Remembering an Unprotected Minority in Iran

          
          5/31/2011
          Remembering An Unprotected Minority
          Remembering An Unprotected Minority In Iran
          June 30, 2007
          Washington DC, June 30, 2007-06-29
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          In light of the recent upsurge in violence in Iran, the new wave of
          persecution of minorities, the record high number of executions
          (at least 50 executions only in May 2007) including that of
          juvenile offenders, and the arbitrary arrests of academics,
          students, and peaceful human rights activists, ABF would like to
          draw attention to the Islamic Republic's fundamentally flawed
          legal system, which, over nearly three decades, has deprived
          Iranians of their basic rights including the right to due process of
          law and which considers some categories of citizens such as the
          Baha'is unfit to be protected by law.
          Twenty-four years ago in June 1983, seventeen members of the
          Baha'i community in Iran were executed in the southern city of
          Shiraz*. These men and women were among scores of Baha'is
          arrested in Shiraz in 1982-1983, interrogated repeatedly, tortured
          and pressured to recant their faith.
          The religious judge and head of the Shiraz Revolutionary
          Tribunal, who sentenced these men and women to death, publicly
          vilified Baha'is and described them as “deviant” and as
          “instruments of Satan”. The judge referred to active members of
          the community as  kofar harbic/i>, or infidels, who have no
          rights, not even the right to life. “It is clear”, he said, “that there
          is no room, whatsoever, for Baha'ism and Baha'is in the Islamic
          Republic of Iran”.
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          Today, Baha'ism remains unrecognized in Iran, the Baha'i
          community has no legal status, and discrimination against it
          continues unchecked. Further, recent reports** indicate a new
          surge in anti-Baha'i propaganda and in the persecution of Baha'is
          dwelling in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
          By remembering and honoring the memory of these seventeen
          victims, whose execution was a blatant violation of their right to
          freedom of religion, and, in the light of the alarming news from
          Iran, ABF hopes to draw attention to the vulnerability of the
          members of an unrecognized community whose blood can be
          shed legally in their own country.
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          * Bahram Afnan , Inayatu'llah Ishragi , Kurush Hag bin, Nusrat
          Testimonies of Victims and Perpetrators
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          5/31/2011 Remembering An Unprotected Minority
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          The information in these victims' stories is not complete. ABF
          hopes that by presenting what is available at this timeF survivors
          and those who knew the victims will be encouraged to come forth
          and submit facts and documents relevant to their cases and to
          the case of other Baha'is put to death in Iran.
          ( http : //www.abfira n.orcj/memorial-add . php )
          ** Background on the recent persecution of Baha'is:
          htto : / /www. ba ha i.orci/ persecutio n/ira n/uodate
          Iran Steps Up Monitoring of Baha'is:
          http : //www.a bfiran.org/encjlish/document-269-6 1 1.nhp
          Baha'i Schoolchildren in Iran Increasingly Harassed and Abused
          by School Authorities:
          http : //www.a bfiran.orci/english/document-281-656.phr
          A Faith Denied:
          https://iranhrdc.org/tag/baha-i/ fullreport.pdf
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