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Mob attack and murder of Bahai's in Shahroud

Assaults and threats of death

Murders and execution

Public hostility

July 1944

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Iran Times report of Rouhollah Rowhani's execution in Mashhad

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Kayhan-e Havaei newspaper: Iran condemned at the UN for violating human rights of Baha’is

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12 May 1986

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11 May 1986

News of Fidros Shabrokh's execution in Kayhan newspaper

09 May 1986

Fedros Shabrokh - Executed by hanging in Zahedan on 9th May 1986

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Payman Sobhani - Murdered in Saravan, Sistan and Balouchestan on 28th April 1986

24 April 1986

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23 April 1986

Kayhan newspaper: Baha’is have not been executed because of their belief

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

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17 December 1985

Mir Hossein Mousavi: US support for the rights of Baha’is shows the nature of this sect

14 December 1985

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Baha’is in the UN

12 December 1985

Kayhan newspaper: US President supports rights of Baha’is

07 December 1985

Kayhan International newspaper: Iran rejects claims of American Baha’is about execution of a Baha’i in Iran

07 December 1985

Tehran Times newspaper: Iran rejects claims of American Baha’is about the execution of a Baha’i in Iran

28 November 1985

Tehran Times newspaper: Execution of Baha’is is not because of their faith

19 November 1985

Azizollah Ashjari - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 19th November 1985

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Death certificate of Azizollah Ashjari

12 October 1985

Nouriddin Taiefi- Passed away in prison in Gorgan on 12 October 1985

31 August 1985

Rahmatollah Vojdani- Executed by firing squad in Bandar Abbas on 31 August 1985

01 August 1985

Abbas Idelkhani - Passed away in prison in Tehran on 1st August 1985

30 March 1985

Jomhouri Eslami newspaper: Executed Baha’is were spies

30 March 1985

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Executed Baha’is were spies

12 March 1985

Rahmatollah Vafaie - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 12th March 1985

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Nosratollah Sobhani- Executed by hanging in Tehran on 5 March 1985

05 March 1985

Execution of Rouhollah Bahramshahi in Yazd

05 March 1985

Jomhouri Eslami newspaper: One Baha’i executed

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Rouhollah Bahramshahi- Executed in Yazd on 25 February 1985

12 February 1985

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

11 February 1985

Iran va Jahan weekly: Situation of Baha’is in Iran

21 January 1985

Rouhollah Hasouri - Executed by firing squad in Yazd on 21 January 1985

09 December 1984

Letter of Rouhollah Taalim before his execution

09 December 1984

Firouz Athari - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 9th December 1984

09 December 1984

Jamshid Pour-Ostadkar- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 9th December 1984

09 December 1984

Gholam-Hosein Farhand - Executed in Tehran on 9th December 1984

09 December 1984

Rouhollah Taalim - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 9th December 1984

09 December 1984

Jamal Kashani - Executed in Karaj on 9th December 1984

09 December 1984

Enayatollah Haghighi - Executed in Tehran on 9th December 1984

19 November 1984

Farhad Asdaghi - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 19th November 1984

13 November 1984

Ziaollah Maniei-Uskuie – Died in Tabriz prison on 13 November 1984

11 November 1984

Ali-Reza Niyakan - Died in prison in Tabriz on 11th November 1984

01 November 1984

Younes Nawruzi-Iranzad - Executed by hanging in Karaj on 1 November 1984

01 November 1984

Ahmad Bashiri - Executed by hanging in Karaj on 1st November 1984

30 October 1984

Firouz Pordel - Executed by hanging in Mashhad on 30th October 1984

22 October 1984

Iran va Jahan newspaper: Students of religion attack Baha’is in different cities

23 September 1984

Shapour (Houshang) Markazi - Executed in Tehran on 23rd September 1984

15 September 1984

Rostam Varjavandi - Passed away in prison in Tehran on 15th September 1984

14 September 1984

Death sentence and confiscation of assets demanded for Ahmad Bashiri

06 September 1984

London Kayhan newspaper: 128 Baha’is executed

25 August 1984

Aminollah Ghorbanpour - Executed in Tehran on 25th August 1984

16 August 1984

Manouchehr Ruhi - Executed by firing squad in Bojnourd on 16th August 1984

27 June 1984

Ehsanollah Kasiri - Executed in Tehran on 27th June 1984

18 June 1984

Request for burial permission for Nosratollah Vahdat, executed in Mashhad

18 June 1984

Burial permission for Nosratollah Vahdat

17 June 1984

Nosratollah Vahdat - Executed by hanging in Mashhad on 17 June 1984

05 June 1984

Letter from Ehsanollah Kasiri to his family from Evin prison

01 June 1984

Protesting Iran's extermination of Baha'is

15 May 1984

Jahangir Hedayati - Executed in Tehran on 15th May 1984

15 May 1984

Ali-Mohammad Zamani - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 15th May 1984

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

05 May 1984

Jalal Payravi- Executed in Tabriz on 5th May 1984

05 May 1984

Maghsoud Alizadeh- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 5th May 1984

02 May 1984

Asadollah Kamel-Moghaddam- Died in prison in Tehran on 2nd May 1984

04 April 1984

Yadollah Saberian - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 04 April 1984

04 April 1984

Kamran Lotfi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 04 April 1984

04 April 1984

Rahim Rahimian- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 04 April 1984

19 March 1984

Nosratollah Ziaie - Died from torture injuries in prison hospital in Baft, Kerman on 19 March 1984

13 March 1984

Mohsen Razavi – Executed by hanging in Tehran on 13 March 1984

11 March 1984

Tehran Times: The Baha’i issue is raised to distract attention from the achievements of Islamic Republic

10 March 1984

Gholam-Hosein Hasanzadeh-Shakeri - Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 10th March 1984

26 January 1984

Revolutionary court sentences Ahmad Bashiri to death and confiscation of his properties

14 January 1984

Ardeshir Sistani sentenced to death

11 January 1984

Rahmatollah Hakiman- Died while in prison in Kerman on 11 January 1984

15 December 1983

Abdol-Majid Motahhar - Died in prison in Isfahan on 15th December 1983

21 November 1983

Bahman Dehghani’s brother asks Ayatollah Izadi to look into the murder of his brother

19 November 1983

Bahman Dehghani- Murdered in Mohammadiyeh, Najafabad, Isfahan on 19th November 1983

02 November 1983

Letter from Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Japan to Secretary of National Spiritual Assembly of Japan

19 September 1983

Akbar Haghighi - Attacked and died of injuries in hospital in Khoy, Western Azerbaijan, on 19th December 1983

15 September 1983

The Guardian newspaper: Iran ban on Baha’is

31 August 1983

Mohammad Eshraghi - Executed in Tehran on 31st August 1983

31 August 1983

Prosecutor General: Executed Baha’is were spies

17 August 1983

Tehran Times: Double standards of defenders of Baha’is

02 July 1983

Star newspaper: Execution of two Baha’i girls in Shiraz

30 June 1983

The Australian newspaper: Sixteen other Baha’is executed

30 June 1983

Ahmad-Ali Sabet-Sarvestani - Died after his transfer from prison to hospital in Shiraz on 30th June 1983

28 June 1983

Soheil Houshmand- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 28 June 1983

21 June 1983

Sixteen Baha’is hanged in Iran

20 June 1983

Dawn newspaper: 16 more Baha’is executed

18 June 1983

Mona Mahmoudnejad - Executed by hanging on 18th June 1983 in Shiraz

18 June 1983

Zarrin Moghimi-Abyaneh - Executed by hanging on 18th June 1983 in Shiraz

18 June 1983

Nosrat Ghufrani Yaldaie- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18 June 1983

18 June 1983

Roya Eshraghi - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18th June 1983

18 June 1983

Tahereh Arjomandi Siyavushi- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18 June 1983

18 June 1983

Mahshid Niroumand - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18th June 1983

18 June 1983

Simin Saberi - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18th June 1983

18 June 1983

Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18 June 1983

18 June 1983

Akhtar Sabet - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18th June 1983

18 June 1983

Shahin Dalvand - Executed by hanging on 18th June 1983 in Shiraz

16 June 1983

Bahram Afnan - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

16 June 1983

Enayatollah Eshraghi – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

16 June 1983

Abdol-Hosein Azadi – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

16 June 1983

Jamshid Siyavushi- Executed in Shiraz by hanging on 16 June 1983

16 June 1983

Kourosh Haghbin - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16 June 1983

