Aadel Collection
Iran's persecution of Baha'is continues
BOSTON, MASS. GLOBE D. 504,492—S. 740,717 BOSTON-LOWELL METROPOLITAN AREA SEP tO 1983 j spCrSCCUtiOfl Ot I3aha iiiUflUeS Greater Boston Baha is have place in various parts of Irai i 13 received ‘word ‘ thaT 24 more were arrested 1n Urumiyyth iiiflè Baha Is including 10 women were in Sari one In Tehran and one In imprisoned In Iran between August •Ramiyyafl, :• . t.. - ‘3 and August 5. More. than 250 ‘ Since 1979, - 142 Bahâ'is - have • Baha'is are In Jails In Iran and ben killed and .' 16 have disap .1. none of them have been charged peared. The Baha'i Faith is regard- ;. with any crimes. mid-July. ed as heresy by Iran's ruling dei • 63 Baha'ls have been Imprisoned. - ics, who have launched. an all-out- The recent arrests follow closely campaign of persecution.. •‘ . the late June abductIon and disap-. ‘• • MAX ELSER7 pearance of two prominent Baha is ‘ Baha'i'Intër-COmm.Un1tY. In Tehran and mob attacks on July . lpswIch - Media Comiijitiee 1 which forced 130 Baha'i men, - ‘ , women and children to flee their village near Sari. Moreov r,. 17 Baha'ls, Including seven women and three teenage girls, were hanged in June In Shlraz. . Iran's persecution' of Its 300,000-member Baha'i communi- ty has drawn'the protests of Presl- dent Reagan, ‘. the Unked Stateè Congress. several ‘ nations' parlia- merits, the European : Parliament, the. United Nat ons Human Rights Corn 'mi s!Ofl and Amnesty lnterná- ‘tibnaL: •.,.: . ‘: . The arrests of early August.t k .: ‘‘ •‘ ,: , ‘. /L .:‘ “ . BP0005 49