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Sedaye Iran: Hooshang Seyhoun

Protection of the Rights of Baha'is

Houshang Seyhoun

30 May 2015

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HRANA: Latest on the destruction of Baha’i houses in Ivel

28 June 2010

Homes demolished in campaign to drive Baha’is out of Iranian village

28 June 2010

Radio Farda: Destruction of 50 Baha’i houses in Ivel

27 June 2010

DW Persian: What is behind the destruction of houses of Bahais in Ivel?

26 June 2010

HRANA: Video report of the destruction of fifty Baha’i houses in Ivel

15 June 2010

DW: Trial of Yaran ends

13 June 2010

HRA: Baha’i leaders arrested to be used for bargaining with the West

13 June 2010

Radio Zamaneh: Islamic Republic’s policy of denying Baha’is access to higher education

09 April 2010

Gooya news: Pressure on Iqan Shahidi and Sama Nourani for false confession on TV

23 February 2010

Human Rights Watch: Stop persecuting Baha’is

12 February 2010

FIDH: Stop persecution of Baha’is

09 February 2010

Le Monde: Professors of Le Monde university write in support of Baha’is

February 2010

Nature of the Persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran - Background document by Baha'i International Community

31 January 2010

Human Right reporters: Baha’is, from forced confession to sham trials

14 January 2010

Gooya news: Trial of seven Baha’is, sign of religious violence

12 January 2010

Mohsen Kadivar: Ayatollah Montazeri on the rights of citizenship of Baha’is

11 January 2010

Iran-e Emrooz: Why are Baha’is persecuted?

07 January 2010

Center for Human Rights in Iran: Concern about execution of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran

23 December 2009

Zabihollah Raoufi exiled to Tuyserkan

23 December 2009

Sholeh Taef arrested in Semnan

23 December 2009

Samiollah Ashenaei expelled from university

23 December 2009

Cemetery of the Baha’is of Abadan destroyed

18 December 2009

United Nations condemns Iran for violation of human rights

17 December 2009

Peyman Kashfi released in Tehran

16 December 2009

Date set for trial of seven Baha’i leaders

14 December 2009

Statement of Senator Mobina Jaffer in support of Baha’is

08 December 2009

Noushin Ghanavatian sentenced to eight-years imprisonment

08 December 2009

Sirous Gholam-Rezaie expelled from university

01 December 2009

Two Baha’is beaten up and arrested, and their houses searched

20 November 2009

Rosa Ghanavatian expelled from university in Khoramshahr

11 November 2009

Khosrow Dehghani’s house searched

30 October 2009

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Documentary Report on the destruction of the Baha'i graves in Vila Shahr and Najafabad

27 October 2009

Peyman Kashfi arrested in Tehran

18 October 2009

Trial of the leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

15 October 2009

Ban Ki-moon: UN High Commissioner on Human Rights expresses concerns about the situation of the seven leaders of the Baha’i community

13 October 2009

Azizollah Sobhi buried without informing his family

12 October 2009

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Threats against Baha’i students in the new academic year

06 October 2009

A group of Muslims defend Baha’is in cyberspace

02 October 2009

Difficulties of a Baha’i student enrolling at school

02 October 2009

Bashir Tashakkor banned from enrollment in university

02 October 2009

Attack on Baha’i cemetery in Najafabad

30 September 2009

Shohreh Aghdashloo and Azar Nafisi demand persecution of Baha’is to stop

10 September 2009

Threatening letters against Baha'is circulated in Vilashahr

10 September 2009

Payam Shir-Mohammadi arrested in Tehran

10 September 2009

Trial of a Baha’i couple in Ahvaz

05 September 2009

Dom jonbanak: A Baha’i citizen’s letter to the Head of Judiciary

30 August 2009

According to Ayatollah Montazeri the terms Mohareb (wagers of war) and Mofsed (corrupters) do not apply to Baha'is, although they are apostates inasmuch as they do not accept the finality of the Prophet of Islam

26 August 2009

New information on detention of Sohrab Laghaei

16 August 2009

Tavaana website: Abbas Milani on the history of Baha’i persecution in Iran

10 August 2009

Interview with Vahed Kholousi

23 July 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli released from prison in Sari

16 July 2009

Iran Emrooz website: Letter by Soheila Vahdati to Mostafa Tajzadeh’s wife

13 July 2009

Trial of leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

12 July 2009

Trial of the leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

11 July 2009

US Commission for Religious Freedom asks for release of seven leaders of the Baha’i community