16 June 1983

Bahram Yaldaie – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

06 June 1983

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

06 June 1983

Kayhan International: Request for investigation about execution of Baha’i prisoners

30 May 1983

Iran and the World newspaper: New wave of Baha'i executions and discrimination

29 May 1983

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

29 May 1983

Kayhan newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini on Baha’is

29 May 1983

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

28 May 1983

Ettelaat newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini on Baha’is

28 May 1983

President Reagan asks Ayatollah Khomeini to pardon 12 Baha'is

28 May 1983

Jomhuri-e Islami: Ayatollah Khomeini on Baha’is

28 May 1983

Sobh-e Azadegan: Ayatollah Khomeini on 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

01 May 1983

Soheil Safaie – Executed in Tehran on 1 May 1983

01 May 1983

Jalal Hakiman- Executed in Tehran on 1st May 1983

28 April 1983

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

01 April 1983

Azadollah (Aziz) Zaydi- murdered by gun shot in Miandoab on 1st April 1983

12 March 1983

Yadollah Mahmoudnejad - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 12 March 1983

12 March 1983

Touba Zaerpour- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 12 March 1983

26 February 1983

Appeal for justice by Keyhan Atefi to Inspector General

12 February 1983

Khabare Jonoub newspaper: Twenty-two Baha’is executed in Shiraz

26 January 1983

Soheil Safaie's death sentence confirmed by Supreme Islamic Revolutionary Court

08 January 1983

Ettelaat newspaper: Hedayatollah Siyavushi executed in Shiraz

05 January 1983

Khabar Jonoub newspaper reports execution of Hedayatollah Siyavushi in Shiraz

01 January 1983

Hedayatollah Siyavushi- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 1st January 1983

23 December 1982

Goldaneh Alipour - Murdered in Sari, Mazandaran on 23 December 1982

29 November 1982

Hosein Nayyeri-Esfahani- Passed away while in detention in Isfahan on 29th November 1982

25 November 1982

Ettelaat newspaper: Execution of a Bahai in Shiraz

23 November 1982

Khabar newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari

22 November 1982

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari in Shiraz

21 November 1982

Ziaollah Ahrari - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 21 November 1982

16 November 1982

Khabar-e Jonoub newspaper report on execution of Habibollah Ouji

16 November 1982

Habibollah Ouji - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th November 1982

16 November 1982

Execution of one Baha'i in Shiraz

11 November 1982

Habibollah Ouji executed by hanging

11 August 1982

Ali Naiemian - Executed in Urmia on 11th August 1982

24 July 1982

Iran’s response at UN Human Rights Commission

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

18 July 1982

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

17 July 1982

Permission to bury body of Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour, executed by firing squad

15 July 1982

Jerusalem Post: Execution of another four Baha’is in Iran

15 July 1982

Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 15th July 1982

11 July 1982

Four Baha'is executed in Qazvin

11 July 1982

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran: Four more Baha’is executed

09 July 1982

Manouchehr Vafaie- Murdered in Tehran on 9 July 1982

09 July 1982

Manouchehr Farzaneh-Moayyad - Executed in Qazvin on 9 July 1982

09 July 1982

Mohammad Mansouri- Executed by firing squad in Qazvin on 9 July 1982

09 July 1982

Jadidollah Ashraf- Executed in Qazvin by firing squad on 9th July 1982

09 July 1982

Mohammad Abbasi- Executed in Qazvin on 9th July 1982

09 June 1982

Order to return personal documents of Mahmoud and Eshraghieh Forouhar to their family

01 June 1982

Ataollah Haghani - Murdered in Tehran on 1st June 1982

24 May 1982

Canberra Times: Iran executes Baha’is

16 May 1982

Nasrollah Amini- Executed by hanging in Khaniabad, Tehran on 16 May 1982

16 May 1982

Sadollah Babazadeh - Executed by hanging in Khaniabad Tehran on 16 May 1982

12 May 1982

Agahollah Tizfahm and Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie executed in Urmia

12 May 1982

Iran Rahimpour (Khormaie)- Executed by firing squad in Dezful on 12 May 1982

12 May 1982

Execution of Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie and Agahollah Tizfahm in Urmia

11 May 1982

Badiollah Haghpaykar, Mahmoud Forouhar, and Eshraghiyeh Forouhar executed in Karaj

10 May 1982

Agahollah Tizfahm - Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 10th May 1982

10 May 1982

Execution of Badiollah Haghpaykar, Mahmoud Forouhar, and Eshraghieh Forouhar

10 May 1982

Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie - Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 10th May 1982

10 May 1982

3 Baha'is executed in Karaj

09 May 1982

Asking for cash and belongings left by Mahmoud Forouhar to be handed over to Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor's office in Karaj

08 May 1982

Eshraghieh Forouhar- Executed by firing squad in Karaj on 8th May 1982

08 May 1982

Badiollah Haghpaykar- Executed in Karaj on 8th May 1982

08 May 1982

Mahmoud Forouhar- Executed by firing squad in Karaj, Alborz on 8th May 1982

03 May 1982

Azizollah Golshani executed in Mashhad

02 May 1982

Azizollah Golshani executed in Mashhad

30 April 1982

Bournemouth & Dorset Times: Conversation with families of two executed Baha’is

29 April 1982

Azizollah Golshani – Executed by hanging in Mashhad on 29 April 1982

17 April 1982

Execution of Ehsanollah Khayyami in Urmia

12 April 1982

Ehsanollah Khayyami- Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 12th April 1982

05 April 1982

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

02 April 1982

Askar Mohammadi - Murdered in Rahimkhan, Kurdistan on 2nd April 1982

April 1982

Baha'i prisoners in Urmia in April 1982 - several of them were later executed

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

13 March 1982

Six Baha’is of Torbat Heydarie complain to commander of revolutionary guards that they were beaten to denounce their faith

04 March 1982

Prosecutor General: Baha’is are not executed because of their beliefs

28 February 1982

Hosein Vahdat-Hagh - Executed in Tehran on 28th February 1982

22 February 1982

Ebrahim Kheirkhah- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 22nd February 1982

20 February 1982

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

18 February 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper: Interview with Mehdi Taieb about Hojjatieh Society

13 February 1982

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

27 January 1982

Daily Athenaeum: Execution of seven Baha’is in Iran

26 January 1982

Death certificate of Jalal Azizi

23 January 1982

World Student Times: Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

22 January 1982

Suburban Trib: Interview with Samira Samimi about the execution of her father

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

14 January 1982

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

13 January 1982

Eight members of Iranian National Baha’i Council executed

12 January 1982

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

10 January 1982

Letter from the Baha’i community of Iran about the execution of seven more Baha’is

07 January 1982

Head of the Supreme Court of Justice: In the Islamic Republic of Iran no one is persecuted solely for their belief and religion

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

04 January 1982

Fathollah Ferdowsi - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Shiva Mahmoudi Asadollah-Zadeh - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4 January 1982

04 January 1982

Kourosh Talaie- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Eskandar Azizi - Executed in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Ataollah Yavari- Executed in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Shidrokh Amir-Kiya (Bagha) - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Khosrow Mohandesi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

January 1982

Letter from the Baha’i community of Tehran to Kourosh Talaie’s family

31 December 1981

Letter from Ghodsieh Mozafarinezhad to Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani

31 December 1981

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

28 December 1981

Death certificate for Ghodratollah Rowhani, shot in Evin

27 December 1981

Mehdi Amin-Amin- Executed in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Ghodratollah Rowhani - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Sirous Rowshani - Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Jinous Naimat Mahmoudi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Ezzatollah Forouhi - Executed by firing squad in Tehran, on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Mahmoud Majzoub - Executed in Tehran on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Jalal Azizi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Kamran Samimi- Executed in Tehran on 27 December 1981

December 1981

Members of the second National Assembly after the revolution - all except one were executed in December 1981

December 1981

Members of the second National Assembly after the revolution - seven of them were executed in December 1981

