Shah

20 December 2015

Laghaollah Baghaie's optician business to be closed down

11 October 2015

Ferghe News: Shargh newspaper’s red carpet for a Baha’i director

07 July 2015

Basij website: Bahram Beyzai confesses that he is a Baha’i

02 December 2014

Memari News: Destruction of Habib Sabet’s house, Iran’s Palace of Versailles

30 August 2014

Unusual fashion show, organised by Baha’i agents

24 August 2014

Mohsen Sazegara established a foundation to defend Baha’is

22 August 2014

Voice of Iranian Christians: A member of men's national Jujitsu team expelled for becoming a Baha’i

11 August 2014

Mashregh: Reza Pahlavi’s message of condolence on the death of Houshang Seyhoun

09 August 2014

Kayhan Newpaper: Life and activities of Houshang Seyhoun, a Baha’i architect

07 August 2014

Bultan News: On Abbas Amanat’s interview with Shargh newspaper

28 May 2014

8 Dey News: Pro-president media mourn the death of Houshang Seyhoun

26 February 2014

Ali Ahmadi's appeal against his sentence rejected

03 September 2012

Mohseni Ejei: Being a Baha’i is not a crime

03 September 2012

ISNA: 26 Baha’is arrested in Azerbaijan earthquake

26 June 2012

Fasr News Agency: Shargh newspaper praises a Baha’i

03 April 2012

Ali Ahmadi sentenced to prison for one year

10 December 2011

JYC: Shajarian’s collaboration with Baha’is

21 December 2010

Afsaneh Siadat found guilty

16 September 2010

Letter from people of Ivel to Ayatollah Jannati

07 March 2010

Iran has constructive interaction with all human rights institutions

12 January 2010

Young Journalist Club (news agency): Trial of Yaran

09 January 2010

Fars News Agency: Baha’is arrested in Ashura will go on trial

17 August 2009

IRNA: Trial of seven Baha’i leaders delayed

02 June 2009

Letter by Sousan Tebyanian to Semnan Appeals Court

16 January 2009

Fars News Agency: Shirin Ebadi’s Baha’i assistant, Jinous Sobhani, arrested

31 December 2008

Rasekhoon: Navab Safavi against Baha’is

02 September 2008

Jalal Al-e Ahmad attacks newspaper article by Shapour Rasekh

12 July 2008

Abbas-Agha Nourani’s court appeal rejected

15 March 2008

Court verdict on four Baha’is of Hamadan

27 January 2008

Jahan News website: Response to US request for freedom of three Baha’is

10 November 2007

Ali Ahmadi's prison sentence confirmed

09 September 2007

Graffiti on the walls of Baha’i homes in Villashahr, Isfahan - September 2007

05 September 2007

Ali Ahamdi convicted

19 August 2007

Court verdict on Feizollah Rowshan: One year imprisonment, four years in exile

09 July 2007

ISNA: Distribution of Baha’i CDs by an illegal institution

26 September 2006

Entekhab News: A new anti-revolutionary satellite channel set up by Baha’is

27 August 2006

Kayhan Newspaper: A university professor has links with Baha’is of Yazd

25 January 2005

Kayhan: National Youth Organization supports a Baha’i

13 May 1999

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: US president designates a Baha’i as a member of International Religious Commission

15 August 1998

Bamdad newspaper: One Baha’i executed in Mashhad

27 July 1998

Islamic Revolutionary Court denies the news of execution of Rouhollah Rowhani

29 September 1993

Kayhan Havaei newspaper: Two Baha’is granted asylum in Germany

22 September 1993

Kayhan-e Havaei: Editor of Tajik newspaper resigns in protest to publication of Baha’i advert

12 July 1993

Response of Islamic Republic Embassy to accusations of violating the rights of Baha’is

