Education Under Fire in Iran

Education Under Fire is a campaign designed to address the Iranian government's denial of the right to education for ideological and religious reasons.

Best Letter in 2010

Great example of asking for Justice, Human Rights in a peaceful but eloquent letter..

Subject: The Seven Baha'is imprisoned in Iran......

From the BAHA'I INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; United Nations Office

To Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, Head of the Judiciary, Islamic Republic of Iran

Date 7 December 2010

" .............The lives of these seven Baha'is typify not only the lives of the Baha'is of Iran but also those of high-minded and noble-hearted Iranians of every creed and class. They are true citizens of that nation who have striven to dedicate themselves to its service.......

Convinced that they had committed no wrong, and as there existed no proof whatsoever to support the accusations leveled against them, they had every hope that the judicial proceedings would exonerate them. Sadly, however, their hopes have thus far been frustrated, and the treatment they have received has unjustly violated every legal norm and every standard of fairness and equity.

As history bears witness, whenever innocent citizens are brought before show trials, it is the judicial system itself and those who wield authority within it that are on trial before the public gaze. The case of these seven individuals, which from the outset has been watched with growing interest by Iranians and non-Iranians alike, has been marked by such egregious violations

of the law at every turn as to call into question the adherence to the principle of justice by a system that claims to uphold Islamic values.

The blatant injustice of a sentence to ten years' imprisonment handed down to such honest and law-abiding citizens impels us, as the representatives at the United Nations of one hundred and eighty-six national Baha'i communities, to ask you to rectify this grave failure and accord the defendants the justice they have been denied. This request comes not only from their coreligionists throughout the world but from the United Nations, from governments and parliamentarians across the globe, from agencies of civil society, and from humanitarians and social thinkers, all of whom join their voices to ours in calling for the immediate release of these wronged individuals...........

There is not a shred of evidence to support the accusation that these Baha'is were seeking to compromise national security, participating in subversive activities, or engaging in propaganda against the regime, charges which the defendants themselves have categorically denied. Such accusations are entirely inconsistent with the outstanding record of the Baha'is in Iran and around the world, who regard service to one's homeland and to humankind as an inescapable moral obligation.

Nor do they accord in any way with the Baha'i

teachings, which assert that "in every country where any of this people reside,

they must behave towards the government of that country with loyalty, honesty,

and truthfulness."

......

The Baha'is are not "others" in your country: they are an inseparable

part of the Iranian nation. The injustices meted out to them are a reflection

of the terrible oppression that has engulfed the nation. Your respect now for

the rights of the Iranian Baha'is would signal a willingness to respect the

rights of all the citizens of your country. Redressing the wrongs suffered by

the Baha'is would bring hope to the hearts of all Iranians that you are ready

to ensure justice for everyone. Our call, then, is in reality a call for

respect of the rights of all the Iranian people.

With our hearts filled with love for Iran and our earnest hopes for the

exaltation and glory of that land, we urge you, in your capacity as the Head of

the Judiciary, to release the former members of the Yaran from prison and,

along with them, all the Baha'is who are incarcerated across the country.....

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We likewise request that the Baha'is in that country be granted their full

rights of citizenship, in order that they may be able to fulfill their

heartfelt aspiration to contribute, alongside their fellow citizens, to the

advancement of their nation. This, indeed, is no more than what you rightfully

ask for Muslim minorities who reside in other lands. Baha'is merely seek the

same treatment from you.

Respectfully,

Baha'i International Community

Michael Totten » Iran’s Other War

Very good article, please read and comment.....

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaeltotten/2010/12/09/iran%E2%80%99s-other-war/

Prisoners in Iran

"Here’s an experiment for the reader: on a concrete driveway or parking lot, mark off an area of 3-by-4 meters (9 feet 10 inches by 13 feet) and/or 2-by-3 meters (6 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 10 inches). Cover, if you want, with a thin indoor/outdoor carpet. Now place yourself and four friends in the larger rectangle, and two people in the smaller one. You have no bedding, beds or pillows, just two thin blankets each. Now, stay in your space for two years. Toilet facilities are down a hall, when your guards permit you to use them.