26 November 1981

Court verdict on 5 Baha'is tried in Tehran

18 November 1981

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

23 October 1981

Yadollah Sepehr-Arfa - Executed in Tehran on 23 October 1981

27 September 1981

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

20 September 1981

Aftab newspaper: Iran is bent on exterminating its Baha'i minority

11 September 1981

Ahmad Rezvani - Executed by firing squad in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Bahman Atefi – Executed in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Ataollah Rowhani - Executed in Daran, Isfahan, on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Goshtasb Sabet-Rasekh – Executed by firing squad on 11 September 1981

11 September 1981

Ezzatollah Atefi - Executed in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

31 August 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Habibollah Azizi sentenced to death

29 August 1981

Habibollah Azizi – Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 29th August 1981

15 August 1981

Iran Tribune newspaper: Baha’is, executed in Hamedan, had been tortured

09 August 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar and Nematollah Katebpour-Shahidi executed by firing squad

06 August 1981

General Hossein Rastegar-Namdar executed by firing squad

05 August 1981

Hosein Rastegar-Namdar- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 5th August 1981

05 August 1981

West Germany defends the rights of Baha’is

03 August 1981

Foreign Ministry spokesman: No one in Iran is executed for their belief

03 August 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Baha’is are not executed because of their faith

03 August 1981

Kayhan newspaper report on execution of 9 Baha'is in Tabriz

29 July 1981

Parviz Firouzi- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Allah-Vardi Misaghi - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Abdol-Ali Asadyari- Executed by the firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Esmail Zehtab - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Hosein Asadollah-Zadeh- Executed in Tabriz on 29 July 1981

29 July 1981

Habibollah Tahghighi - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Mehdi Baheri- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Manouchehr Khazei- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29 July 1981

29 July 1981

Masrour Dakhili - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

27 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar and Nematollah Katebpour-Shahidi executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar and Nematollah Katebpour-Shahidi executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Kayhan newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

26 July 1981

Nematollah Katibpour-Shahidi- Executed by firing squad in Kashmar on 26 July 1981

26 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar- Executed by firing squad in Kashmar, Khorasan on 26th July 1981

22 July 1981

Tehran Times newspaper: United Nations representative and question about the execution of Baha’is

20 July 1981

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

09 July 1981

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

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 June 1981

Hong Kong Standard newspaper: More than 50 Baha’is executed

25 June 1981

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: Four Baha’is executed

24 June 1981

Kayhan newspaper: Four Baha’is executed in Evin

24 June 1981

Yadollah Poustchi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 24 June 1981

24 June 1981

Etela'at Newspaper reports execution of Badiollah Farid, Yadollah Poustchi, Masih Farhangi and Varqa Tebyanian

24 June 1981

Varqa Tebyanian (Tebyani) - Executed in an unusually cruel manner in Tehran on 24 June 1981

24 June 1981

Masih Farhangi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 24th June 1981

24 June 1981

Badiollah Farid- Executed in Tehran on 24th June 1981

23 June 1981

Farhang Mavaddat - Executed in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

23 June 1981

9 executed in Tehran, including 3 Baha'is, Farhang Mavaddat, Hashem Farnoush, Bozorg Alavian

23 June 1981

Kayhan newspaper: Three Baha'is executed

23 June 1981

Hashem Farnoush - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

23 June 1981

Bozorg Alavian- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

22 June 1981

Bozorg Alavian's last letter to his wife before his execution

21 June 1981

Seven Baha’is executed in Hamadan

17 June 1981

Crimes of 7 Baha'is executed in Hamadan, according to the Sharia Judge

15 June 1981

Jerusalem Post: Execution of seven Baha’is in Iran

15 June 1981

Seven Baha'is executed in Hamadan

15 June 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Hamadan

15 June 1981

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Hamadan

15 June 1981

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Hamedan

14 June 1981

Letter from Baha’i community to the authorities about the execution of 12 Baha’is in Yazd and Hamadan

14 June 1981

Members of the Local Assembly of Hamadan who were executed on 14 June 1981 after nearly a year in prison

14 June 1981

Mohammad-Bagher (Soheil) Habibi- Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

14 June 1981

Hosein Motlagh- Executed in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Naser Vafai - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Tarazollah Khozein- Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

14 June 1981

Firouz Naiemi - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Mohammad (Sohrab) Habibi - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

14 June 1981

Hosein Khandel - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

13 June 1981

A note by Naser Vafaie before his execution

26 May 1981

Baha'is victims of the Ayatollah's drive

23 May 1981

Sobhe Azadegan newspaper: Baha’is and terrorist groups sent to Iran

20 May 1981

Mayor of Shiraz demands Mr Houshmand to evacuate his house

09 May 1981

The plight of Iranian Baha'is

05 May 1981

Ghodsiyyeh Vahdati, sentenced to life imprisonment; Yadollah Vahdati, Satar Khoshkhoo, and Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh executed by firing squad

02 May 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Three Baha'is executed in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Execution of three Baha’is in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Yadollah Vahdat, Sattar Khoshkhou, and Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh executed by firing squad in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Kayhan newspaper on execution of three Baha'is in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Khabar-e Jonoub newspaper: Three Baha’is executed

01 May 1981

Permission to bury the remains of Sattar Khoshkhou

01 May 1981

Burial notice for Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh after his execution

30 April 1981

Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30th April 1981

30 April 1981

Sattar Khoshkhou - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30th April 1981

30 April 1981

Yadollah Vahdat- Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30 April 1981

21 April 1981

Malakeh-Afagh Iranpour’s letter to Prosecutor General about disappearance of her husband, Alimorad Davoudi

12 April 1981

Report by Iran News about execution of three Baha'is

April 1981

Statement of the Baha’i community about the execution of seven Baha’is in Yazd

18 March 1981

Mehdi Anvari and Hedayatollah Dehghani executed in Shiraz

18 March 1981

Khabar newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Shiraz

18 March 1981

Report by Kayhan about execution of two Baha'is in Shiraz

17 March 1981

Hedayatollah Dehghani - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 17th March 1981

17 March 1981

Letter of Baha’i community of Iran to Government Officials: "Authorities’ silence about the execution of Baha’is is cruel"

16 March 1981

Mehdi Anvari - Executed by fire squad in Shiraz on 16th March 1981

14 March 1981

Letter from Local Spiritual Assembly of Urmia to Governor of Azerbaijan

10 March 1981

Enghelab-e Eslami newspaper: Revolutionary court is not authorised to confiscate or execute

14 February 1981

Assassination of Professor Hakim and persecution of other doctors

10 February 1981

Nouraniyyeh Yarshatir –Murdered in Tehran on 10 February 1981

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

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

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani about the murder of her husband Dr 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

February 1981

Iran Times: Killing of a 57-year-old woman in Tehran

22 January 1981

Shaterol Shoara newspaper: Report on Professor Hakimi’s funeral

18 January 1981

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper: Memorial service for Professor Manouchehr Hakim

18 January 1981

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: Memorial service for Professor Manouchehr Hakim

18 January 1981

Mizan newspaper: Memorial service for Professor Manouchehr Hakim

12 January 1981

Manouchehr Hakim- Assassinated in Tehran on 12th January 1981

26 December 1980

Ghiam-e Iran newspaper: Baha’i elderly couple burnt alive in Birjand

17 December 1980

Wife and husband, Shikkar-Nisa and Mohammad Hosein Masoumi murdered in Brijand

17 December 1980

Behrouz Sanaie - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 17th December 1980

17 December 1980

Husband and wife murdered by masked attackers in Birjand

13 December 1980

Actions and correspondence of Sheikh Mostafa Rahnama against Baha’is

December 1980

Letter from Baha’i Community of Iran to President Bani Sadr, about increased pressure against Baha’is

23 November 1980

Mohammad-Hosein Masoumi- Murdered in Nuk, South Khorsan on 23rd November 1980

23 November 1980

Shikkar-Nisa Masoumi- Murdered in Nuk, Khorasan on 23rd November 1980

12 November 1980

Letter by Baha’i community of Iran: Another Baha’i is sentenced to death

11 November 1980

Kayhan newspaper: One Baha’i executed in Tabriz

09 November 1980

Reza Firouzi- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 9th November 1980

06 November 1980

Mizan newspaper: Constitutional Revolutionaries were executed, accused of being Baha’is