10 April 1993

Salam Newspaper: Kayvan Khalajabadi and Behnam Misaghi’s death sentences dropped

21 March 1990

Kayhan Havaei newspaper: Death of Habib Sabet

17 June 1988

Iran Times newspaper report on debate in Parliament about Hojjatieh Society

28 September 1987

Haydar-Ali Rowhani summoned by Islamic revolutionary prosecutor’s office

01 July 1987

Amanollah Keshmiri summoned to revolutionary court

07 March 1987

Dismissal of secondary school teacher in Fars

24 February 1987

Retired employee of the Department of Education accused of being a Baha’i

07 January 1986

Reza Rafiee has a criminal record for being a Baha'i

16 December 1985

Police report on Giti Zebarjadi's criminal record

14 October 1985

Kayhan newspaper: Assets of Abdol-Hosein Naimi confiscated

28 February 1985

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: Forty Baha’is arrested in Egypt

02 February 1985

Kayhan newspaper: Baha’is are not imprisoned because of their beliefs

19 November 1984

Application for police certificate by Iraj Malek-Mohammadi

07 August 1984

Ettelaat newspaper: Hozhabr Yazdani can return to Iran

26 April 1984

Sobh-e Azadegan Newspaper: The rich and powerful of the former regime

09 February 1984

Tehran Times newspaper: Mir Hossein Mousavi: Baha’is are not suffering because of their beliefs

29 June 1983

Kayhan International newspaper: No one is executed in Iran because of their belief

22 January 1983

Ettelaat newspaper: Why the Embassy of Iraq is eager to rent the house of Habib Sabet

30 November 1982

Order to expel five Baha’is from a factory in Qazvin

18 July 1982

Keyhan newspaper reports execution of Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour and Mohammad Mehdi Golestani Fard

19 May 1982

Olya Mosalinejad’s letter about her dismissal from work

07 January 1982

Kayhan newspaper: Eight Baha’is executed

07 January 1982

Chief Justice: No one is tried for their belief or religion in Iran

26 December 1981

Ganje Kouhrang newspaper: Assets of Baha’is confiscated in Isfahan

21 December 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Six Baha’is summoned to Prosecutor office in Rafsanjan

27 August 1981

Kayhan newspaper: Note on a Baha’i sentenced to 5 years in prison

06 August 1981

General Hossein Rastegar-Namdar executed by firing squad

09 July 1981

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

02 May 1981

Execution of three Baha’is in Shiraz

25 April 1981

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

18 March 1981

Khabar newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Shiraz

30 November 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Sheikh Mostafa Rahnama complains against Baha'i chiefs

20 November 1980

Instructions to identify Baha'is in the Armed Forces

11 November 1980

Kayhan newspaper: One Baha’i executed in Tabriz

09 September 1980

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: General Hosein Rastegar arrested

14 August 1980

Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper: Abdollah Rouhani was dismissed from work

16 July 1980

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper: Telegram from a senior cleric to President Banisadr about dismissal of Baha’is from government jobs

15 July 1980

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Tabriz

13 July 1980

Ettelaat newspaper: Baha’is, the main cause of problems in Karaj

18 May 1980

Donyay-e Iran newspaper: Abdol-Karim Ayadi died in Paris

10 May 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Head of Iran’s Department of Environment protests about the presence of Baha’i representative at UN meeting on the Environment

16 February 1980

Badiollah Mokarian sentenced to 5 years imprisonment

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

28 November 1979

Bamdad newspaper: Ezzatollah Fahandej sentenced to death

30 October 1979

Kayhan newspaper: Baha’is under the protection of Bakhtiar

25 August 1979

Fadaeiyan Islam protested against premiership of Abdol-Hossein Hajir, who was rumored to be a Baha’i

23 April 1979

Etela'at newspaper on the arrest of Colonel Aghdasi in Shiraz

12 April 1979

Jebhe Azadi newspaper article on Amir Abbas Hodeyda and his Baha'i background

09 April 1979

Ferdowsi magazine: Association with Baha’ism is a stigma

15 March 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Sabet Pasal and the National Iranian Television

14 March 1979

Dr Azizi must be arrested and returned to Tehran so that his record in the National Airlines is investigated

