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  1. 175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Bábís and Bahá'ís of Iran, by Fereydun Vahman: Review, by Christopher Buck. (2021-03-22)
  2. 1867 Petition from Bahá'ís in Shushtar, Iran, to the U.S. Congress, An, Manuchehr Derakhshani, trans, Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, trans. (2006) A petition sent by Bahá'ís in Persia in 1867 to the US Consulate general, seeking assistance in getting Bahá'u'lláh released from imposed exile. Includes introduction, prepared on behalf of the US NSA.
  3. Activities in Iran in the 1960s: Documents from the US government, by Various. (1964-12-11) State Dept., CIA, and Defense documents regarding activities in Iran in the 1960s.
  4. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, by Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024) 85 selections, last updated August 2024.
  5. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024) 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
  6. Alavíyyih Khánum and 'Alí Ján, Mullá, by Mehraeen Mottahedin-Mavaddat, Moojan Momen. (2009) On the couple, both distinguished Iranian teachers of the Bahá’í Faith; Mullá ‘Alí Ján was executed for his faith.
  7. Ali Bastami, Mulla, by Moojan Momen. (1995)
  8. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Moojan Momen. (2009) On the second disciple to recognize the Báb, and the first Bábí martyr.
  9. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Denis MacEoin. (1985) Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  10. American Dream, The: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation, by Dan Rather. (2001) Commentary on Bahá'í persecutions, by a famous TV news anchor.
  11. Anti-Bahá'í Society, The, by Mehdi Abedi, Michael M. J. Fischer. (1990) Autobiographical stories of Abedi and his involvement in opposition to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran with the "Anjoman-e Zedd-e Bahá'íyat."
  12. Anti-Secular Regulation of Religious Difference in Egypt, The, by Meriam Wagdy Azmi. (2021) Religious minorities lack recognition by the government. Secularism could remedy this, but some argue that it actually leads to religious tension. Egypt's problem is the way it espouses Islam and Shari'a as its identity and the basis for public order.
  13. Aqasi, Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani), by Sholeh A. Quinn. (2009) On the prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Shah Qajar from 1835 to 1848, regarded by Bahá’ís as the Antichrist of the Bábí dispensation.
  14. At Home in the Ghettos: Bahá'ís in Iran, by Leila Chamankhah. (2010-03-16) Essay on the causes of distrust and estrangement between Shias and Bahá'ís. The term "ghetto" here refers to ideologically separated communities. (Offsite.)
  15. August Forel Defends the Persecuted Persian Bahá'ís: 1925-1927, by John Paul Vader. (1986) History of Forel's involvement with the Faith. Includes correspondence from Shoghi Effendi.
  16. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008) Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration; written by a relative.
  17. Babi and Bahá'í community of Iran, The: A case of 'suspended genocide'?, by Moojan Momen. (2005-06) A description of the four phases of the persecutions that the Babis and Baha’is in Iran have suffered (the Babis, the early Bahá'ís, during the Pahlavi dynasty, and following the 1979 Islamic revolution) and how they fit in with categories of genocide.
  18. Babi Martyrs, Some, by John Walbridge. (2002) Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, and others.
  19. Bábí Uprising in Zanjan, The, by John Walbridge. (1996 Winter/Fall) A study of the Bábí uprising in Zanjan in 1850, examining the social, economic, and political background as well as the motivations of both the Bábís and their opponents. 
  20. Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853, The, by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. (2003-12-23) Overview of four conflicts between the Babis and the Qajar state: one at Shaykh Tabarsi in Mazandaran (1848), one in Zanjan (1850), and two in Nayriz (1850, 1853).
  21. Badí` Khurasani, by Moojan Momen. (1995) Short biography of Badi, a Bahá'í renowned for his bravery and devotion.
  22. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. (2022-10) Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media.
  23. Bahá'í Community of Iran, The: Patterns of Exile and Problems of Communication, by Moojan Momen. (1991) An examination of the causes and patterns of migrations of Iranian Bahá'ís.
  24. Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, The: A Historical Survey of the First Twelve Decades, by Rowshan Mustapha. (2023) Detailed chronology and lengthy chapters on Bahá'u'lláh's blessings to Egypt, Abdu'l-Bahá's travels, the origins of the Egyptian Bahá'í community, teaching plans, and growth of the administration 1911 through 1981.
