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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Abuses in Iran
* Bahram Afnan , Inayatu'llah Ishragi , Kurush Hag bin, Nusrat
Testimonies of Victims and Perpetrators
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Shahin (Shirin) Dalvand F Zarin Muciimi-Abvanih Hidavatu'Ilah Iran's Pro-democracy Voices
Sivavushi, Mona Mahmudnizhad Fluba Zairour, Rahmatu'llah > And more...
Vafa'i, Simm Sabiri F Akhtar ThabitF Abdu'l-Husayn Azadi, Jamshid
Siyavushi,Suhayl Hushmand ,
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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