13 October 1980

Indictment of the Baha’is of Hamedan

24 September 1980

Canberra Times: Baha'is facing execution

22 September 1980

Yazd Bazar supports decision to execute of seven Baha'is

22 September 1980

Letter from Baha’i community of Iran to the Islamic Revolution Documents Centre about the accusations against the seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

18 September 1980

Letter from Baha’is about the execution of seven Baha’is in Yazd

13 September 1980

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

11 September 1980

Letter from Baha’i community of Iran to the Speaker of the Parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani, about the execution of seven Baha’is in Yazd

09 September 1980

The National Spiritual Assembly of Iran: Seven Baha’is killed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Yazd

09 September 1980

Jomhouri Eslami newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Mizan newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Yazd

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed in Yazd

08 September 1980

Jalal Mostaghim- Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Letter from Baha’i community to Ministry of Justice: Execution of seven Baha’is in Yazd was cruel

08 September 1980

Nourollah Akhtar-Khavari – Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Ali Motahhari- Executed by firing squad in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Mahmoud Hasanzadeh - Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Fereidoun Faridani - Executed by firing squad in Yazd 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Azizollah Zabihian- Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Baha’i Community of Iran: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd on false charges

08 September 1980

Abdol-Vahhab Kazemi-Manshadi- Executed by the firing squad in Manshad on 8th September 1980

September 1980

Members of the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) who replaced members of the first NSA after they were arrested in September 1980

21 August 1980

Ataollah Mogharrabi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Abdol-Hosein Taslimi – Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Ebrahim Rahmani- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Kambiz Sadeghzadeh – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Manouher Ghaem-Maghami- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Hosein Naji – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Bahiyyeh Naderi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran since 21 August 1980

21 August 1980

Houshang Mahmoudi - Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Yousef Abbasian Milani - Kidnapped and disappeared in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Yousef Ghadimi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran since 21 August 1980

21 August 1980

Heshmatollah Rowhani – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1980

15 August 1980

Zabihollah Momeni – Executed in Tehran by firing squad on 15 August 1980

30 July 1980

Yadollah Mahboubiyan – Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 30 July 1980

23 July 1980

Parviz Bayani- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23 July 1980

19 July 1980

Faramarz Samandari and Yadollah Astani executed by firing squad in Tabriz

16 July 1980

Letter from National Spiritual Assembly of Iran about the execution of Faramarz Samandari and Yadollah Astani

16 July 1980

Reasons claimed by Islamic revolutionary court in Tabriz for execution of Yadollah Astani and Dr Faramarz Samandari

16 July 1980

Mohammad Akbari- Executed in Rasht on 16 July 1980

15 July 1980

Two Baha'is executed in Tabriz

15 July 1980

Jomhouri Eslami: Two Baha’is executed in Tabriz

15 July 1980

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

15 July 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Baha’is executed in Tabriz

14 July 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Tabriz

14 July 1980

Yadollah Astani – Executed in Tabriz by firing squad on 14 July 1980

14 July 1980

Faramarz Samandari- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 14th July 1980

27 June 1980

Yousef Sobhani- Executed in Tehran on 27th June 1980

10 June 1980

Kayhan newspaper report on execution of Yousef Sobhani

06 June 1980

Hasan Esmailzadeh – Murdered on 6 June 1980 in Sanandaj

18 May 1980

Mir-Asadollah Mokhtari - Murdered in Andaroun, Khorasan on 18 May 1980

07 May 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Execution of seven people in the Evin Prison yard

06 May 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Three Baha’is executed

06 May 1980

7 people executed by firing squad in Tehran

06 May 1980

Badiollah Yazdani- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

06 May 1980

Ali-Akbar Moini- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

06 May 1980

Gholam-Hosein Azami - Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

04 March 1980

Letter from the Baha’i community of Iran to deputies in the Interior Ministry about the persecution of Baha’is

23 February 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Fada'iyan-e Islam and Dr Berjis

04 February 1980

Habibollah Panahi - Assassinated in Tabriz on 4th February 1980

03 January 1980

Rouhi Rowshani- Abducted and missing in Tehran since 3 January 1980

1980

Members of the National Assembly of Iran and Local Assembly of Shiraz - Shiraz 1980

1980

Group photo of the members of the Baha'i National Assembly of Iran and the Local Assembly of Tehran in 1980 - most of them were executed

27 December 1979

Azamatollah Fahadej sentenced to death, and several others from Fahadej family to imprisonment

09 December 1979

Bamdad newspaper: Azamatollah Fahandej executed in Shiraz

08 December 1979

Azamatollah Fahandej - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 8th December 1979

02 December 1979

Agitating against Baha'is in Abu-oghli village in Urumieh

28 November 1979

Bamdad newspaper: Ezzatollah Fahandej sentenced to death

27 November 1979

Kayhan newspaper: One Baha’i sentenced to death and three to 30 years of imprisonment

26 November 1979

Verdict of Revolutionary Court of Shiraz for execution and imprisonment of Baha’is

12 November 1979

Malakeh-Afagh Iranpour’s letter about disappearance of her husband, Alimorad Davoudi

11 November 1979

Alimorad Davoudi - Kidnapped and disappeared in Tehran on 11th November 1979

28 October 1979

Ali Sattarzadeh - Murdered by gun-shots in Bukan, Mahabad on 28th October 1979

27 October 1979

Letter from Mansoureh Akhlaghi to governor of western Azarbaijan about the execution of her husband

11 October 1979

Letter from the Baha’i community of Iran to Ayatollah Qoddousi about execution of a Baha’i

27 September 1979

Bahar Vojdani – Executed by firing squad in Mahabad on 27th September 1979

22 September 1979

Jomhoury-e Eslami newspaper: Two hospital employees fight against Baha’is

19 September 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Leader of Baha’is of Uganda killed

11 September 1979

Anonymous threatening letter delivered to Baha'i home

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohgilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979 (with English subtitle)

September 1979

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site of the Bahá’í refugees near Isfahan after they were driven out of their homes in the village of Kata and its surroundings situated in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979 (Farsi Version)

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site of the Bahá’í refugees near Isfahan after they were driven out of their homes in the village of Kata and its surroundings situated in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, September 1979

September 1979

A wounded Baha’i mother, with her children around her - families from the villages of Boyer Ahmad, Yasuj and Kata, forced to leave their homes, taking refuge in a tent near Isfahan.

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

01 September 1979

Letter from Spiritual Assembly of Shahsavar about the pressures on the Baha’i community

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site of the Bahá’í refugees near Isfahan after they were driven out of their homes in the village of Kata and its surroundings situated in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, September 1979

September 1979

Temporary camp site near Isfahan for Bahá’í refugees, driven out of their homes in Kata and other villages in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in September 1979

15 August 1979

Ahmad Esmaili – Allegedly murdered in Faghih Hasanan, Bushehr on 15th August 1979

26 July 1979

Letter from the Baha’i community of Iran to Prime Minister: Attackers destroyed house of a Baha’i family with a bulldozer

26 July 1979

Letter to Ahmad Sadr Haj Seyyed Javadi, Minister of Justice, about murder of a Baha’i family in Arak and attack on their graves

June 1979

Wounded Baha’i women at the refugee tent near Isfahan - with other women forced to leave their homes in the villages of Boyer Ahmad, Yasuj and Kata

26 May 1979

Letter from Baha’is of Boyer-Ahmad to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani: We have been forced to leave our homes

24 May 1979

Mohammad Movahhed- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 24th May 1979

19 May 1979

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

16 May 1979

Letter of Baha'is from the Kata area to Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

12 May 1979

Ali-Akbar Khorsandi - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 12th May 1979

09 May 1979

A Letter to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani: Assets of two thousand Baha'is looted in Kata and Boyer Ahmad

08 May 1979

Armed men have besieged the Baha'i village, Kata for several days

08 May 1979

Baha'is of Kata threatened with looting unless they convert to Islam

02 May 1979

Baha’i community of Boyer Ahmad ask Ayatollah Khomeini to stop armed attacks on Baha’i villages

23 April 1979

Execution of Dadash Mohammad Akbari

02 April 1979

Hosein Shakouri- Murdered by gun shots in Urmia on 2nd April 1979

28 February 1979

Police Council asks religious authority to intervene in favor of a Baha'i

22 February 1979

Letter of the Baha’i community of Iran to Prime Minister: Attacks on Baha’is continue