Yes, guards. You are now representing the five men and two women who had served as an informal group attending to the spiritual and social needs of the several hundred thousand members of the Baha’i Faith in Iran. Last Friday, May 14, began their third year in Evin Prison in Teheran.........................................Please, pray for justice for these prisoners of conscience and victims of prejudice"

http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_fdee40d8-6509-11df-b95f-001cc4c002e0.html

To the Friends In Iran

“The heroic steadfastness of the friends in Iran in the face of such relentless persecution inspires their fellow believers around the globe to redouble their efforts to serve humanity and contribute to its material and spiritual progress.” May 2010 - Universal House Of Justice

أفراد الأقلية الدينية البهائية في إيران يواجهون "محاكمة استعراضية"

حثت منظمة العفو الدولية السلطات الإيرانية على على إطلاق سراح سبعة من أعضاء الأقلية الدينية البهائية، الذين يبدو أنهم يواجهون "محاكمة استعراضية" في طهران على مجموعة من التهم الزائفة.

ويمكن أن يواجه الأشخاص السبعة، وهم خمسة رجال وامرأتان، الذين قُبض عليهم قبل حوالي سنتين، عقوبة الإعدام في حالة إدانتهم بارتكاب جرائم منها "التجسس لصالح إسرائيل" و"إهانة المقدسات الدينية" و"الدعاية المعادية للنظام".

وقالت حسيبة حاج صحراوي، نائبة مدير برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا في منظمة العفو الدولية، "إن الأشخاص السبعة هم سجناء رأي احتُجزوا لا لشيء إلا بسبب معتقداتهم أو أنشطتهم السلمية دفاعاً عن الطائفة البهائية المضطهدة، ويجب أن يُطلق سراحهم فوراً وبلا قيد أو شرط."

http://www.amnesty.org/ar/news-and-updates/iran-religious-minority-members-facing-039show-trial039-20100113

Canada's only Muslim senator speaks for the Baha'is of Iran

Very interesting speech by a senator in Canada, 14 December 2009

Senator Mobina Jaffer - Canada.

".....For many years, I have represented Iranian refugees, especially women, who have been tortured and imprisoned in Iran. The suffering of these women is unimaginable. Sadly, honourable senators, this suffering still continues...............Today, I will address the situation of one religions group, the Baha'i of Iran, whose rights have systematically been violated by the Iranian government since the inception of the Islamic revolution. As a young child in Uganda, my father often took me to a construction site where a Baha'i temple was being built. As the temple was being built, my father would describe the different aspects of the faith of the Baha'i. His description of the embracing by the Baha'i of all religions left me with a great love and respect for all faiths. I am also a great admirer of the Baha'i. As Ugandans, we are proud of the Baha'i temple in Uganda and we believe it is one of the best temples.

Honourable senators, let me take a few moments to provide some background of the Baha'i faith. It originated in Iran, then Persia, in the 1840s. Central to the spiritual teachings of the Baha'i faith is the concept that there is only one God and that the major world religions have been established by divine educators who brought teachings commensurate with humanity's stage of development.

The source and spiritual essence of all these religions is the same in the Baha'i view. Only the social teachings have changed in order to support the emergence of an ever-advancing civilization. Baha'is strive both individually and as communities, and with the guidance of their institutions, to understand and implement the spiritual and moral teachings in their own lives and communities, and to contribute to the common good.

The five million or so people comprising the Baha'i international community represent 2,112 ethnic and tribal groups who live in over 121,000 localities, 190 independent countries and 45 dependent territories and overseas departments.

Why then, honourable senators, do we have a slow genocide of the Baha'i community in Iran through such means as arbitrary arrests; incitement of hatred in government-controlled media and from the pulpit; harassment of schoolchildren; denial of access to post-secondary education or to employment in the public sector; severe restrictions on employment in the private sector; the destruction of graveyards; denial of government pensions; and the discrimination in courts?" Mobina Jaffer

Photo Banned - Newspaper Closed

An interesting article from another blog; World in a mind

"....The Bahá’í Faith does NOT exist (despite it being the largest minority religion in Iran), therefore there can be no photo of a Bahá’í building in a newspaper in Iran!"