11 March 1979

Ayandegan newspaper: Measures against Baha’is in universities

11 March 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Baha’i center in Sangsar occupied

17 January 1979

Kayhan newspaper: Key jobs and army positions should be given only to Muslims

06 January 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Arson attack against houses of 50 Baha’is in Shiraz

30 December 1968

List of Baha’i employees of Iran Air

05 October 1967

Mard-e Mobarez newspaper: Habib Sabet and crimes committed by Mulla Hossein

29 March 1966

Letter from army to stop Baha’i children classes

18 May 1965

Police Chief in Fars province instructed by SAVAK to curb Baha'i activities

09 September 1962

Report on activities of two Baha'i women in Eskandari village in Faridan

11 August 1962

Letter from Iranian Gendarmerie to Ministry of Interior about Baha’i teaching activities in Eskandari village

17 July 1962

The two Baha'i women, active in Eskandari village in Faridan are not government employees

01 July 1962

Letter from Isfahan governor to Ministry of Interior about tensions between Muslims and Baha’is in Faridan

18 June 1962

Protesting to presence of two Baha'i women, teaching children in Eskandari village in Faridan

14 June 1962

Gendarmerie report on tensions in Eskanadri village in Faridan

09 June 1962

Local police chief recommend expel;sion of two Baha'i women from Eskandari village in Faridan

19 May 1962

Ayyatollah Shahaboddin Marashie Najafi asks the government to stop Baha'i activities in Eskandari village

28 April 1959

Aftab-e Shargh newspaper: Baha’is and Dervishes arrested in Turkey

04 March 1959

Neday-e Hagh newspaper: Interview with two Baha’i activists

11 February 1959

Neday-e Sepehr newspaper: Employing Baha’is at the Health department in the 9th province

21 January 1959

Neday-e Hagh newspaper: Residents of Qom are insured against PEPSI

12 January 1959

Mard-e Mobarez newspaper: Iran’s national TV promote Baha’ism

05 January 1959

Mard-e Mobarez newspaper: Habib Sabet, PEPSI and the National Television

22 April 1958

Neday-e Hagh newspaper: The Pepsi Cola drink

12 March 1958

Vaheme newspaper: Signature of Dr Ayadi forged

16 January 1958

Bamshad newspaper: Baha’i doctor in Ilam is proselytising, and is often absent from work

08 December 1957

Ettelaat newspaper: Remarks about “A Party in Hell”

20 November 1957

Neday-e Hagh newspaper: Fight PEPSI

18 November 1957

Azarin newspaper: The head of Post office of Rudsar is not a Baha’i

01 October 1957

Accusing Baha'is for acts of aggression in the village of Koucheri

17 August 1957

Sahar newspaper: Tension between COCA and PEPSI

02 August 1957

Nabard-e Mobarez newspaper: Mehdi Misaghiyyeh and ‘A Night Party in Hell’

11 July 1957

Atash newspaper: Ala’s efforts in favor of Baha’is

19 July 1956

Atash newspaper: Unjust trial of anti-Bahai activists

18 July 1956

Atash newspaper: Defendants wanted to harm Baha’is

27 March 1956

Khandaniha newspaper: Falsafi’s attack on Baha’is and dismissal of Ebtehaj and Aghili

13 January 1956

Report by Donya newspaper on performance of Pepsi company

07 January 1956

Sepid va Siah newspaper: Habib Sabet uses the National TV to advertise PEPSI

04 January 1956

Nedaye Hagh newspaper: Alavi refuses to take part in debate about Baha’ism

04 January 1956

Neday-e hagh newspaper invites Baha’is to debate

13 December 1955

Karzar newspaper: Government demands Baha’is to be dismissed from government jobs

04 December 1955

Rouhollah Mottahedeh’s reply to accusations by Ajang newspaper

26 November 1955

Setareh Eslam newspaper: Shiraz was in a bad state when it had a Baha’i mayor

26 November 1955

Setareh+e Islam newspaper: Recession during the term of Baha’i governor

21 November 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper’s fight against PEPSI

15 November 1955

Karzar newspaper: Economic corruption among Baha’is in Azerbaijan

01 October 1955

Setareh Eslam newspaper: Crimes of Baha’is in Abarghou, Shiraz and Yazd will not be forgotten