06 July 2009

Akhbar-e Rooz: Seven Baha’i leaders at risk of execution

25 June 2009

New information on the detention of Moshfegh Samandari

25 June 2009

Anti-Baha’i books for children

24 June 2009

Tentative trial date for the seven leaders of the Baha’i community

18 June 2009

Detention of Moshfegh Samandari

18 June 2009

Latest on the arrest of Shahram Hasim

12 June 2009

Fatwa of Ayatollah Sanei about occupation of Baha’i cemeteries

09 June 2009

Ataollah Mohajerani: Arrested Baha’is are associated with Israel

04 June 2009

Shahram Hasim arrested

04 June 2009

Baha’is of Villashahr threatened

04 June 2009

Latest on the arrest of Shahram Chinian

30 May 2009

HRA: National conference in Kermanshah on the right to education

28 May 2009

Statement of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan to the national conference for the right to education in Kermanshah

27 May 2009

Peyk-e Iran: Baha’i cemetery in Mazandaran auctioned

26 May 2009

Shahram Hasim disappeared

26 May 2009

Radio Zamaneh: A legal view on detention and interrogation of seven Baha’is

26 May 2009

Detention of Moshfegh Samandari

26 May 2009

First national forum on the right to education

24 May 2009

Committee of Human Rights Defenders: Report on persecution of Baha’is

23 May 2009

Fatwa of Ayatollah Montazeri about Baha’i cemeteries

23 May 2009

Ayatollah Montazeri: Life and property of non-Muslims should be respected

20 May 2009

Behnam Motearefi arrested in Semnan

20 May 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families

20 May 2009

Baha’is summoned to court in Isfahan

20 May 2009

Sahba Rezvani sentenced to three-year imprisonment in Semnan

12 May 2009

Michel Esmailpour released on bail

05 May 2009

Two Baha’is summoned to Ministry of Intelligence

28 April 2009

Siamak Ebrahiminia’s store sealed

28 April 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families

17 April 2009

Iran Global: Letter from Arman Rad, a Baha’i student denied access to education

08 April 2009

Ali Ehsani arrested in Semnan

08 April 2009

HRA: Letter from Minou Shahriari, a Baha’i student denied access to education

07 April 2009

Behnam Rowhanifar’s house searched

25 March 2009

Negah: On Shahroud events

23 March 2009

Three Baha’i prisoners released on bail in Semnan

23 March 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families in prison

23 March 2009

Persecution of Baha’i students in schools

18 March 2009

Open letter of the student of Tabriz University in defence of Baha’i students

18 March 2009

New information about the trial of seven Baha’i leaders

18 March 2009

Three Baha’i students expelled from University in Tabriz

18 March 2009

Pouya Tebyanian arrested in Semnan

18 March 2009

Six Baha’i prisoners released on bail in Tehran

12 March 2009

HRA: Letter from Borhan Rasti, a Baha’i student denied access to education

11 March 2009

Statement from academics to stop persecution of Baha’is

11 March 2009

Five Baha’is released on bail

10 March 2009

Houses of three Baha’is searched in Tonekabon

10 March 2009

Foad Agah sentenced to four-year imprisonment in Isfahan

10 March 2009

Latest about six Baha’i prisoners in Tehran

10 March 2009

Persecution of the family of Behfar Khanjani in Semnan

10 March 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli sentenced to two-year imprisonment in Sari

10 March 2009

Rostam Behifar and Peyman Rouhi arrested in Yazd

10 March 2009

Torreh Taghizadeh released on bail in Tehran

01 March 2009

General Prosecutor: Leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran accepted their accusations

01 March 2009

Seven Baha’i leaders allowed to visit their families in prison

27 February 2009

Baha’is accused of murder in Abarghou

19 February 2009

Baha’i cemetery in Semnan destroyed

18 February 2009

EU expresses strong concern about the plight of seven Baha’i leaders

18 February 2009

Response from a group of Baha’is in Iran to the open letter of Iranian intellectuals

17 February 2009

Support by Writers and Journalists of Kurdistan for Baha’is in response to false allegations and hate material published against the Baha'i community