  25. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge. (2002) Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan.
  26. Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education, The: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran, by Bahá'í International Community. (1999-04-01) Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely decentralized, university system run by Bahá'ís in Iran.
  27. Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD, by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali. Youness Khan Afroukhteh, trans. (1917) A memoir by Abdu'l-Bahá, erroneously credited to Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, published in English as a 28-page book in 1904 and 1917, covering events from March-September 1903.
  28. "Bahá'í Question" in Iran: Influence of International Law on "Islamic Law", by Christopher Buck. (2021) On the "Baha’i question," a secret Iranian government document from 1991 which sets out oppressive policies to persecute or imprison Bahá'ís, and the history of the legal and practical implementation of such policies.
  29. Bahá'í Question, The: Cultural Cleansing in Iran, by Bahá'í International Community. (2008-09)
  30. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983), Universal House of Justice, comp. (1986) Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  31. Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, ed. (2001) Articles by Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila Ghanea-Hercock, Chichi Layor, Michael Penn, Martha Schweitz, and Albert Lincoln.
  32. Baha'is and the Constitutional Revolution, The: The Case of Sari, Mazandaran, 1906-1913, by Moojan Momen. (2008-06) Accounts of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran have tended to ignore the role of the Baha’is. They educated people about the reforms envisaged and about the modern world, for which they were persecuted.
  33. Bahá'ís in Iran, The: Twenty Years of Repression, by Firuz Kazemzadeh. (2000-07) Overview of the modern persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran.
  34. Bahá'ís of the Caucasus, The, by Bayram Balci, Azer Jafarov. Christian Nils Larson, trans, Kathryn Gaylord-Miles, trans. (2007) Three short articles: "Who are the Baha’is of the Caucasus?," "From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression," and "An Independent Azerbaijan."
  35. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds, by Francis Henry Skrine. (1912) An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Bahá'í history and teachings, written with "express approval" of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  36. Bahá'u'lláh and the Fourth Estate, by Roger White. (1986) Bahá'u'lláh's response to the martyrdom of seven Bahá'ís in Yazd in May, 1891, and his relationship with the media.
  37. Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsí, The, by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. (2004) Analysis of first of four major clashes between the Bábís and the Qájár state from 1848-1853. The Bábís were not intent on revolt; factors include the increased public hostility toward the Bábís, their understanding of holy war, and political instability.
  38. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East, by M. E. Hume-Griffith. (1909) Three-page history of the Bab and his execution, with reference to the persecutions in Yazd.
  39. Brain Drain from Iran to the United States, The, by Akbar E. Torbat. (2002 Spring) Excerpt from article mentioning the exodus of Bahá'í intelligentsia from Iran in 1979, and the Bahá'ís' attempt at underground education.
  40. Brutal Slashing to Death of Dr Berjis, The, by Nasser Mohajer. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2011-05) English translation of an article in Persian about persecutions during the Pahlavi regime, and the death of a Bahá'í doctor in 1950.
  41. Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia, by Syed Shakeel Ahmed. (1995-10) Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible early mentions of the Báb.
  42. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2017) Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On the life and martyrdom of Tahirih; the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the conference of Badasht; spiritualism and suffrage.
  43. Cases of Dhabihu'llah Mahrami and Musa Talibi, The, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Amnesty International, United States Department of State, Alan Dershowitz. (1998-04) In June 1994 and January 1996, two Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested and later sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy from Islam. These 9 documents and articles are about their case.
  44. Christianity from a Bahá'í Perspective, by Robert Stockman. (1998) Includes two topics: "A Bahá'í approach to the Bible" and "Bahá'í Writings on Jesus Christ."
  45. Chronicle of `Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani: Personal Reminiscences of the Insurrection at Zanjan, by Aqa Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani. E. G. Browne, trans. (1897) Translation of an account of the Babi struggle at Zanjan in 1850, as recollected by an aged eyewitness who had been a child at the time; an important source for early Babi history.
  46. Chronology of Persecutions of Babis and Baha'is, Jonah Winters, comp. (1998)
  47. Cold Winter in North Africa, A: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Egypt, by Naseem Kourosh. (2012-08) Contemporary history of the Egyptian government's refusal to issue identification cards to Bahá'ís.