Ya Malek Al Asma - يا مالك الاسماء

An Arabic Bahai prayer to be said at the time of difficulties.................

Baha’i Rights Day July 11th

http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4314

19 Facts about Baha’i spies in Iran

• 19 Facts about Baha’i spies in Iran
• June 26th, 2009
• From an Iranian

  To: The Respected President of the Guinness Book of World Records

  Dear Sir,

We would like to nominate Iran for consideration as the world record holder with respect to the nineteen (19) accomplishments below:

1. Iran is the first country in the world to label over 400,000 followers of the same religions as spies.

2. Iran is the first country in the world where spies are freely and openly going about their lives and the government is not apprehensive about them. However, once in a while, a few of these spies are arrested in order to keep the government militia from boredom; then the spies are interrogated for a few months so that interrogators may gain experience. Sometimes, spies are tortured for the practice of the torturers. Ultimately, a few face firing squads for testing of the guns.

3. Iran is the first country in which spies are born as spies. There is no need for the courts to prove the allegations against them since they are innately convicts from birth. They have no rights; therefore, there is no need to consider their civil rights when bringing charges against them.

4. Iran is the first country where if spies recant their faith and convert to Islam, they are no longer spies, but are consideredsaved.

5. Iran is the first country in which spies, when arrested, have to attend Islamic studies classes – with the aim of their conversion to Islam.

6. Iran is the first country where its spies are secret agents of Britain, Russia, America and Israel, all at the same time. Interestingly, the spies themselves and the leaders of these countries are unaware of such affiliations; only Shariyat-Madari (editor-in-chief of Kayhan, government of Iran backed newspaper) knows.

7. Iran is the first country that has had thousands of spy groups and spy gatherings that have been in contact with the Ministry of Intelligence for the past 25 years.

8. Iran is the first country that banned gatherings of thousands of espionage groups and asked spies to dismantle their assemblies. However, the members of these groups are required to sign pledges consenting that they will not teach their religious beliefs! Even more interesting, members of these groups refuse to sign such pledges.

9. Iran is the first country where spies are not paid. Instead, they spend their own money to tend to the affairs of their community, to eliminate poverty and improve literacy. These activities are the biggest proofs of spying charges against them.

10. Iran is the first country where spies introduce themselves as followers of a religion that the government of Iran equates with espionage. The followers of this religion do not even outwardly hide their convictions to save their own lives.

11. Iran is the first country where spies have established moral and educational courses for their members. Strangely, the government denies them entrance to universities to prevent them from spying in institutions of higher education.

12. Iran is the first country where spies are drafted for two years of obligatory military service. They are even given guns and receive intensive military training.

13. Iran is the first country where spies receive lashes with utmost love; their properties are confiscated with Islamic fairness; they are executed with utmost kindness and Islamic compassion. The government bestows, with utmost friendliness, civil rights specified for spies, in the form of imprisonments, forced free labor, insults and slanders.

14. Iran is the only country in which, there are potentially 40 million spies. Women that ask for the same rights as men are called spies. Men that defend these women are also called spies.

15. Iran is the first country that provides all necessary means for these spies to leave the country and cheers when they have left.

16. Iran is the first country that doesn’t find it necessary to compile documents and evidences to prove espionage charges. Whoever says that he or she is a Baha’i, that person is automatically a spy. Whoever says women are human beings with the same rights as men is a spy. Whoever is engaged in medical research for finding a cure for AIDS is a spy. Whoever establishes an N.G.O. (Non Governmental Organization) for helping children and saving the environment is a spy!

17. Iran is the first country in which at the election time, nobody is labeled spy and all have equal rights and should vote.

18. Iran is the first country in which spies, without any bias and in all fairness, are convicted, sentenced, insulted, and their names publicized by mass media, before they are even tried in courts!

