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

Assaults and threats of death
Raiding and confiscation of assets and properties
Abadeh
1954

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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

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September 1979

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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

Bahá’í refugees from Kata village in Yasouj

September 1979

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September 1979

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September 1979

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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

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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 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

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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

September 1979

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September 1979

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August 1979

Destruction of a Baha'i bath-house in Manshad, Yazd

July 1979

Destruction of Bahá’í home in Tehran, July 1979

09 June 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Occupation of Rafsanjan Baha’i centre

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

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

30 May 1979

Eshqollah Ravan-Bakhsh told to refer his complaint to Ministry of Justice

26 May 1979

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

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

16 May 1979

Residents of Kata and villages nearby asked to make sure Baha'i homes are not attacked and damaged

09 May 1979

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

08 May 1979

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

08 May 1979

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

02 May 1979

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

19 April 1979

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

11 March 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Baha’i center in Sangsar occupied

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

09 February 1979

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

01 February 1979

Letter from National Spiritual Assembly of Iran: 500 houses belonging to Baha’is have been set on fire

01 February 1979

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

1979

Demolition of Bahá’í home in Yazd - 1979

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

18 January 1978

Letter from Local Spiritual Assembly of Kermanshah to General Manouchehr Fozi regarding persecution of Bahais in the western Iran

03 May 1975

Letter to the Mayor of Shiraz, about Shah Cheragh’s construction plan

25 January 1967

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

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

19 January 1959

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

15 February 1956

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

09 September 1955

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

07 July 1955

Bakhtiar newspaper: Shiraz incident and intervention by Seyyed Noureddin Shirazi

29 June 1955

Post-e Tehran newspaper: Attempts to destroy the house of a Baha’i in Shiraz

09 June 1955

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

31 May 1955

Karzar newspaper: Attack on Baha’i properties in 8 cities

31 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Ayatollah Kashani at the forefront of fighting Bahaism

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

Siasat newspaper: Houses of Baha’is in Marvdasht, Rasht and Damghan raided

10 May 1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

Baha’is attacked in Hemmatabad village in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

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

1955

Destruction of houses and properties of Baha’is in Mazraeh village in Abadeh, Shiraz in 1955

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

Attack on Baha'i homes in Abadeh

1955

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

1955

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

1955

Corridor of a Baha'i home in Mazraeh village, near Abadeh, damaged by fire in mob attack - 1955

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

View of Soghad

1955

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

1955

Destruction of the houses and properties of Baha’is in Derghuk village 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

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

Bahrami and Dana families, injured in attacks on their homes

1955

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

1955

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

1955

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

1955

Mazraeh village in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

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

1955

Destruction of the houses and properties of Baha’is in Derghuk 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 and properties of Baha’is in Idrisabad in Abadeh, Shiraz - 1955

1955

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

1955

Destruction of the properties of Baha’is in Derghuk village in Abadeh, 1955

1955

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

1955

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

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

1955

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

1955

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

30 November 1952

Police clash with religious crowd in Rafsanjan

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

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

22 October 1952

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

11 October 1952

Head of National Police reports on tensions in Kerman

09 October 1952

Telegram to Prime Minister by Ali Akbar Hasanzadeh, Asdollah Sadeghzadeh, and Isa Taheri about attack and violence against Baha'is in Rafsanjan

09 October 1952

Complaint to Interior Minister, following destruction and looting of Baha'i properties in Rafsanjan

07 October 1952

Preliminary report by Governor of Rafsanjan on events in Hasanabad village

28 March 1951

Ettelaat newspaper: Attack on Baha’is in Yazd

27 January 1951

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

13 December 1950

Attack on Baha'is of Seisan prevented

29 November 1950

Troubles in Boroujen are settled, for the time being

27 November 1950

Interior Minister reports high tension in Boroujen

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

07 November 1950

In Boroujen shops have reopened and order is restored

06 November 1950

Isfahan police report on setting fire on Baha'i houses and looting them in Boroujen

04 November 1950

Situation report from Boroujen

29 October 1950

Another small clash in Boroujan, but no major incident yet

09 March 1950

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

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

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

19 January 1948

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

12 January 1948

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran to the Interior Minister about persecution of Baha’is in Doroud

December 1947

Letter from Local Spiritual Assembly of Tabriz about attacks on Baha’is in Maragheh and Miandoab

05 October 1947

Attacks on Baha'is in Bandar-Shah

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

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

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

11 August 1946

Report by Birjand Notary Office forwarded to Prime Minister

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

17 July 1946

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

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

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

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

27 June 1946

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

08 June 1946

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

June 1946

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to Prime Minister Qavam about attacks on Baha’is in Birjand, Khash and Fars

26 June 1945

Nightly attack to the house of Ebrahim Eshraghi

19 June 1945

Report by Khalkhal Police on tensions in two villages nearby

16 May 1945

Risk of religious unrest in Zabol

02 December 1944

Inciting hatred against Baha'is in Abadeh

13 November 1944

Agitation against Baha'is in Miandoab

02 November 1944

Police chief reports to Prime Minister about tension in Hamedan

25 October 1944

Agitation against Baha'is in Miandoab

07 October 1944

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

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

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

05 September 1944

Arson attack on 3 Baha'i homes in Kashan

02 September 1944

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

30 August 1944

Threat of death and destruction against Baha'is in Gorgan

17 August 1944

There is law and order is Hamadan

15 August 1944

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

10 August 1944

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

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

July 1944

Mob attack and murder of Bahai's in Shahroud

14 June 1944

Violence against Bahai's in Shahreza

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

27 May 1944

Tension in Shahreza

27 May 1944

Tensions in Shahreza

24 May 1944

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

23 May 1944

Report of attack and arson on properties of Abadeh residents sent from Prime Minister's office to Ministries of Interior and Justice

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

08 April 1944

Appeal for protection and justice by a group of Baha'is in Abadeh area

03 April 1944

Letter from Minister of Interior to Prime Minister about looting and burning of Baha’i houses n Azarshahr

02 April 1944

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

02 April 1944

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

19 March 1944

Attack on Baha'is in Shirvan

15 March 1944

Letter from Prime Minister to Minister of Interior about the gathering in Azarshahr to loot houses of Baha’is

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

01 February 1942

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

17 July 1936

Appeal to Prime Minister following attacks in villages around Maragheh

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

17 March 1927

Two workers attacked in Kerman, accused of being Babis

29 May 1922

Letter from the Spiritual Assembly of Shiraz to Head of Majlis about persecution of Baha’is in Shiraz

Letter from Baha’i community of Kermanshah to Prime Minister: Stop persecution of Baha’is

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

Bibi Sakineh who was beaten up by mobs in Abadeh

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

Statement threatening Baha'is signed by People of Hezbollah

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

Homes attacked and 15 people killed in Jahrom

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

Baha’i community ask Prime Minister to stop attacks against Baha’i offices

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