  48. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Moojan Momen. (2013) Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the Epistle's references to Qayyumu’l-Asma and the Muslim dawn prayer for Ramadan.
  49. Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm, by Mohsen Enayat. (1992) Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
  50. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran, by Moojan Momen. (2004) Early attacks on the Bahá'í community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations, but in the 20th century, non-religious accusations based on widely held and often fantastical conspiracy theories have become more prevalent.
  51. Constitutional Coherence and the Legal Status of the Bahá'í Community of Iran, by Salim A. Nakhjavani. (2016-11) Constitutional coherence as a process norm; unfulfilled constitutional promises; aspects of the Iranian constitution and the lived experience of the Bahá'í community.
  52. Constructive Imaginary, The, by Michael Karlberg. (2020) In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept of "constructive resilience"; on the relationship of this to other concepts in discourses on social change, and its relevance to the exigencies of the age.
  53. Constructive Resilience: The Bahá'í Response to Oppression, by Michael Karlberg. (2010-04) Example of the non-adversarial approach of the Bahá'ís in Iran toward social change, their collective response to oppression, and heuristic insights into the dynamics of peace.
  54. Constructive Resilience, by Firaydoun Javaheri. (2018) How the perseverance of the Bahá'ís in Iran has resulted in the generality of the Iranian people beginning to admire and, in some cases, arising to assist the Bahá'ís.
  55. De la Córdoba Mora a los Bahá'ís de Irán, by Boris Handal. (2010) Contrast between the contemporary Iranian Bahá'í community and the treatment of religious minorities in Spain under the Moors.
  56. Deaths of Two Iranian Bahá'ís, 1997, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1997-08-18) Reports from the Universal House of Justice and the NSA of the United States on the deaths of Masha'llah Enayati and Shahram Reza'i.
  57. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith, by Adib Masumian. (2009) Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Bahá'í Faith as a subversive political group, Zionist spies, affiliates of the secret police, British agents, etc. Available in English and Persian. Includes interview with author.
  58. Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1985-07-03) Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith.
  59. Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan, by John Walbridge. (1998-05) Analysis of Muslim and Bahá'í historical texts, including Dawnbreakers.
  60. Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version, by Mark Perry. (2002) The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
  61. Egypt, Bahá'í Community of, and Religious Identity, by Universal House of Justice. (2006-12-21) Message to the Bahá'ís of Egypt in the wake of a Supreme Administrative Court decision in Cairo that upheld a discriminatory government policy regarding Bahá'ís and their identification cards. In both English and Arabic.
  62. Emblems of Faithfulness: Pluralism in Meaning and Beauty in the Ordinary, by Helen Cheng, Catherine Nash. (2015) Memorials of the Faithful is notable for the diversity of personalities described, and the sheer ordinariness of many of those remembered lives. These two aspects of the text highlight some of the broader questions raised by the Bahá'í Faith.
  63. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Excerpts from Revelation of Baha'u'llah, by Adib Taherzadeh. (1987) Excerpts from chapters 24-25, compiled for the Wilmette Institute.
  64. European Bahá'í Youth Conference in Innsbruck, by Universal House of Justice. (1983-07-04) Challenges facing European Bahá'í Youth, followed by consolation to Bahá'í youth in light of the 1983 martyrdoms of young Bahá'ís in Iran.
  65. Events and Tragedies of Manshád, The, by Muhammad-Tahir Malmiri. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007) Events and martyrs from the uprisings in Manshad and Yazd, in 1903. A translation of Haji Málmírí's Tarikh Shuhaday Yazd, pp. 432-503.
  66. Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, An, by James B. Thomas. (2002) A description of Bahá'u'lláh's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacrifice, and an account of its historical context; mystical intercourse between the twin stations of Bahá'u'lláh, human and divine.
  67. Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz, 1909, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. (2013) Shaykh Dhakariyya's rebellion in Nayriz culminated in the martyrdom of nineteen Bahá'ís on Naw Ruz, 1909, the same day Abdu'l-Bahá interred the remains of the Bab in the mausoleum on Mount Carmel. This is a history of both events.
  68. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. (2000) On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension.