30 September 1955

Eradeye Asia newspaper: PEPSI causes cancer

30 September 1955

Habl al-Matin newspaper: PEPSI; enemy of Muslims

27 September 1955

Karzar newspaper: Baha’i missionary in Ethiopia

24 September 1955

Iran-e Ma newspaper: Ownership of Pepsi by Ala and Habib Sabet

24 September 1955

Eradeye Asia newspaper: Religious question addressed to Ayatollah Boroujerdi about PEPSI

20 September 1955

Ferdowsi magazine: Baha’i physicians prescribe PEPSI

19 September 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: PEPSI; Baha’is’ revenge against Muslims

12 September 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Habib Sabet’s efforts to promote PEPSI

07 September 1955

Nedaye Hagh newspaper: Expose PEPSI to our Muslim nation

05 September 1955

Nour va Zolmat newspaper: Baha’i centre in Tehran refurbished by Habib Sabet

01 September 1955

Bakhtiar newspaper: Why PEPSI is not banned?

27 August 1955

Seday-e Vatan newspaper: Controversies around Baha’is; from Yazd and Kerman to PEPSI

20 August 1955

Toofan-e Shargh newspaper: Story of Rostami; leader of Baha’is in Khouzestan

11 August 1955

Bakhtiar newspaper: Mosavar Rahmani, manager of Cotton Company must be punished

23 July 1955

Eradeh-e Azerbaijan newspaper: Doctor or Baha’i missionary?

23 July 1955

Setareh-e Eslam newspaper: Activities of the chief-accountant of a government department in Ahvaz in favour of Baha’is

22 July 1955

Toufanچe Shargh newspaper: Opposition to Amin Ostovari’s role in Gilan

09 July 1955

Setareh Islam newspaper: Governor of Fars changed because he was a Baha’i

29 June 1955

Setareh newspaper: Dismiss Amin Ostovari from work

25 June 1955

Nabard-e Mellat newspaper: Fighting Baha’is is a collective responsibility

21 June 1955

Eqlim newspaper: Teaching Baha’ism in Golpayegan

18 June 1955

Nabarde Mellat newspaper: Rumours about Ebtehaj being a Baha’i

15 June 1955

Aram newspaper: We demand suppression of Baha’is of Aligudarz

12 June 1955

Aftab-e Sharq newspaper: Baha'is have moved their assets from Bank Melli to the Russian bank

09 June 1955

Asia newspaper: Baha’i conference in Tokyo

05 June 1955

Kayhan newspaper: Thirteen هndividuals accused of murdering several Baha’is released

04 June 1955

Setareh-e Islam newspaper: We have a list with names of all Baha’is

04 June 1955

Eradeh Asia newspaper: Request for dismissal of a Baha’i employee at the Radio station

02 June 1955

Bakhtiar newspaper: Press were prevented from misreporting a small incident involving Bahai’s in Shiraz

26 May 1955

Sedaye Bazar newspaper: Demands to dismiss the Baha’i official in Siahkal

22 May 1955

Aram newspaper: Monitoring activities of Baha’is of Rudsar

22 May 1955

Mard-e Siasat newspaper: Members of Tudeh party disguised as Baha’is

22 May 1955

Farman newspaper: The Head of advertising department is a Baha’i

20 May 1955

Daad newspaper: Meeting of National Assembly on countering Baha’is

17 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Provoking Falsafi to talk against Ebtehaj

15 May 1955

Toofan-e Shargh newspaper: Picture of AbdulBaha at the Baha’i centre in Tehran, courtesy of Mansour Rahmani

14 May 1955

Nabard-e Mellat newspaper: Centre of Baha’i conspiracy in Lalehzar street

04 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Baha’i Centre to be returned to Baha’is

06 April 1955

Sobh-e Emrouz newspaper: 62 Baha’is arrested in Turkey

1955

Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s letter to Falsafi about fighting Baha’is

14 December 1954

Majlis Discussions about Abarghou incident

08 July 1954

Kayhan: Murderers of Abarghou incident were not Baha’i

11 July 1953

Shouresh newspaper: Khamsi and the son of Baqirov are Baha’is

15 November 1952

Why was Abbas Khandani, who is thought to be a Baha'i, and has criminal record allowed to broadcast a religious talk on radio

