BOSTON, MASS.
GLOBE
D. 504,492—S. 740,717
BOSTON-LOWELL METROPOLITAN AREA
SEP tO 1983
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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
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