17 February 2009

Asr-e Nou website: Baha’is of Iran is in danger

17 February 2009

Iran-e Emrooz: Anti-Baha’ism in Iran

16 February 2009

Masoud Ataeian released from Qaemshahr prison

16 February 2009

Sahba Rezvani sentenced to imprisonment in Semnan

16 February 2009

Mohammad-Reza Kandi released on bail in Sari

16 February 2009

Fathollah Khateb Javan and Azizollah Pourhamzeh acquitted in Hamadan

16 February 2009

General Prosecutor orders strict measures against the Baha’i administration

16 February 2009

Latest on Kamran Aghdasi, Baha’i prisoner in Hamadan

16 February 2009

Nasrin Rahimi and Mehrazgiz Hoseini sentenced to one-year imprisonment in Hamadan

16 February 2009

HRA: Three years and eight months jail for a Baha’i from Semnan

16 February 2009

Negin Rezaie and Shabnam Ghazaie arrested and subsequently released in Tehran

16 February 2009

10000 copies of anti-Baha’i publication circulated in Kerman and Rafsanjan

15 February 2009

The Baha’i International Community's response to the open letter from the Iranian intellectuals

14 February 2009

A letter to the Baha’i community of Iran: “We Are Ashamed”

12 February 2009

Baha’i International Community demands the release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran

11 February 2009

Latest on Farhang Samadani and Elham Rowhani, Baha’i prisoners in Yazd

11 February 2009

75 non-Baha’i students protest to the expulsion of Mahnoush Dehghan from university

09 February 2009

Jinous Sobhani met her family in prison

09 February 2009

Latest on Nima Haghar, Baha’i prisoner in Tehran

09 February 2009

Ali Ahmadi released from prison

09 February 2009

Seven Baha’i leaders met their families in prison

03 February 2009

Four Baha’is released on bail in Qaemshahr

01 February 2009

Masoud Ataeian met his family in Qaemshahr prison

01 February 2009

Latest on five Baha’i prisoners in Tehran

01 February 2009

Four Baha’i students banned from studying

01 February 2009

Feizollah Rowshan imprisoned in Sari

30 January 2009

Baha’i International Community condemns the destruction of Khavaran cemetery

28 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Six Baha’is arrested in Iran

27 January 2009

Sima Eshraghi and Jalayer Vahdat arrested in Mashhad

26 January 2009

Latest on arrested Baha’is in Kish

26 January 2009

Shahbazi: Publishing the names of Baha’is of Shiraz is encouraging systematic violence

26 January 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli’s appeal refused

26 January 2009

Persecution of Baha’i students at schools

26 January 2009

Neda Keshavarz and Faria Tebyanian expelled from university

18 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Warning on destruction of Khavaran cemetery

15 January 2009

Abdolfattah Soltani: Increased pressure on Baha’is under Ahmadinejad

15 January 2009

Dom Jonbanak website: Mistreatment of the Baha’is of Qaemshahr

14 January 2009

Four Baha’is arrested in Qaemshahr

14 January 2009

9 Baha’i students expelled from university

14 January 2009

Baha’i prisoners punished for not participating in a Muslim religious ceremony

12 January 2009

Manouchehr Jamali: Baha’is of Qaemshahr arrested

11 January 2009

Latest on the seven Baha’i leaders in prison

07 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Article by Serajuddin Mirdamadi about the rights of Baha’is

12 December 2008

Human Rights in Iran: Free arrested Baha’is in Mazandaran

12 December 2008

Negah: Review of ‘Haghayegh Goftani’

28 November 2008

Radio Zamaneh: Interview with Fazel Meybodi about the rights of Baha’is

24 November 2008

Soheila Motallebi arrested in Sari

24 November 2008

HRA: Confiscation of an art work made by a Baha’i

10 November 2008

Radio Zamaneh: Interview with Mohammad Owliyaiefard about Baha’is’ right of education

07 October 2008

Asre no website: Petition against Baha’is in Qom

06 October 2008

Sokhansara: Ayatollah Montazeri's admirable defence of Baha’is

03 October 2008

Iran-e Emrooz: Trial and imprisonment of Baha’is

01 October 2008

Radio Farda: Fazel Meybodi: Renewed discussions on Baha’ism

28 September 2008

Ehsan Yarshater: Baha’is spread literature and culture of Iran

21 September 2008

Foundation for Iranian Studies: Islamism and anti-Baha’i discourse in Iran

15 September 2008

HRA: Letter from Parham Aghdasi, a Baha’i student deprived of access to education