18 February 1979

Letter to Prime Minister, Mehdi Bazargan, about the persecution of Baha’is in Miandoab

09 February 1979

Letter from the Baha’i community of Qaenat to General Saghafi about attacks on Baha’i homes

01 February 1979

Order to stop violence and looting against Baha'is in Qaenat

26 January 1979

Homes and businesses of Baha'is attacked and ransacked in Sarpol-e Zahab

09 January 1979

Haj Mohammad Azizi – Attacked and beaten by the mob, passed away as a result of his injuries on 9 January 1979

01 January 1979

Mir Parviz Afnani - Murdered in Miandoab on 1 January 1979

01 January 1979

Khosrow Afnani- Murdered in Miandoab, East Azerbaijan on 1 January 1979

1979

Ebrahim Manavi - Gone missing in Hesar, Khorasan, in early 1979

18 December 1978

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

14 December 1978

Sefatollah Fahandej Saadi- Murdered in Shiraz on 14 December 1978

14 December 1978

Avad-Gol Fahandej- Murdered in Saadie, Shiraz on 14th December 1978

December 1978

Shir-Mohammad Dastpish- Murdered in Boyer-Ahmad in December 1978

29 September 1978

Haghighat newspaper: Suggestions to Vojdani before his execution

13 August 1978

Ziaollah Haghighat- Murdered in Jahrom, Fars on 13 August 1978

26 July 1978

Behnam Majidi - Murdered in Abbas Abad, Karaj on 26 July 1978

16 May 1977

Masked assailants attack brother and sister with knives in Gorgan

13 May 1977

Rouhollah Teimouri-Moqqadam, murdered at his home in Fazilabad, Gorgan on 13 May 1977

27 February 1974

Ettelaat newspaper: Mmurderers of three Iranian Baha’is in Philippines to be prosecuted

22 June 1971

Killing of Babis under Naser-al-din Shah

25 January 1967

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to the National Gendarmerie about attacks on Baha'is in Seisan and villages nearby

04 January 1967

Letter by the National Spiritual Assembly to the Minister of Justice about killing and harassment of Baha’is in different cities

04 April 1965

Leader of Fadaian warns Baha’is of Kout-e Sheikh to leave the city

16 March 1965

Baha’is of Kut-e Sheykh warned to leave the city

January 1960

Report about persecution of Baha’is in different cities

October 1959

About the killing of Ali-Akbar Safaie

19 January 1959

Asia newspaper: Reviving the Baha'i issue was political, and damaged the country

05 July 1957

44 Defendants accused of murdering 7 Baha’is to go on trial

20 July 1956

Tehran Mosavvar: Reactions to conviction of 21 defendants in Yazd incident

17 July 1956

Sahar newspaper: Court verdict on murderers of the Baha’is in Yazd

14 July 1956

Donya newspaper: Ayatollah Behbahani and other clerics praise murderers of Baha’is

11 July 1956

Aram newspaper: 22 defendants accused of killing Baha’is sentenced to prison

10 July 1956

Dad newspaper: Court verdict on killing of Baha’is in Yazd

10 July 1956

Sahar newspaper: Court ruling on the murder of seven Baha’is

10 July 1956

Kayhan newspaper: Court verdict on murderers of the Baha’is in Yazd

10 July 1956

Court verdict on the events in Yazd

10 July 1956

Post Tehran newspaper: 22 murderers of Baha’is were sentenced to prison

10 July 1956

Court verdict on the murder of Baha’is in Hormozak of Yazd

10 July 1956

Ettehad+e Melli newspaper: Tension during the trial of the 42 accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

09 July 1956

Post-e Tehran newspaper: Trial of 44 defendants, accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

09 July 1956

Post-e Tehran newspaper: High Court verdict on defendants accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd to be announced today

08 July 1956

Post-e Tehran newspaper: Trial of the murderers of seven Baha’is

07 July 1956

Lawyers’ fees for defending alleged killers of Hormozak Baha’is paid by Qom Clergy

03 July 1956

Sahar newspaper: Sweets and gifts presented to 43 murderers of Baha’is

28 June 1956

Ettelaat newspaper: Distributing cash and clothes among murderers of Baha’is in Yazd

20 June 1956

Seday-e Mardom newspaper: Trial of 43 defendants, accused of killing seven Baha’is in Yazd

19 June 1956

Trial of seven defendants, accused of killing Baha’is

15 June 1956

Peyk-e Iran newspaper: Trial of 44 defendants, accused of killing seven Baha’is in Hormozak, Yazd

13 June 1956

Seday-e Mardom newspaper: Trial of 44 accused of killing seven Baha’is in Yazd

13 June 1956

Mehr-e Iran newspaper: Trial of 44 defendants, accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

12 June 1956

Post-e Tehran newspaper: Trial of 44 accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

12 June 1956

Kayhan newpaper: Trial of 44 accused of killing seven Baha’is in Yazd

21 May 1956

Post-e Tehran newspaper: 44 defendants accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd go on trial

14 May 1956

Daad newspaper: Trail of 44 defendants, accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

15 February 1956

Ashofteh newspaper: Violent incident against Baha’is in a village near Torbat Heydariyeh

16 January 1956

Ettelaat newspaper: About the events in Yazd

13 January 1956

Farda newspaper: Trial of murderers of Baha’is in Yazd

10 January 1956

Sahar newspaper: Documents and evidence related to the killing of Baha’is in Yazd

10 January 1956

Sahar Newspaper: Defendants accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd go on trial

10 January 1956

Sahar newspaper: Trial of defendants accused of murdering Baha’is

08 January 1956

Atash newspaper: Trial of 44 defendants, accused of killing seven Baha’is in Hormozak, Yazd

08 January 1956

Atash newspaper: Appointment of defence lawyers for defendants, accused of killing Baha’is in Yazd

03 January 1956

Sahar newspaper: Some details of the case of seven Baha’is murdered in Hormozak

01 January 1956

Kayhan newspaper: Trial of 21 defendants of Aran incident

30 December 1955

Ettelaat newspaper: The case of Baha’i killings in Yazd

30 December 1955

Farda newspaper: Killing of 15 Baha’is around Yazd

29 December 1955

43 murder suspects in Yazd being investigated

29 December 1955

Mehr-e Iran newspaper: 42 murderers of 12 Baha’is handed over to the court

28 December 1955

Post-e Tehran newspaper: Seven murderers of Baha’is handed over for trail

28 December 1955

42 murderers of 12 Baha’is handed over to the court

28 December 1955

Atash newspaper: 42 defendants, accused of murdering 15 Baha’is go on trial

28 November 1955

Suspicious death of a Baha’i

16 October 1955

Post-e Tehran newspaper report on attack on Baha’is in the parliament

16 October 1955

Taking advantage of religious conflict to achieve political gains

15 September 1955

Ettelaat newspaper: Two questions for the government about the events in Yazd

09 September 1955

Enayat Saadat complains to Interior Minister about widespread and violent attacks against Bahai's in Abadeh

04 September 1955

Donya newspaper: Falsafi’s anti-Baha'i sermons stopped after killing of Baha’is in Hormozak

01 September 1955

Khorasan Mashhad Newspaper: Baha’is complain to the UN about attacks on Baha’is of Yazd

27 August 1955

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

15 August 1955

Nour va Zolmat newspaper: 7 Baha’is killed in Yazd

13 August 1955

Toofan newspaper: Murder of seven Baha’is in Hormozak

07 August 1955

Shadegan newspaper: government officials are investigating the murder of seven Baha’is in Hormozak

07 August 1955

Shadegan newspaper: Government orders Baha’is to be dismissed in all ministries

06 August 1955

Setareh-e Eslam newspaper: The killing of Baha’is in Yazd

28 July 1955

Members of Amiri family, murdered in a mob attack in Hormozak, Yazd - 1955

24 July 1955

Showra newspaper: Clash between Muslim and Baha’is prevented

21 July 1955

Investigation of events in Abadeh and nearby villages

11 July 1955

Case for murder of seven Baha’is goes to court

09 July 1955

Ettelaat newspaper: Brawl in court, investigating the Hormozak (Yazd) incident

04 July 1955

Murderers of seven Baha’is in Hormozak will be released with financial aid

29 June 1955

Tehran Post newspaper: Anti-Baha’i activities in Shiraz

18 June 1955

Appeal for justice by Baha’i families in Kushk after arson attack on their homes and looting of their properties