19. Iran is the only country in which Baha’is are not permitted to work in any government office or agency, they hold no position of influence, they have no access to any sensitive or classified document, and they have only opened their little shops and are busy with their businesses, and yet they are still spies!!!

[Translation by Iran Press Watch.]

حقائق بهائية

من رسالة الجامعة البهائيّة العالميّة مارس 2009 الى آية الله قربان علي درّي نجف آبادي, المدّعي العام, جمهوريّة إيران الإسلاميّة
في أيّ قطر يقيمون، يجهد البهائيّون في الترويج لخير ورفاه المجتمع. وهم مدعوّون لأن يعملوا جنبًا إلى جنب مع أهل بلدهم في رعاية وتعزيز الألفة والاتّحاد وتأسيس السلام والعدالة. ويسعون إلى الحفاظ على حقوقهم وحقوق الآخرين، من خلال أيّة وسائل قانونيّة متاحة لهم. وملتزمون بالأمانة والصّدق في جميع الأحيان. إنّهم ينبذون النّزاع والخصام، ويتجنّبون الصّراع على السّلطة الدنيويّة.

من أحد المبادئ الأساسيّة للدين البهائي هو امتناع أتباعه كليًّا من الانخراط في أيّة نشاطات سّياسيّة حزبيّة سواء كانت محليّة، أو وطنيّة أو دوليّة. إنّ البهائيّين يعتبرون الحكومة نظامًا يهدف إلى تأمين رخاء وتّقدّم المجتمع الإنساني على نحو منظّم. وإطاعة القوانين المدنيّة هي سمة مميّزة لمعتقداتهم.

إنّ الإقدام على أيّ عمل يُمكن اعتباره خيانة للوطن محرَّم تحريمًا صريحًا في الآثار المقدّسة للدّين البهائي. وإنّ تمسّك البهائيّين في كلّ أنحاء العالم بهذا المبدأ لهو شاهد كبير على ذلك.

يقع المركز البهائي العالمي ضمن حدود دولة إسرائيل الحاليّة نتيجة النّفي المتعاقب الذي فُرض على حضرة بهاءالله في منتصف القرن التّاسع عشر من قِبَل الحكومتين الإيرانيّة والعثمانيّة. ومنفيًّا من إيران وطنه الأصلي، أُرسل حضرة بهاءالله إلى بغداد، ثم إلى اسطنبول فأدرنة، وأخيرًا وفي عام 1868 إلى المدينة المحصّنة عكّا، قبل 80 سنة من تأسيس دولة إسرائيل، حيث صعد هناك عام 1892. وإنّ اتّصال البهائيّين في كافة أنحاء العالم اليوم بالمركز العالمي لدينهم فيما يتعلّق بشؤونهم الفرديّة والجماعيّة هو أمر طبيعي جدًّا وحقيقة معروفة تمامًا.

يُكنّ البهائيّون درجة عالية من الاحترام لكافة الأديان. فقد أشارت الكتابات المقدّسة البهائيّة إلى الإسلام ﺒأنّها ِ"الشّريعة المباركة الغرّاء"، وإلى الرّسول الكريم محمّد عليه صلّى الله عليه وسلّم ﺒأنّه "السّراج الوهّاج للنّبوّة الكبرى" و"سيّد الكائنات" و"نيّر الآفاق" الذي "أشرق من أفق الحجاز بالإرادة الإلهيّة". ووُصف مقام الإمام علي كرّم الله وجهه بأوصاف من قبيل "البدر المنير لأفلاك العلم والمعرفة" و "سلطان عرصة العلم والحكمة". وفي لوح زيارة سيّد الشّهداء عليه السلام الذي نزل من يراع حضرة بهاءالله نفسه يشير إليه ﺒِ"فخر الشّهداء" و"نيّر الانقطاع من أفق سماء الإبداع".