13 September 2008

Diane Alaei: Shirin Ebadi is not a Baha’i

13 September 2008

Asre No newspaper: Shirin Ebadi is not a Baha’i

11 September 2008

Khosrow Shemirani: I am a Baha’i

15 August 2008

Ali Keshtgar: We are all Iranian Baha’is

15 July 2008

Examples of persecution of Baha’is

22 June 2008

Radio Zamaneh: On Ayatollah Montazeri’s fatwa

15 June 2008

Gooya News: Ayatollah Montazeri's response to religious question about Baha’is

04 June 2008

The Washington Institute: Iran’s attitude toward Baha’is is the criteria for evaluation of human rights in Iran

24 May 2008

BBC Persian: Ayatollah Montazeri and Baha’is

14 May 2008

Ayatollah Montazeri’s decree, declaring that Iranian Baha'is have citizens' rights

24 February 2008

Radio Farda: Legalization of mistreatment of religious minorities

29 January 2008

BBC: Comments of Judiciary spokesman on conviction of several Baha’is in Shiraz

29 January 2008

Radio Farda: The context and reasons of mistreatment of Baha’is

29 January 2008

Roozonline: Life has become more difficult for Baha’is in Iran

23 January 2008

Iran Emrooz: Increased pressure on Baha’is of Shiraz

13 January 2008

Essay by Dr Bahram Choubine about the suppression of Baha'is

06 November 2007

Sam Ghandchi: Would Mohammad Khatami do anything for recognition of Baha’is as an official religious minority?

21 September 2007

New wave of systematic measures against Baha’is

19 September 2007

Human Right Watch: Let Baha’is have access to higher education

18 September 2007

Iranian website: Javad Larijan’s comments on Baha’is criticized in Iranian website

27 August 2007

Confidential government document about banning Baha’i students from

31 July 2007

Baha’i students banned from universities

07 June 2007

Attacks against Baha’is continue

01 June 2007

Brief record of recent attacks on Baha’is

20 May 2007

Panjere newspaper: 20 Baha’is expelled from university

07 March 2007

Confidential government document about expulsion of Baha’is from universities

07 November 2006

Organization of Iranian Socialists: We condemn the persecution of Baha’is

02 July 2006

Assets of 640 Baha’is confiscated

21 June 2006

Gooya news: Absence of Baha’is in interfaith seminar in Iran

29 May 2006

HRA: We condemn persecution of religious minorities

29 May 2006

Statement by political prisoners in Rajaei-Shahr in support of 54 Baha’is detained in Shiraz

27 May 2006

Latest on 54 Baha’is arrested in Shiraz

26 May 2006

Noghte Nazar: Confrontation of Asma Jahangir and Khamenei

24 May 2006

54 Baha’is arrested in Shiraz

15 April 2006

India Times newspaper: Baha’i community of India expresses grave concern about the persecution of Iranian Baha’is

12 April 2006

Baha’is identified by security forces

27 March 2006

Times Online: Baha'is face yet more persecution in Iran

24 March 2006

Gooya news: Interview with Diane Alai about the UN Commission on Human Rights

22 March 2006

Negah website: Abarghou incident

20 March 2006

UN Special Rapporteur concerned about treatment of Baha'is in Iran

27 January 2006

More Baha’is arrested in different cities

25 January 2006

Negah website: Charges related to the incident in Abarghou

20 December 2005

Radio Farda: Interview with Baha’i spokesperson about the suspicious death of a Baha’i in Yazd

25 October 2005

Talk by Dian Alai at McGill University

07 October 2005

عدم حق تحصیل بهائیان در ایران

26 August 2005

Nimrouz: History and teachings of Baha’ism

16 January 2002

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

10 August 2001

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

01 June 2001

International Iran Times: A US organisation report on persecution of Baha’is in Iran

16 January 2001

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

19 October 2000

No one is allowed to harass Baha’is

08 September 2000

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

18 January 2000

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

21 September 1999

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

17 September 1999

Iran Times newspaper: US State Department's annual report accused Iran of violating rights of Baha'is

