Baha’i Faith & BBC on Iran

January 7, 1979

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          ONE (BAHAI FAITH ) AND THE SECOND BBC ON IRAN
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          — Letters .
          I Baha'i Faith
          / Re: Your front-page article Mon.
          i day, Dec. 18. We would wish to
          I point out that the Baha'i faith is
          I not a sect. The Islamic author jes
          have themselves officially testified i
          to its independent status.
          Antony Alexander
          Oban, Scotland
          , BBC on Iran .
          / I write in Support of Prof
          i Pullen's letter of Dec. 16. As an Ira -
          nan who listened to the BBC Per-
          Sian progr until very recently,
          when I left Iran, I would like to ex-
          press my utter disgust at the Per-
          sian program's inflammatory and
          One-sided coverage. The BBC's Per-
          sian news coverage is, at best, dis-
          creet masterpieces of misinforma
          tion. To neutral listeners, the BEC
          appears to have sympathized, if not
          overtly sided, with those opposing;
          the regime, and in do.ing so, it is H
          enacting the Nazi doctrine that
          news should be given out for in-
          struction rather than information
          My relatives, who belong to the
          Baha'i faith, have had their homes
          ransacked and burned by the sup-
          porters of an Islamic republic This
          may not be news on the BBC Per-
          sian program but it iS, indeed, very
          tragic news to me. Am I to under-
          stand that these people have no
          human rights because of their faith
          or is it that, in the opinion of the
          BBC, everything is allowed to the /
          Opposition? D. SAADI. —
          London /