... أيّ نفاق هذا إذا قامت طفلة في المدرسة، بعد سماعها ألفاظًا مهينة عن مؤسّس دينها الذي تحبّه للغاية، برفع يدها بكلّ أدب طالبة الإذن لتشرح لزميلاتها في الصّف بعضًا من التّعاليم التي تتّبعها؟ أي خداع هذا عندما يسعى شاب ملتزم وتوّاق إلى تحصيل العلم والمعرفة ليطالب بحقّه من السّلطات ليلتحق بالجامعة دون أن يكون عليه أن يكذب بخصوص بدينه؟ أيّ ضرر يقع إذا اجتمعت عدّة عائلات مع بعضها بين الحين والآخر للدعاء ومناقشة أمور تهمّهم؟ معتبرين أنّ روح الإنسان ليس لها جنس، هل يبعث على القلق الشّديد إذا عبّر شخص عن رأيه بأنّ الرّجال والنّساء متساوون في نظر الله وعليهم أن يعملوا جنبًا إلى جنب في جميع ميادين المساعي الإنسانيّة؟ هل من غير المعقول قيام مجموعة صغيرة من النّاس، في غياب الهيكل الإداري المنصوص عليه في تعاليمهم، بتيسير إجراءات زواج شابين، وتربية الأطفال، ودفن الموتى طبقًا لأصول أحكام دينهم؟

التعصبات الدينية تحول دون تأسيس مجتمع متقدم ومزدهر

من رسالة بيت العدل الأعظم لأحباء إيران فبراير 2009

"هناك العديد من سكان ذلك القطر وحتى عدد كبير من المسئولين يدركون تماماً بأن ما يحدث لكم ايها المظلومون هو عين الظلم . ان التضامن والتأييد من قبل مواطنيكم واظهار التعاطف والندم ، والرغبة بتلافي الماضي ، من قبل المفكرين والكتاّب وأصحاب الجرائد والفنانين دليل على النفس الطيبة والفكر اللامع للايرانيين وتذكير بأسبقية ذلك الشعب الخيّر والحر في الدفاع عن حقوق الانسان في العالم . ان أهل الانصاف في ذلك القطر يتساءلون ، ما هو سبب كل هذا الظلم والعدوان على هؤلاء المواطنين الخيّرين والصادقين ؟ وكيف يمكن للبهائيين الذين لا يتعاطون السياسة طبقاً لتعاليم دينهم ، ولا يشاركون بأى نوع من المؤامرات ضد الآخرين وتاريخهم الممتد لمائة وستين سنة خير شاهد على ذلك ، كيف يمكن ان يتهموا بارتباطهم السياسي مع الدول الاجنبية ؟ وكيف يمكن ان تفسّر البرامج الدقيقة والمنظمة والاجراءات الواسعة التي اتخذت ضدهم ؟ وايضاً الانفاق المادي والبشري الملحوظ من أجل حرمانهم من الدراسة ، بل ونشر الفقر والبطالة بينهم ، واتساع نطاق التعصب وتشويه سمعة الاحباء ؟ وكيف يمكن ان يفسر السعي الحثيث لنشر الاكاذيب وتحريف التاريخ وتدليس الحقائق عن الدين البهائي ؟ .....ان نتيجة هذه التساؤلات والاطروحات هي ان ذلك الشعب قد أدرك بان التعصبات الدينية تحول دون تأسيس مجتمع متقدم ومزدهر ...أنتهى

Separately, in Brazil yesterday, the president of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal Chamber of Deputies sent an open letter to Iran, asking for the release of the Baha'i prisoners.The Brazilian statement was issued by Pompeo de Mattos, president of the national legislature's Human Rights Commission."The peace-loving, humanistic principles and practices for which the Baha'is are known in Brazil have earned this community respect and credibility among the country's human rights supporters," said Deputy de Mattos. Other such strong statements of support have been issued over the past several days from governments and parliamentarians in a number of countries, including Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Defense attorney, Shirin Edadi

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=13489611001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lor4u-mGzVM

Iranian Baha'is CNN

I am a member of the Baha'i faith. What is that, you ask?
Well, long story short, it's an independent world religion that began in the mid-1800s in Iran.