27 January 1951

Order by Interior Minister, Razm Ara (who was also Prime Minister at the same time) about allegations that a number of Police officers are Baha'is

25 January 1951

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly about the incident in Abarghou and detention of innocent Bahai’s

30 December 1950

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to Prime Minister Razmara about the incident in Abarghou

13 November 1950

Requesting dismissal of manager of Bank Melli in Shahrekord because he is a Baha'i

08 November 1950

Governor of Shahrekord reports on events in Boroujen and recommends that police chief is replaced

18 October 1950

Risk of tension in Shahrekord

09 September 1949

Group petition to Shah in support of Ayatollah Khalesizadeh

20 January 1949

Tensions in Yazd

23 October 1948

Attacking Baha'is in Islamic ceremonies in Yazd

14 March 1948

Unrest in Kashan, Shiraz and identification of Baha'is employed by government

08 February 1948

Ministry of the Interior report on tensions in Kashan, Kashmar and Shiraz

03 February 1948

Residents of Kashmar make allegations against a Baha’i family

01 February 1948

Letter from Shahroud to the Shah accusing Baha'is of sedition

13 January 1948

A group of Muslims in Aran complain to Prime Minister that Baha'is are spreading misinformation and propaganda against Muslims

1948

Report on the day of Sacrifice Feast in Yazd

29 December 1947

َReport to Prime Minister from Golpayegan

10 October 1947

Nedaye Hagh Newspaper: Close down the PEPSI in Boroujerd

07 October 1947

Complaint to Prime Minister accusing Baha'is of insulting Islam in Bandar-Shah

04 October 1947

Report of complaints against Foroutan and prevention of violence in Golpayegan

22 September 1947

Complaint from Koucheri villagers against Baha'is

20 September 1947

Complaint against activities of Baha’is in sugar factory

14 September 1947

Tehran University Chancellor says allegations against Head of Faculty of Agriculture in Karaj is totally biased and false

07 September 1947

Activities of Baha’is in sugar factory

04 September 1947

Where do Baha'is of Bandar Gaz, Bandar Shah and Gorgan register their Baha'i marriage?

31 August 1947

Prime Minister asks Minister of Agriculture to investigate allegations that Head of Agriculture Faculty is a Baha'i and that Baha'is are active in Karaj Sugar factory

30 August 1947

Official complaint by Karaj unions

22 August 1947

Aein-e Eslam newspaper from Arak: Baha'is still influencial in Arak

19 August 1947

Telegram demanding dismissal of Baha'is from offices and factories in Behshahr

12 August 1947

Complaint to Prime Minister about the appointment of Abbas Davachi as the Head of Faculty of Agriculture in Karaj

02 August 1947

Request made by some residents of Shahi for removal of Baha'i teachers

24 July 1947

Parchame Islam newspaper: Complaint against two Baha’i teachers

16 July 1947

Report to Prime Minister about allegations against the Baha’is at the factories

12 July 1947

Complaints from Nasiris to the Prime Minister against Baha'is in Golpayegan

09 July 1947

Report of Governor assuring situation in Shahi factories is under control

07 July 1947

Letter from Prime Minister assuring that no Baha'i activities will be allowed

02 July 1947

Complaint about the head of Shahi factory

July 1947

Letter to Governor demanding action against agitators in Shahi factories

29 June 1947

Minutes of meeting regarding complaints against the Shahi factories

28 June 1947

Letter of Governor attacking the Baha'i head of Shahi factories

23 June 1947

Letter from Prime Minister inquiring about the transfer of head of Shazand sugar factory

20 June 1947

Shahi residents complain to Prime Minister about Baha'is openly teaching their faith

27 April 1947

Shahzand sugar workers attest that their boss does not teach faith in factory

12 February 1947

Ferdows residents demand expulsion of Baha’is

24 October 1946

Report from governor of Khorramabad regarding expulsion of three Baha'is

13 September 1946

Aein-e Eslam newspaper: 4500 residents of Nahavand demand expulsion of Baha’is

24 August 1946

Report by Minister of Interior to Prime Minister on investigations into Baha'i complaints