14 June 1955

Kayhan newspaper: Prosecution of defendants, accused of killing seven Baha’is in Hormozak

09 June 1955

Decisions about Baha'i complaints at the 11th meeting of Public Security committee of Abadeh

05 June 1955

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

30 May 1955

Complaint by protesters to Koushkak events who have staged a sit-in at Abadeh Telegraph Office

30 May 1955

Complaint by protesters to Koushkak events who have staged a sit-in at Abadeh Telegraph Office

27 May 1955

Ismailis harassed as part of anti-Bahai activities

10 May 1955

Seday-e Mardom newspaper: Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s letter to Falsafi about fighting Baha’ism

10 May 1955

Kayhan newspaper: Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s views on fighting against Baha’ism

10 May 1955

Showra newspaper: Letter from Ayatollah Boroujerdi to Falsafi about fighting Bahaism

10 May 1955

Kayhan newspaper: Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s views on fighting against Baha’ism

1955

Baha’i families of Hormozak, driven out from their homes during the violence of 1955, with police officers standing next to them

1955

Attack on Baha'is and their properties in Hormozak village in Yazd, in 1955, when 7 Baha'is were murdered

1955

Attack on Baha'i homes in Abadeh

1955

Stones thrown by attacking mobs into the courtyard of Zaman Jamshidi's house in Abadeh

1955

Weapons used on attack against the Baha’is of Abadeh and surrounding villages, 1955

1955

Attack on Baha'is and their houses in Hormozak village in Yazd in 1955, when 7 Baha’is were murdered

1955

Old picture of Abadeh, from the time when Bahai's were beaten and their homes were looted

1955

A Baha’i, attacked and injured in Jazmodaq in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

Baha’i woman, saved by her neighbours, after she was set on fire during violent attacks in Soghad village, near Shiraz in 1955

1955

Attack on Baha'is and their properties in Hormozak village in Yazd, in 1955, when 7 Baha'is were murdered

1955

Bahrami and Dana families, injured in attacks on their homes

1955

Broken entrance door of a Baha'i home in Abadeh, attacked and plundered

1955

Murder in Hormozak Village, summer of 1955

1955

Destruction of the houses and properties of Baha’is in Hemmatabad village in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

Attack on Baha'is and their properties in Hormozak village in Yazd, in 1955, when 7 Baha'is were murdered

1955

Destruction of the houses of Baha’is in Soghad village, Abadeh-1955

1955

Zaman Jamshidi, who became partially paralysed for some time when a mob surrounded her house in Abadeh to burn and pillage it

1955

Young Baha'i injured in attack on Baha’is in Jazmodaq in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

Looking out of the entrance of Baha'i Centre in Abadeh, occupied by the army, where Baha'is killed in Nayriz are buried

1955

Attack on Baha'is and their properties in Hormozak village in Yazd in 1955, when 7 Baha’is were murdered

1955

A Baha’i woman attacked and injured in Jazmodaq in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

14 December 1954

Majlis Discussions about Abarghou incident

1954

Weapons used in attacks against Baha’is of Abadeh and nine villages nearby - 1954

26 September 1953

Rahman Koulayn Mamaghani- executed on 26 Sep 1953

December 1952

Attack on Baha’is of Afus and killing of two Baha’is

30 November 1952

Police clash with religious crowd in Rafsanjan

25 November 1952

Letter from Interior Minister to the General Inspection Office about attacks on Baha’i houses in Rafsanjan

18 November 1952

Court in Rafsanjan attacked, defendants escaped, and Baha'i building set on fire

11 November 1952

Letter from Minister of Justice to Interior Ministry about attacks on Baha’i houses in Rafsanjan

03 November 1952

Inciting people against police during religious ceremony in Rafsanjan

01 November 1952

Rafsanjan police chief replaced following religious unrest

30 October 1952

Attacks on Baha’i buildings and cemetery in Rafsanjan

27 October 1952

Inciting trouble against Baha'is in Rafsanjan

25 October 1952

Risk of unrest in during period of religious mourning in Rafsanjan

23 October 1952

Shoaollah Alai’s letter to the Ministry of Interior: Stop killing of Baha’is

22 October 1952

Inciting hatred against Baha'is ahead of Arbaeen mournings in Rafsanjan

20 October 1952

Attack on Baha'i graves in Rafsanjan

11 October 1952

Head of National Police reports on tensions in Kerman

May 1952

Report on death of a Baha’i prisoner in Yazd

30 November 1951

Mohammad Kayvani murdered in Najafabad

15 November 1951

Letter to the Governor of Isfahan about killing of a Baha’i in Najafabad

02 November 1951

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

31 October 1951

Eye-witness account of Mohammad Keyvani's murder

28 October 1951

Mohammad Keyvani murdered in Najafabad

24 October 1951

Tension in Najafabad, following Mohammad Keyvani's murder

21 October 1951

Mohammad Keyvani murdered in Najafabad

21 October 1951

Complaints rom Baha’is of Najafabad about the murder of a Baha’i and attacks on the Baha'i community

21 October 1951

A Baha'i murdered during Muharram mournings in Najafabad

21 October 1951

Attack on Baha'is and murder of Mohammad Kayvani in Najafabad

21 October 1951

Attack on Baha'is and murder of Mohammad Kayvani in Najafabad

28 March 1951

Ettelaat newspaper: Attack on Baha’is in Yazd

March 1951

Bahram Rawhani- executed in Taft, Yazd Iran on March 1951

11 January 1951

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly about the incident in Abarghou

13 December 1950

Attack on Baha'is of Seisan prevented

27 November 1950

Interior Minister reports high tension in Boroujen

16 November 1950

A number of Baha'is In Isfahan were attacked and injured at their homes

11 November 1950

Strike by Boroujen residents in support of Muslims taken to court for violence against Baha'is

04 November 1950

Situation report from Boroujen

17 September 1950

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

13 September 1950

Report by Iran's Chief of Police on reactions to acquittal and release of the men accused of murdering Dr Berjis

24 April 1950

Following the murder of Dr Berjis Interior Minster has ordered provincial governors not to allow Baha'i gatherings and publicity

12 April 1950

Letter from Minister of Justice to Prime Minister about the murder of Dr. Berjis

11 April 1950

Police informs Prime Minister that no replies have been sent to letters by Baha'i institutions about the murder of Dr Berjis

05 April 1950

Prime Minister tells government departments that letters by Baha'i institutions are not officially recognised, and should not be answered

15 March 1950

Letter from Minister of Justice to Prime Minister about the murder of Dr. Berjis

15 March 1950

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

09 March 1950

Death threat against Baha'is in anonymous leaflets distributed in Shahrekord

08 March 1950

Shah's office asking Prime Minister what action he has taken in response to Interior Minister's letter about the murder of Dr Berjis

06 March 1950

Open letter by Berjis family demanding justice for the murder of Dr Berjis

06 March 1950

Persecuting the murderers of Dr. Berjis

01 March 1950

Persecuting murderers of Dr. Berjis

27 February 1950

Instructions requested from Prime Minister regarding punishment for murderers of Dr. Berjis

27 February 1950

Persecuting murderers of Dr. Berjis

26 February 1950

Ferdowsi: Investigate the assassination of Dr Berjis

25 February 1950

The men accused of murdering Dr Berjis have been transferred to central prison in Tehran

25 February 1950

Murderers of Dr. Berjis transferred to Tehran

23 February 1950

Prime Minister's reply to the complaint letter by Ayatollah Faiz to the Shah

21 February 1950

Interior Minister's report to Prime Minister on some reactions to the murder of Dr Berjis

20 February 1950

Interior Minister expresses concern to Prime Minister that following the murder of Dr Berjis, Baha'i institutions are writing directly to government departments, appearing as official entities

18 February 1950

Mirza Mohammad Feyz demands the release of murderers of Dr Berjis

17 February 1950

Friday Prayer Imam of Golpayegan tries to get the murderers of Dr. Berjis released