28 December 1998

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

23 September 1998

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

03 August 1998

The Utkal Age newspaper: Rouhollah Rowhani executed in Mashhad

31 July 1998

Iran Times report of Rouhollah Rowhani's execution in Mashhad

28 January 1998

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

15 October 1997

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

11 February 1997

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

01 February 1997

Society for Defence of Prisoners of Conscience in Iran demand the release of Zabihollah Maharami and Mousa Talebi

27 November 1996

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

11 October 1996

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

21 March 1996

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

09 February 1996

Addendum to Report by Abdelfattah Amor, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

20 October 1995

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

16 January 1995

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

04 November 1994

Addendum to Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

14 October 1994

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

26 September 1994

Baha'i prisoners of war released from Iraq can receive government benefit

02 February 1994

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

28 January 1994

Shahrvand: Complaint about publishing material about Baha’i in Shahrvand magazine in Canada

07 January 1994

Shahrvand newspaper: Mousavi Ardebili encourages killing Baha’is

17 November 1993

Addendum to Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

08 November 1993

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

August 1993

Iranian secret policy memo to persecute Baha'is exposed

10 July 1993

Baha'i graves destroyed in Iran

10 July 1993

Pacific Daily News: secret document outlining Iran's official policy to eliminate Baha'is

10 July 1993

Trinidad Express: Violence against dead Baha'is in Iran

09 July 1993

Baha'i bodies are exhumed by Tehran

09 July 1993

Samoa Observer newspaper: Iran’s efforts to eliminate Baha’ism

05 February 1993

Final Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

28 January 1993

Final report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

24 February 1992

Salam newspaper: Galindo Pohl defends rights of Baha’is

02 January 1992

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

29 May 1991

Salam newspaper: New US resolution in support of the rights of Baha’is

05 April 1991

Iran Times newspaper: UN Special Rapporteur for Iran reports on his meeting with Baha'is

13 February 1991

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, 1991

11 March 1990

Tehran Times report on Galindo Pohl’s visit to Tehran

12 February 1990

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, 1990

02 November 1989

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

26 January 1989

Report on human rights situation in Iran by the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights, Reynaldo-Galindo Pohl

25 January 1988

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, January 1988

06 November 1987

Persecution of Baha'is included in UN Secretary General's report on human rights in Iran

13 October 1987

Daily newspaper: Two more Baha’is executed

12 October 1987

The interim report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the situation of Human Rights in Iran, 1987

28 January 1987

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, January 1987

26 January 1986

Representatives of Iran refuse to respond to questions about Baha’is

17 January 1986

Iran Times newspaper: Violation of human rights - execution of Baha'is and Mojahedin

18 March 1985

Iran va Jahan: Thousands of Baha’is have been arrested, executed, or expelled from work or university

12 February 1985

Request to review the Qesas (Retribution) law for non-Muslim citizens

22 June 1984

Iran Times reports US Senate has condemned persecution of Baha'i community in Iran

01 June 1984

Protesting Iran's extermination of Baha'is

08 May 1984

The Baltimore Sun: Ayatollah Khomeini waging a systematic, brutal holy war against Iran’s Baha’is

06 May 1984

Los Angeles Time newspaper: Execution of 170 Baha’is in Iran

17 February 1984

Iran International Times newspaper: Statement by US State Department about violation of the rights of Baha’is

07 October 1983

Iran Times newspaper: Murdering Baha’is, revival of medieval punishments

18 September 1983

Iran News reports activities of all Baha'i institutions banned in Iran

15 September 1983

The Guardian newspaper: Iran ban on Baha’is

18 July 1983

Iran va Jahan newspaper reports on persecution of Baha'is

21 June 1983

Sixteen Baha’is hanged in Iran

06 June 1983

Iran va Jahan newspaper critical of President Reagan’s exhortation on Baha’is

30 May 1983

Nejat-e Iran newspaper on President Reagan's letter to Iranian government asking them not to execute Baha'is

29 May 1983

Pittsburgh Post: Reagan’s plea to stop execution of Baha’is rejected

29 May 1983

New York Times: Khomeini attacks Reagan for supporting Baha’is

24 May 1983

The Japan Times: Reagan calls on world leaders to stop execution of Baha’is

23 May 1983

Reagan urges halt to Baha'i killings

22 May 1983

Detroit Free Press: Reagan asks Iran to spare Baha'is

20 May 1983

Iran Times: Two Baha’is executed in Iran

28 April 1983

International Herald Tribune: Executions and ostracism of Baha'i resumed in Iran

14 February 1983

Herald Tribune article in defence of Baha'is translated and published by "Iran o Jahan newspaper