20 April 1946

Firouzkouh residents request Gendarmery to transfer Baha’i officer to somewhere else

02 October 1945

Justice Department asked to respond to complaints

20 September 1945

Complaint by Society for Promotion of Islam about presence of three Baha'is in Ravar district of Kerman

12 September 1945

Tension in Kangavar

05 September 1945

Complaint about activities of Baha’is in Khalkhal and Golijan

17 July 1945

Report of tensions in Khalkhal

01 July 1945

Report by Governor of Khalkhal on tensions in villages nearby

27 June 1945

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

21 June 1945

Report of religious tensions in Aran and intervention by mayor and governor of Kashan to bring peace

19 June 1945

Complaint by an Aran resident that some Baha'is have attacked and insulted him

06 June 1945

Several Baha'is arrested following tension in Zabol

27 May 1945

Complaint by a group of Zabol residents that six Baha'i families have moved to Zabol, and by teaching their faith, are attacking Muslim sanctities

14 May 1945

A group of Zabol residents complain to Prime Minister about the activities of Baha'is

13 May 1945

Complaint by a number of Afghani refugees about Baha'i activities in Zabol

01 February 1945

Letter from the Ministry of Justice to Ministry of Interior about the situation of Baha’is in Mahallat

04 December 1944

Report to Prime Minister about the individual who was spreading hatred against Baha'is in Ardabil

16 November 1944

Interior Minister reports on Asadollah Naderi's murder investigation

01 October 1944

Baha'is advised to leave Gorgan to avoid unrest

03 September 1944

Hate speech against Baha'is during Ramazan in Ardabil

31 August 1944

Threat of bloodshed against Bahai's of Gorgan

28 August 1944

Disturbances in Semnan

13 August 1944

Following up on complaint by Sharoud clerics and asking the government to act against Baha'is

12 August 1944

Publicity against Islam in Shahroud should be stopped

10 August 1944

Another version of events in Shahroud

10 August 1944

Request to Leader of Muslims to help protect the lives and honour of Muslims in Shahroud from Baha'is

10 August 1944

Shahroud "scholars committee" asks Ayatollah Mohammad Behbahani to help prevent troubles in Shahroud being portrayed as against Muslims

08 August 1944

Complaining about Baha'is in Shahroud

05 August 1944

Governor of Shahroud should be replaced

30 July 1944

Demand to expel Baha'is from Shahroud

28 July 1944

Report of unrest in Shahroud

26 July 1944

Report against activities of Baha’is in Shahroud

11 July 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister that Baha'is hold important jobs in Zahedan

09 July 1944

Governor of Shahroud to be sacked?

04 July 1944

Request to relocate manager of the National Bank in Gorgan, who is a Baha'i and may cause unrest

30 June 1944

Anti-Baha'i article attacking the Shah's government, published as a supplement of "Vazifeh" (Duty) newspaper

29 June 1944

Threat of bloodshed against Baha'is in Gorgan

28 June 1944

Why Governor of Shahroud has not been sacked yet?

24 June 1944

The cause of unrest in Abadeh is that the governor's office manager is a Baha'i

13 June 1944

Police confirming names of some Baha'is in Shiraz and that they hold Baha'i meetings at their homes

08 June 1944

Colonel Atefi asked not to go to Taleqan

06 June 1944

Letter from Prime Ministry to Melli Bank of Iran about Hedayatollah Mavaddat

04 June 1944

Instruction to investigate Baha'i teaching activities in Shiraz

01 June 1944

Flyers distributed in Qom demanding expulsion of Baha'is

27 May 1944

Leaders of religious protests in Abadeh complain against the military commander charged with settling the unrest

20 May 1944

Shah's Office instructs Prime Minister to investigate allegations against the Manager of Bank Meli in Nahavand and his deputy, accused of favouring Baha'is