16 February 1950

Friday Prayer Imam of Golpayegan calls for Baha'is to be curbed and Kashan prisoners to be released

13 February 1950

Demand for murderers of Dr Berjis to be punished

08 February 1950

Following up on investigation of the murder of Dr Berjis

08 February 1950

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

06 February 1950

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to the Head of Police about the killing of Dr Berjis

06 February 1950

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to Prime Minister Saed about killing of Dr Berjis in Kashan

February 1950

Report on killing of Dr Berjis

20 January 1949

Tensions in Yazd

26 May 1948

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to the Prime Minister about actions of Ayatollah Kashani against Baha’is

02 March 1948

Sarvestan Baha'is appeal to Prime Minister

18 February 1948

Letter from Office of Prime Minster to Ministry of Justice on complaints about tensions in Shahroud

07 February 1948

A crowd of two thousand people from Ardestan were planning to attack the Baha'i neighbourhood

05 February 1948

Letter to Prime Minister by Baha'i National Assembly, asking for government action to stop killings, attacks and incitement of hatred against Baha'is

20 January 1948

Prime Minister orders investigation into murder of Baha'is in Sarvestan

19 January 1948

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to the Head of Gendarmerie about attacks on Baha’is in Fars

19 January 1948

Letter to Prime Minister from the National Assembly regarding murder of Baha'is in Sarvestan

14 January 1948

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to Prime Minister about killing of a Baha’i in Shiraz and arson attack on the Baha’i center in Miandoab

14 January 1948

Report of mob attacks on Bahai's and killings in Sarvestan

12 January 1948

Letter to Prime Minister from the Spiritual Assembly of Shiraz about killing of Baha’is

12 January 1948

Letter to Prime Minister regarding murder of Habibollah Houshmand and others

01 September 1947

Minister of Interior's note to Prime Minister including report of attack on Baha'is in Bahar - PM's instructions on the note

26 August 1947

Zendegi newspaper: Murder of Engineer Shahidzadeh

15 August 1947

Newspaper comment on religious tensions in provincial cities

11 July 1947

Bahman newspaper's account of the murder of Engineer Shahidzadeh

06 July 1947

Engineer Shafizadeh has drowned in sea and an autopsy has been carried out

July 1947

Akhbar-e Amri magazine: Evidence of torture on Abbas Shahidzadeh’s body

28 June 1947

Concern about religious agitations in northern provinces

28 June 1947

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

12 June 1947

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

June 1947

Letter from deputy attesting to effectiveness of Baha'i head of Shahi factories

27 May 1947

Baha'i National Assembly has thanked Prime Minster for his support, but has reported that incitement against Baha'i community is increasing again

02 April 1947

Police chief report to PM about written death threats sent to two Baha’is in Zanjan

21 November 1946

Fathollah Sabzevari killed

17 November 1946

Special representative sent to investigate murder of a 6-year old boy

28 October 1946

Prime Minister informed that the eight defendants, accused of murdering a six-year old boy have been freed on bail

08 October 1946

Jahan-e Pak newspaper: Book on Shahroud events, “Truth which need to be told” published

12 September 1946

Prime Minister asks Minister of Interior to look into issues raised in letter by Baha'i National Assembly

08 September 1946

Complaint to Prime Minister about increased attacks, including use of firearms against Baha'is in Neyriz

30 August 1946

Zavareh residents, stirred up by two clerics arrived from Isfahan, have been harassing Baha'is

26 August 1946

Letter by Governor of Khorasan to Prime Minister on Birjand events

12 August 1946

Report by Justice Minister on religious unrest in Zabol, Zaheda, and Brigand to Governor of Khorasan province

11 August 1946

Report by Birjand Notary Office forwarded to Prime Minister

10 August 1946

Violence in Boroujen

10 August 1946

Violence in Boroujen

06 August 1946

Minister of Interior's report to Prime Minister on events in Birjand

30 July 1946

Report from Home Minister on plans to attack Baha'i homes in the 9th province

22 July 1946

Appeal to Prime Minister, asking for attackers on Baha'is in an area in Khorasan to be punished

20 July 1946

Justice Minister's report on religious unrest in Zabol, Zahed, and Brigand to Prime Minister

17 July 1946

Petition to prime minister regarding beating of Baha'is of Boroujen and looting of their property

10 July 1946

On suspicious death of Abbas Shahidzadeh

08 July 1946

Minister of Interior's report to Prime Minister on events in Birjand

July 1946

Telegram on measures by Ministry of Interior, following Birjand events

01 July 1946

Report to the Home Office on the beating of some Baha'is in Zahedan

30 June 1946

Detailed report of events in Birjand by Chief of Notary Office, who saw what happened

30 June 1946

Report of attacks on Baha’is in Birjand

30 June 1946

Farda newspaper: Murderers of Shahroud Baha’is acquitted

27 June 1946

Attack on Baha'i houses in Birjand, shots fired by security forces, one dead and several injured

25 June 1946

Azadegan newspaper: Murderers of Shahroud Baha’is acquitted

19 June 1946

Public Prosecutors Statements in relation to incident of Shahroud

12 June 1946

Dad newspaper: 26 accused of murder of 4 Baha’is go on trial in Shahroud

09 June 1946

Trial of defendants accused of murdering Baha'is in Shahroud

08 June 1946

Appeal by Neyriz Baha'is to Prime Minister about anti-Baha'i incitements and security risks for them

14 September 1945

Finance Minister reports disturbances in Shahroud, in which four people have been killed, including Head of the Tobacco Company, Asadollah Naderi

07 September 1945

Letter to Prime Minister Mohsen Sadr and the Cabinet - Newspaper Provocations

26 June 1945

Dispute and accusations of violence in a mixed Baha'i/Muslim family - the Baha'i side

19 June 1945

Report by Khalkhal Police on tensions in two villages nearby

16 May 1945

Risk of religious unrest in Zabol

27 March 1945

Indictment for the murder of Asadollah Naderi has been prepared and sent to the central criminal court

07 February 1945

Letter from the Interior Minister to Prime Minister about the killing of Asadollah Naderi

18 January 1945

Letter from Foreign Minister to Prime Minister about Shahroud incident

06 January 1945

Report of investigation commissioned by Minister of Justice into the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

1945

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to the Shah in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to Prime Minister and the Parliament

19 December 1944

Letter by Fatemeh Naderi about the murder of her son in Shahroud, forwarded to Justice Department

10 December 1944

Fatemeh Naderi complains to Prime Minister about the murder of her son, Assadollah Naderi

20 November 1944

Interior Minister reports to Prime Minister on the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

13 November 1944

Agitation against Baha'is in Miandoab

11 November 1944

Report of investigation into disturbances in Shahroud

11 November 1944

Report of investigation into disturbances in Shahroud

02 November 1944

Police chief reports to Prime Minister about tension in Hamedan

30 October 1944

Order of Prime Minister to take action in Shahroud

25 October 1944

Agitation against Baha'is in Miandoab

19 October 1944

Government inspector's report on the murder of 3 Baha’is in Shahroud

19 October 1944

Government inspector's report on the murder of 3 Baha’is in Shahroud

07 October 1944

The chief accountant of Shahroud Roads Department escaped to Tehran before the unrest and is safe

05 October 1944

Prosecution of the assassins of Rahmatollah Naderi in Shahroud

04 October 1944

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

02 October 1944

Official report on events of Shahroud

02 October 1944

List of houses and shops set on fire and looted in Shahroud

02 October 1944

Official report on events of Shahroud

02 October 1944

List of houses and shops set on fire and looted in Shahroud

26 September 1944

Prime Minster has received a letter from Baha'i community about events in Shahroud

26 September 1944

The chief accountant of Shahroud Roads Department has escaped

23 September 1944

Prime Minister asks Ministries of Defence and Justice to explain what they have done to implement his order about clamping down on religious unrest

19 September 1944

A Baha'i murdered in Shahroud

19 September 1944

Taraghi newspaper: Historical documents about killing Baha’is in different cities

13 September 1944

Palace orders Prime Minster to investigate the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

06 September 1944

Shaidani, the chief accountant of Shahroud Roads Department has escaped together with a number of others, following recent incidents