24 May 1982

Canberra Times: Iran executes Baha’is

05 April 1982

Evening Post-Echo newspaper: Report on the execution of Baha’is in Iran

26 March 1982

Leeds Student: Genocide, the threat facing Baha'is in Iran

21 March 1982

Sunday Times: Only one of the Iranian Baha’i leaders is still alive

20 March 1982

Guardian newspaper: Persecution of Baha’is is intensifying

20 February 1982

Saturday Star newspaper: Let's have no tie with Iran that kills Baha'is

13 February 1982

Pardis newspaper: Activities of Baha’is around the world to support rights of the Baha’is in Iran

23 January 1982

World Student Times: Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

20 January 1982

Payam-e Azadi newspaper report in support of Baha'is

14 January 1982

New York Times: 2,500 people in Los Angeles mourn death of 15 Bahais

12 January 1982

Wall Street Journal: Eight more Baha’is executed in Iran

31 December 1981

The Montreal Gazette newspaper: Eight leaders of Baha’i community of Iran executed

25 December 1981

Iran Times newspaper quoting Minister of labour: Bahai's dismissed from their jobs can't return to work

08 December 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini’s order, banning arbitrary arrests

18 November 1981

Sydney Morning Herald: Iranian Baha'is under campaign of hate

01 October 1981

Daily Miror newspaper: Anti-Baha’ism in Iran comparable to anti-Semitism in Germany

27 September 1981

Sunday Independent: Baha'is in the same peril as the Jews in Nazi Germany

12 September 1981

Business Licence granted to Rahmatollah Hakiman

03 July 1981

International Iran Times newspaper: Amnesty international highlights execution of ten Baha’is

27 June 1981

Iran’s largest religious minority, the Baha’is, consistently denied fair trials

26 May 1981

Baha'is victims of the Ayatollah's drive

15 May 1981

Iran Times: A Baha’i goes on trial in the Revolutionary Court

01 April 1981

The Canberra Times newspaper: Execution of Baha'is deplored by Senate

27 November 1980

Mansour Mehrabi does not promote the Baha’i faith

30 October 1980

Mehdi Bazargan (Prime Minister): Strangulation has never succeeded in overcoming opponents and their influence

24 September 1980

Canberra Times: Baha'is facing execution

13 September 1980

Australia Weekend newspaper: Baha’i community of United Kingdom express concerns about the execution of Baha’is

14 June 1980

Officer in charge of purging staff accused of being a Baha’i

27 May 1980

40 colleagues of Yousef Sobhani at Pepsi Company testify that he is innocent and has not committed murder

27 May 1980

Several former colleagues of Yousef Sobhani at Pepsi Cola company testify he is innocent

23 February 1980

Police request Military Coordinating Committee to investigate looting of Javad Mazloum's shop

13 February 1980

Demolishing the Baha’i cemetery of Miandoab does not conform with Sharia principles

February 1980

Iran Times reprint from Washington Post: No flexibility about religious minorities in Iran, except Sunni Muslims

16 October 1979

Proposal to divide the two public baths in Hasanabad Bagherof village between Baha'i and Muslim residents according to their numbers

22 September 1979

Baha’is should be allowed to live in peace in Jousheghan

18 September 1979

Order by Islamic Revolution Central Committee to stop arbitrary harassments

16 September 1979

Revolutionary Guards Corps in Kashan warn residents of Vadeghan not to harass Baha'is

01 August 1979

Order by Islamic Revolution Central Committee to stop arbitrary attacks and arrests

16 July 1979

Ayatollah Khomeini's office tells Birjand revolutionary committee to investigate complaints in accordance with Islamic Sharia

26 May 1979

Islamic Revolutionary Committee: Non-Muslims should also be safe under the protection of Islam

10 May 1979

Ayatollah Taleghani: Candidate’s religion should not be a determining factor in the election of councils

01 May 1979

Order to attend to the complaints of Messrs. Yazdani and Saadat

19 April 1979

Response to complaint by Bahai’s of Noferest village about violence against them and their properties