13 May 1944

Baha’is of Abadeh complain about stirrings of Sheykh Ali-Ahkbar against them

13 May 1944

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

13 May 1944

Complaint against Colonel Atefi and accusing him of Baha'i activity in Taleqan

09 May 1944

Complaint to Shah against Hedayatollah Mavaddat, the Manager of Bank Meli in Nahavand, accused of favouring Baha'is

22 April 1944

ٍReligious activists warn authorities that if they don't expel Baha'is from Qom, people will force them out

19 April 1944

Warning to a Qom resident to declare publicly he is not a Baha'i or leave the city

16 April 1944

The Police in Zabol have prevented Baha'is teaching their faith

15 April 1944

Qom police chief asks governor what to do about presence of Baha'is in the city

08 April 1944

Qom police chief is concerned that arrival of several Baha'is in Qom may cause trouble, and asks governor what to do

19 March 1944

Religious dispute in Shrivan

01 March 1944

Golpayegan is a highly conservative city, and can't afford religious tensions, so Baha'is who come here to promote their faith will have to be expelled

29 February 1944

Petition signed by 28 residents of Maraghe against a number of people sent to the police

27 February 1944

Complaint about Baha'i activities in norther cities - Babol, Amol, Mahmoudabad and Babolsar

20 February 1944

Governor of Qom asks for authorisation to return the newly arrived families in Mahallat back to their home cities

14 February 1944

Demanding expulsion of Baha'i school teachers

14 February 1944

Kashan governor concerned about Baha'i activities in Natanz

23 December 1943

A group of Mahallat residents have staged a sit-in, to protest against the presence of a few newly arrived families in the city

01 December 1943

Iranian Foreign Ministry's note and instructions about the expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

24 November 1943

Report of investigation into various allegations and tensions in Ahvaz and Masjed Soleiman

21 November 1943

Report by Iranian Ambassador on reasons for expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

20 November 1943

Investigation about fifty Baha’i pioneers to Shahreza

31 October 1943

Governor of Qom's Instructions on the newly arrived families in Mahallat

23 October 1943

Complaint about Colonel Atefi's activities in Taleqan

14 October 1943

Report by Iran's Ambassador in Baghdad about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

02 October 1943

According to Zabol Governor Bahai's are not doing anything to warrant prosecution

05 August 1943

Chief of Police reporting Baha'i activities in Babol

18 July 1943

Cover letter from the Parliament to the Interior Minister, enclosing complaint about Baha'is in Zabol

June 1943

Complaint by a group of residents of Zabol about Baha'is' activities and influence

24 May 1943

Complaint by a group of residents of Zabol about Baha'is

10 April 1943

Minister of Interior orders Governor to prevent trouble in Zabol

31 March 1943

Interior Minister reports to Prim Minister that Baha'is are publicising their faith in Zabol, and several army officers take part in their meetings

17 March 1943

Zabol Police reports that it has prevented clashes in the city

30 January 1943

Anonymous complaint alleging Baha'i influence in Department of Agriculture in Kermanshah

14 January 1943

Report by Governor of Faridan on tensions in the area

20 June 1941

Dispute between a Baha'i landlord and his Muslim tenants results in religious tension and restrictions against the Baha'i

25 May 1941

Baha'is in Ahvaz and Khorramabad, and the unease among Muslim activists about their influence

23 April 1941

Baha'is have been holding meetings again

03 July 1940

Instruction to prosecute two Baha’is who had closed their shops on the anniversary of the birth of the Bab

08 January 1940

Ezzat Tabibi must be banned from teaching

17 April 1938

Telegram of Chief Minister about Baha’i meetings in Kashan

29 October 1928

Letter from the head of the National Police to Chief Minister about expulsion of Baha’i activist, Taghi Khan, from Yazd

23 October 1851

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Confiscated assets of a Babi returned

Karzar newspaper: Baha’i officials in the Ministry of Finance in Kashan

We demand Baha’i optician businesses to be closed

Curriculum of Kafshgar Kola school

Vazifeh newspaper: Complaint about activities of Baha’is in Qazvin

Four Baha'is sentenced to imprisonment by Islamic Revolutionary court in Isfahan

Demand to close Vahdat-e Bashar school

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