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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 /