15 April 1979

Ayatollah Khomeini’s office: All are equal in the eyes of the law

12 April 1979

Ayandegan newspaper: Three Baha’i employees expelled

19 March 1979

Complaint by Mirza Riazati and Hamid Shakibaie and other farmers in the village of Kasher to be investigated

10 March 1979

No one has the right to violate Mashallah Rahmani's safety, property and good name

03 March 1979

Ayatollah Ezeddin Hosseini: Baha’i’s rights should be respected

27 February 1979

instructions by Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani to officials in Ferdows to stop attacks on Baha'is

27 February 1979

Ayatollah Mahallati orders that Mohammad Reza Nikoui and his family should be protected

24 February 1979

No one should arbitrarily harass Javad Mazloum-Jahromi

20 February 1979

Hire Shahnaz Ashnaie!

19 February 1979

Hosein Allah-Karam has the right to be a Baha'i and should not be harassed

09 February 1979

Tehran Mosavvar newspaper: Cultural Revolution and the case of Baha’is

23 January 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini advises that Baha’is should not be harassed

12 January 1979

Message from Ayatollah Bahaeddin Mahallati to people in Shiraz, asking them to stop violence against non-Muslims, and looting and destruction of their properties

18 December 1978

Ayatollah Bahaoddin Mahallati: Muslims have no bad intention against religious minorities

15 December 1978

Ayatollah Bahaeddin Mahallati says attack on non-Muslims is prohibited even if they are Baha'is

13 November 1974

Arak newspaper: Hossein Shah-Zeidi explains his visit to Baha’i temple in the USA

14 January 1959

Sahar newspaper: Response to article on patriotism of Baha’is

12 November 1957

Ettehad-e Melli newspaper: Funeral ceremony of Shoghi Effendi

31 August 1957

Donya: Visiting Baha’i temple in Ashgabat

10 September 1956

Sepid-o Siah newspaper: Article in The Times of London about persecution of Baha’is in Iran

29 July 1956

Sepid va Siah newspaper: UN Secretary General has asked Iranian government not to allow pressure on Baha’is

20 April 1956

Khousheh newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

16 April 1956

Ajang newspaper: Tahirih, the pride of women in the East

06 December 1955

Sahar newspaper: Strategy for fighting Baha’ism

20 September 1955

Sahar newspaper’s response to accusations that it supports Baha’is

12 September 1955

Ajang newspaper: Analysis of government’s measures on Baha’is

12 September 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

11 September 1955

Ettelaat newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

06 September 1955

Ettehad-e Melli newspaper: Preventing attacks on Baha’is in Muharram

06 September 1955

Karzar newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

04 September 1955

Farman newspaper: Egyptian press reports on religious gatherings in Iran during Muharram

04 September 1955

Farman newspaper: Efforts to stop attacks on Baha’is in Muharram

03 September 1955

Khandaniha: Foreign press are still interested in Baha’is in Iran

19 August 1955

Tehran Mosavar: A foreign country has asked Iran to grant official recognition to Baha’is

16 August 1955

Baha’i girl talks to the editor of Sahar newspaper about killing of seven Baha’is in her family

18 July 1955

Ajang newspaper: Baha’is and non-Baha’is equally suffer in Iran

09 July 1955

Nabard-e Mellat newspaper: Preventing an anti-Baha’i speech in Mashhad

03 July 1955

Ettehad-e Mellal newspaper: Tension between Ayatollah Borujerdi and governmental authorities

03 July 1955

Ettehad-e Mellal newspaper: Muslim Indian Minister expresses regret about situation of Baha’is in Iran

29 June 1955

Tehran Post newspaper: Sahar newspaper closed

28 June 1955

Khandaniha newspaper: Pressure by Baha’is of the world to end persecution of Baha’is in Iran

28 June 1955

Karzar newspaper: Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, encourages Iran to treat Baha’i equally

27 June 1955

Asia newspaper: Tensions between Shias and Baha’is are damaging Iran’s interests

25 June 1955

Khandaniha newspaper: Nehru asks the Iranian government to respect the rights of Baha’is

22 June 1955

Nehru’s Request from the Iranian government

14 June 1955

Sahar newspaper: Government is monitoring religious activities

11 June 1955

Recent events in Iran as seen from Haifa and Chicago

01 June 1955

Farman newspaper: Sahar newspaper closed

31 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Banning publication of Baha’i books