Baha'is believe that there is only one God and therefore only one religion.
All of the world's divine teachers (Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, Moses, Abraham, Krishna, etc.) bring essentially the same message -- one of unity, love and knowledge of God or the divine.
This constantly updated faith of God, Baha'is believe, has been refreshed for this day and age by our founder, Baha'u'llah. There. Nutshell version.

Why write about all this now? Well, I'm glad you asked. You see there's a 'trial' going on very soon for seven Baha'i national leaders in Iran.
They've been accused of all manner of things including being "spies for Israel," "insulting religious sanctities" and "propaganda against the Islamic Republic."
They've been held for a year in Evin Prison in Tehran without any access to their lawyer (the Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi) and with zero evidence of any of these charges.

"We will no longer be silent when injustice is visited upon you,"

Baha'is express gratitude for open letter of supportNEW YORK, 15 February (BWNS) - The Baha'i International Community has issued a statement of gratitude to the Iranian intellectuals, scholars, writers, journalists, activists, and artists throughout the world who signed an open letter apologizing for their silence during Iran's long-running persecution of the Baha'is.The open letter from the Iranians - dated 3 February and signed so far by 243 men and women living in 19 countries - had asked Baha'is to forgive them "for the wrongs committed against the Baha'i community of Iran" over the last century and a half. "We will no longer be silent when injustice is visited upon you," the letter said after enumerating some of the ways Baha'is have been persecuted, from "barbaric murders" to depriving youth of higher education.In response, the Baha'i International Community told the signatories that the letter "brought a degree of solace and relief to the pain that your Baha'i fellow citizens endure.""On their behalf and that of the Baha'is throughout the world we convey our profound gratitude and appreciation for a deed of such historical moment," the Baha'i message said, referring to the publication of the open letter.

In response, the Baha'i International Community told the signatories thatthe letter "brought a degree of solace and relief to the pain that yourBaha'i fellow citizens endure." "On their behalf and that of the Baha'is throughout the world weconvey our profound gratitude and appreciation for a deed of such historicalmoment," the Baha'i message said, referring to the publication of theopen letter. The letter was particularly significant, said the Baha'i response, in thatit rejected the milieu of intimidation created by Iranian authorities throughout
the decades that served to silence "those fair-minded and informed
individuals who had always wished to rise up" in support of the
Baha'is.

The letter ended thus: "We stand by you in achieving all the rights
enshrined in the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights. Let us join hands in
replacing hatred and ignorance with love and tolerance."

Baha'is were never engaged in espionage for Israel

لمدعي العام الإيراني : البهائية عميلة للكيان الصهيوني

"All Bahá'í activities were banned by the Iranian government 30 years ago, following the Islamic revolution. After 30 years Iranian governemnt now, say that the Friends are an "illegal" group engaged in espionage for Israel........" If you can not provide any proof in 30 years, then the accusation have no truth and not credible.

"Why the govenmnt not allowing Mrs. Ebadi to defend them and have access to their files??
The prosecution of the Friends in Iran is just one step in a 30-year-long systematic campaign orchestrated by the government to eliminate the Bahá'í community as a viable entity in Iran, the birthplace of the Bahá'í Faith. It is a fundamental principle of the Bahá'í Faith that its followers strictly refrain from involvement in any partisan political activity, whether local, national, or international. Bahá'ís view government as a system for maintaining the welfare and orderly progress of human society. Bahá'ís reject violence. They are peace-loving, constructive citizens who have no interest in assuming power...."

“They don’t want to leave a trace of anything Baha’i”

'' He knows that the Baha’i have been persecuted since their religion was founded–and his father has been arrested before as well. But he fears that the oppression of Baha’i in Iran is reaching a new intensity. He worries about the wave of arrests, the destruction of cemeteries, as if a people’s history itself can be erased. “We don’t know what’s going to happen next,” he says. “They don’t want to leave a trace of anything Baha’i.”
http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/02/03/%E2%80%9Cthey-don%E2%80%99t-want-to-leave-a-trace-of-anything-baha%E2%80%99i%E2%80%9D/

Baha'i threat to socity!!!!!