05 September 1944

Russian Consulate expresses concern about anti-Baha'i agitation

02 September 1944

Letter from National Spiritual Assembly of Iran to Prime Minister: Murderers of Baha’is of Shahroud must be punished

01 September 1944

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

30 August 1944

Threat of death and destruction against Baha'is in Gorgan

27 August 1944

Prime Minster orders Interior Minster to investigate the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

25 August 1944

Stirring people in Semnan to fight against Baha'is

19 August 1944

Report by Interior Minister on investigations and security measures in Shahroud

17 August 1944

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

15 August 1944

Mehr-e Iran newspaper: Four Baha’is killed in Shahroud

15 August 1944

Order by Minister of Interior to deal decisively against any religious unrest

14 August 1944

Report on tensions in Shahroud

10 August 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister by a Member of Parliament, accusing the Police of inaction in preventing murder and violence in Shahroud

10 August 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister by a Member of Parliament, accusing the Police of inaction in preventing murder and violence in Shahroud

10 August 1944

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

17 July 1944

Prime Minister instructs Interior Minister to look into reported attacks on several Baha'is in Bojnourd

08 July 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister about attacks on Baha'is in Bojnourd

05 July 1944

Bahai's of Bojnourd appeal to Prime Minister to stop attacks on Bahai's in the city

14 June 1944

Violence against Bahai's in Shahreza

13 June 1944

Ministry of Interior reports to Prime Minster that anti-Bahai sentiments and religious tensions have intensified throughout the country

04 June 1944

Ataollah Doustdar appeals for help to prevent attacks on Baha'is in Shahreza

04 June 1944

Ataollah Doustdar appeals for help to prevent attacks on Baha'is in Shahreza

27 May 1944

Tensions in Shahreza

24 May 1944

A group of people in Shahreza have demanded the expulsion of Baha'is

13 May 1944

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

18 April 1944

Complaint of Baha'i living in Qom to Interior Minister about intense harassment by religious fanatics

15 April 1944

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

09 April 1944

Following up telegram from Damghan, forwarded by Prime Minister's office to Ministry of Justice

02 April 1944

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran to Prime Minister Ali Soheili about intense pressure against Baha’is

26 March 1944

Telegram to Prime Minster's office from Damghan, warning about risk of unrest and attack on Baha'is

19 March 1944

Attack on Baha'is in Shirvan

28 February 1944

Nourollah Hadipour complains about attack on Baha'is in Abadeh

15 February 1944

Threat against Baha'is in Damghan

15 February 1944

Threat against Baha'is in Damghan

1944

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to Prime Minster (Mohammad Saed) in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to the Shah and Parliament

01 February 1942

On the day of Ashura a large mob marched to Chamgordan to attack and murder Baha'is

23 October 1938

Baha’i meeting in Sarvestan

18 August 1938

Letter from Minister of Justice to Chief Minister about killing of Mohammad Ali in Yazd

09 July 1938

Letter of Chief Minister to Ministry of Justice about the murder of a Baha’i in Yazd

05 October 1937

Complaint of 5 farmers, expelled from Seisan

26 September 1937

Five Baha’is exiled from Seisan

31 January 1931

Ettelaat newspaper: Brief history of Baha’ism

26 April 1930

Letter from Local Spiritual Assembly of Parchin about activities of Mir-Fazel Rozekhan against Baha’is

08 April 1930

Baha’is of Birjand, accused of distributing threatening letter

07 February 1928

Telegram to Chief Minister: Baha’i women forced to leave the bathhouse in Rafsanjan

04 August 1927

Letter to the Office of Chief Minister to express gratitude about killing of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

23 June 1927

Telegram from the Palace to Ayatollah Mirza Ali Akbar

16 June 1927

Letter to the Minister of Interior about protest by Manager of National Welfare Department

13 June 1927

Letter from Minister of Court to Aqa Mirza Ali Akbar Mojtahed

11 June 1927

Telegram from Head of Gilan’s telegram station to Chief Minister about the telegram from the Director of National Welfare Office

11 June 1927

Telegram to Prime Minister: My family is in danger

04 June 1927

Letter from Director of National Welfare Office to Chief Minister about murder of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

30 May 1927

Expression of gratitude to Chief Minister for the news about killing of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

19 May 1927

Letter from the Royal Court to the Chief Minister about the request from Aminol-Olama Ardabili’s family to punish his murderer

17 May 1927

Telegram from Zanjan to the Office of Chief Minister about the killing of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

12 May 1927

Telegram to Aqa Mirza Ali Akbar Mojtahed about killing of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

08 May 1927

Letter to the Office of Chief Minister about killing of Aminol-Olama Ardabili

07 May 1927

Letter from Reza Shah’s Court Minister to Friday Prayer Imam of Khoy

07 May 1927

Government’s expression of gratitude to Chief Minister

31 March 1927

Letter from the Local Assembly of Ardebil to Local Assembly of Tehran about killing of Amin-ol-Olama

17 March 1927

Two workers attacked in Kerman, accused of being Babis

1927

Children of Aminol-Olama write to Reza Shah

08 November 1926

Letter of Department of Education about Mirza Soleiman Khan Tabib

04 September 1926

Report on incident in Jahrom to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

24 August 1926

Religious tensions in Jahrom misrepresented in America and Europe

16 July 1926

Letter by National Spiritual Assembly of Baha’is of the US and Canada to Reza Shah, appealing for justice

24 June 1926

Letter from the Head of Police to Chief Minister about the killing of eight Baha’is in Jahrom

19 June 1926

Letter from Ali Mansour to Chief Minister about judicial investigation on events in Jahrom

16 June 1926

Ministry of the Interior requests details of killings in Jahrom

15 June 1926

Jahrom Killings: Misuse of Power local authorities or religious decree?

12 June 1926

Letter from Directorate of Police to Chief Minister about the killing of several Baha’is in Jahrom

08 June 1926

Report to Ministers on religious conflict and murder in Jahrom

07 June 1926

Urgent request for details of killings in Jahrom

07 June 1926

Request for update on investigation of the murders in Jahrom

06 May 1926

Detailed report on incidents in Jahrom

17 April 1926

Request to arrest Jahrom perpetrators and to restore order

10 April 1926

Killing of 12 Baha’is in Jahrom

15 April 1920

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

1896

Mirza Ali-Mohammad Varqa and his son, Rouhollah, Haji Iman of Zanjan, and Mirza Hossein of Zanjan, executed in 1896

July 1869

Mirza Bozorg, known as Badi, in prison with chains around his neck, before he was tortured and executed

07 October 1852

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Iranian nation rejoices the recovery of Naser al-Din Shah

16 September 1852

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: On killing of Mulla Sheikh Ali Torshizi

26 August 1852

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Punishment of the Babis after the assassination of Naser al-Din Shah

19 August 1852

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Details of attack on Naser al-Din Shah

12 August 1852

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Assassination of Naser al-Din Shah

16 July 1851

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: Punishment of the Babis in Tabriz following the assassination of Naser al-Din Shah

06 March 1851

Vaghaye-e Ettefaghieh newspaper: More Babis executed

09 July 1850

Barracks of Tabriz, where the Bab was executed by firing squad in July 1850

29 December 1848

Naseriddin Shah Orders Babis to be Annihilated in Iran

Dr Berjis's wife informs Prime Minister that her husband has been murdered

Homes attacked and 15 people killed in Jahrom

Baha’i community ask Ayatollah Mahdavi-Kani to protect Baha'is from potential attacks around 15th of Shaban

Nourollah Fallah requests Justice Department to investigate murder of his son, Shervin Fallah

Borough Samimi ordered to leave Boroujen, and refrain from work there

Prime Minister’s order to follow up on complaints of Shiraz Baha’is

Baha’i community of Iran complain to the President that a mob have set fire on members of a Baha'i family in Birjand

Letter from Paridokht Vahdat-Hagh about the ownership of Hosein Vahdat-Hagh’s car

Baha’i students must stop their involvement with BIHE, if they want to be safe

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to the Parliament in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to the Shah and Prime Minister

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

Letter to the Revolutionary Council: Stop attacks against Baha’is

Bibi Sakineh who was beaten up by mobs in Abadeh

Mahmoud Forouhar's last letter before execution

Statement threatening Baha'is signed by People of Hezbollah

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