17 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Wrong time for fighting Baha’ism

16 May 1955

Parcham-e Khavarmianeh newspaper: Baha’is may be attacked after Falsafi’s sermons

12 May 1955

Post Tehran newspaper: Report on Baha’i activities against national economy denied

11 May 1955

Post-e Tehran newspaper: The government is fighting Baha’is through legal means

10 May 1955

Showra newspaper: Damghan residents meet to expel Baha’is from the city

09 May 1955

Aftab Shargh newspaper: Baha’i center occupied by the military

02 November 1951

Report to Ayatollah Kashani about attack on Baha'is and murder and bloodshed in Najafabad

12 December 1950

Arson attack on Abdol-Rahim Vahedi’s house

16 November 1950

Complaint against Chief of Police in Boroujen

08 November 1950

Houses and shops set on fire in Boroujen

17 September 1950

Jahan-e Ma newspaper: Murderers of Dr. Berjis on trial

15 March 1950

Telegram of Interior Minister to Prime Minister about the transfer of the murderers of Dr. Berjis to Tehran

06 March 1950

Persecuting the murderers of Dr. Berjis

26 February 1950

Ferdowsi: Investigate the assassination of Dr Berjis

25 February 1950

Murderers of Dr. Berjis transferred to Tehran

08 February 1950

Telegram of Head of the Police to Prime Minister about the murder of Dr. Berjis

02 October 1947

Baha'i doctors referenced in commentary in "Parcham-e Eslam" newspaper

12 June 1947

Muslim worker attests to honesty of the Baha'i head of Shahi factories

19 May 1947

Request for the transfer of a Baha'i from Shazand factory

27 April 1947

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

18 October 1946

"Our Iran" newspaper: New book about the chief of Baha'i faith

21 January 1945

Report of religious agitation against Baha'is in Abadeh

04 December 1944

Police apprehend the person who was about to set fire to the home of Foroutan

04 October 1944

Prime Minster says protesting against brutal murder of a Baha'i and demanding investigation does not mean favouring Baha'is

17 August 1944

Neday-e Edalat newspaper: Killing of four Baha’is in Shahroud

10 February 1943

Violence against Bahai's in Zabol

01 February 1942

Interrogation should be fair and unbiased

07 December 1937

Letter from governor of Azerbaijan to Interior Minister about expulsion of Baha’is of Seisan

26 September 1937

Five Baha’is exiled from Seisan

19 January 1930

Letter from Ministry of Education about the good character of Ali-Mohammad Nabili

06 January 1930

Letter from Kashan Education Department: Vahdat-e Bashar school does not promote the Baha’i Faith

28 August 1929

Request of Ali-Mohammad Nabili, Principal of Vahdat-e Bashar school for establishing secondary education program

28 October 1921

Ministry of Interior asks Ministry of Education to monitor Vahdat-e Bashar school

24 October 1921

Letter from Chief Minister to Minister of Education about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

23 October 1921

Letter from Chief Minister to Ministry of Education about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

17 October 1921

Telegram to Ministry of Interior about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

24 September 1921

Rumors about religious publicity in ‘Vahdat-e Bashar’ school are untrue

15 April 1920

Bayan-e Haghighat newspaper: 12 Baha’is killed in Jahrom

Letter from governor of Mazandaran about Kafshgar Kola school

Baha’is not to be expelled from work because of their belief

Part of a book on persecution of Baha'is during the Pahlavi era

Khousheh newspaper comment, criticising Muslims who ill-treat Baha’is

Letter of support by a group of shop owners in Koshtargah neighbourhood in Kerman asking for the ban on Nima Rajabzadeh's shop to be lifted

Sahar newspaper: People’s Party believes in freedom of religion

Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani says Baha'is are entitled to have citizen rights

Islamic Revolutionary Council does not object to installation of windows at Badiollah Moghaddam’s residence.

The Guardian newspaper: UN condemns killing of Baha’is in Iran

Curriculum of Kafshgar Kola school

Kamal Yazdanpanah’s services in prison

Sahar newspaper: Taghizadeh’s speech indicate Senate’s unhappiness of religious extremism

Ruling by sharia judge that Baha'is living in villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad should be allowed to get food items with their valid coupons

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