We found this interesting article in a blog called reyhani.cc

"I just came across this audio clip from Sheykh Daneshmand. He gives a sermon trying to warn his audience of the grave threat that Bahai’s pose to them and society at large. Amusingly he describes Baha’is to be people that distinguish themselves by their upright character, clean dress, honesty etc. It is rather comical how in his hate speech he actually portrays a very correct image of the goodness of the Baha’is.......

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION of the Sermon:
Open your eyes! The bahais are causing a stir Can you see what they have done?
Do you know this?
Can you see how their actions coincide with their teachings and this is their BEST way of teaching their faith Are you aware of this? Are you?
A Bahai girl, in a school of 800 girls, has studied herself to such a degree and carries herself in such a way that everyone is amazed.Are you aware of this?!
She is so dignified that anyone who doesn’t know her, thinks that she is probably the daughter of an Ayatollah… but she is a Bahai!
Look at how a Bahai girl walks, and look at how a Shia muslim girl walks!...............I will give a prize to the first person who shows me a bahai or jew who is a drug addict, You don’t see a single bahai who is a drug addict, You don’t see a single bahai whose behaviour is bad, who grabs someone by the collar to swear at them. When tested on the Quran at school, a Bahai would receive 20/20 and a Shiah Muslim would get 2/20(Mind you, we only gave them a score of 2 because we know the student’s dad). I mean, the dad wouldn't be satisfied otherwise and would get angry.
I myself had a Bahai student, a Jewish student, a Christian student. I swear to that I would give 20/20 to a bahai for their personality and behaviour …because I cant give them 30!
In class, a Bahai student wouldn't have any quarrels with anyone, would never swear at anyone, never did he ever stir up the class, (shouts) VERY TIDY APPEARANCE!

Persecution of Bahais in Iran

منذ عقود، يواجه البهائيون التهديدات و السجن و القتل و الحرمان من أبسط الحقوق الانسانية. و ابشع الانتهاكات تحدث في ابران، موطن ولادة الديانة
في العام 1983، أنتجت قناة “أي بي سي” برنامجا وثائقيا قصيرا يسلط الضوء على الأخطار التي يواجهها البهائيون في ايران
و قد قامت الشبكة الاسلامية للدفاع عن حقوق البهائيين بترجمة الفيديو لزيادة الوعي عن الطبيعة السلمية للديانة البهائية، و عن الاضطهاد الذي يتعرض له البهائيون، و لتشجيع الحوار

The Baha'i minority is suffering from horrific abuses in Iran merely because of their faith. This video, initially published in 1983, explores their case with historical examples. The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights translated it in an effort to make more people in the Middle East aware of the situation.

Iranian Baha'is and Israel - Cry for Justice

BAHA'IS REJECT ALLEGATIONS OF SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY IN IRAN NEW YORK, 3 August 2008 (BWNS) -- The Baha'i International Communitycategorically rejects statements by an Iranian prosecutor that seven Baha'isdetained in Tehran have "confessed" to operating an"illegal" organization with ties to Israel and other countries. "We deny in the strongest possible terms the suggestion that Baha'is in Iran have engaged in any subversive activity," said Bani Dugal,principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the UnitedNations.

"The Baha'i community is not involved in political affairs.Their only 'crime' is the practice of their religion."

Ms. Dugal said..."Suggestions of collusion with the state of Israel are categorically falseand misleading. The Iranian authorities are playing on the fact that theBaha'i world administrative center is located in northern Israel," she said."The Iranian government completely ignores the well-known historical factthat the Baha'i Faith was centered in Iran until 1853 when the authoritiesthere banished the Baha'i prophet-founder, who was forced into exile andeventually imprisoned in Acre on the Mediterranean coast under the OttomanTurkish regime. That area happens to be in what is now Israel."

Ms. Dugal said "The Baha'is, have nothing tohide and try to answer truthfully whenever they are interrogated.