  69. Faith Denied, A: The Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran, by Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. (2006-12) The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center's account of persecutions of Bahá'ís of Iran (2006).
  70. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series, by Hooper Dunbar. (2011-04) Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011.
  71. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2019) Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society; his experience as a immigrant in the United States, struggle to make the American dream, and helped the innovative Harlem Prep, a Bahá'í inspired School.
  72. Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco: The Nador Case, by Bahá'í International Community. (1963) A formal response to a court case in Morocco from the previous month in which three Bahá'ís were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government, subvert religion, and disrupt the public order.
  73. From Moorish Cordova to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Islamic Tolerance and Intolerance, by Boris Handal. (2007-09-08) Though Bahá'ís are persecuted in Iran, Muhammad taught understanding and respect towards religious minorities. Cordova, Spain is an example of historical tolerance where Muslims, Christians and Jews co-existed harmoniously under Islamic rule.
  74. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States, by Naghme Naseri Morlock. (2023) The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
  75. God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi. (1971 [1944]) The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
  76. Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America, by Daniel Akira Stadnicki. (2019) On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in Bahá'í American music; themes of religious oppression, persecution, and martyrdom; Iranian diaspora, transnational music-making, and cosmopolitanism.
  77. Hojjatieh (Hujjatiya), by Mahmoud Sadri. (2004) Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  78. Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. (1983) The human response to stressful events; coping mechanisms, including those of Bahá'í martyrs; responses to social stressors.
  79. Human Rights and Religious Faith, by Amnesty International. (1986) A statement from Amnesty International/USA, published by request.
  80. Human Rights Watch on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran, by Reuters. (1997-09-24) Two articles covering a report by Human Rights Watch on the treatment of the Bahá'ís and other minorities in Iran.
  81. I, Mary Magdalene, by Juliet Thompson. (1940) Semi-autobiographical account of Juliet Thompson's contact with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  82. In the Face of Oppression, by Geoffrey Cameron. (2011-07-29) The Bahá'ís in Iran have long been persecuted, but stand strong in their pursuit of a just society.
  83. Interview with Ruhollah Geula regarding Robert Imbrie, by Anthony Lee. (1997-09) Interview by Lee, the general editor of Kalimat Press, with his father-in-law, an eyewitness to these 1924 events in Tehran.
  84. Iran: Suppression of religious freedom and persecution of religious minorities: case studies, by Thomas Schirrmacher. (2009) The legal status of non-Shiite Muslims, Bahá'ís, and various Christian confessions in Iran.
  85. Iran between Two Revolutions, by Ervand Abrahamian. (1982) Multiple references to the Bahá'í Faith, in an academic book of history.
  86. Iran's Systemic Denial of Access to Higher Education, by Saman Sabeti. (2017) Discrimination as embedded in the Iranian Constitution and in higher education since 1979; dismissal and expulsion; exclusion by application form; exclusion by process; how the victims have responded.
  87. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution, by Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. (1986) Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
  88. Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Baha'is, by Christopher Buck. (2003-06) "The Bahá'í question" is really a test case for whether Islam can legitimately claim to respect human rights today. Includes a Persian translation of the original article.
  89. Islam: The Straight Path, by John L. Esposito. (1988) Passing mention of political persecutions.
  90. Kirk, Durbin Introduce Resolution Condemning Iran's Continued Persecution of Bahá'í Minority, by Mark Kirk, Dick Durbin. (2013-03-12) In recognition of the five-year anniversary of imprisonment of Bahá'í leaders in Iran, senators meet with their family members and friends and introduce a joint resolution calling attention to this persecution.
  91. Last Great Revolution, The: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran, by Robin Wright. (2000) Mentions of the Bahá'ís not having political representation in Iran; brief summary of Bahá'í persecutions (in footnote).
  92. Les Bahaïs du Caucase: b.a.-ba d'une communauté méconnue, by Azer Jafarov, Bayram Balci. (2007) Chapter on "the Bahá'ís of the Caucasus, the basics [lit. the ABCs] of an unknown community."
  93. Letter to the Friends, Throughout the East and the West, through the Spiritual Assemblies, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Haifa. (1938-02) 3-page report by Z. N. Zeine on questions directed at a Dr. 'Abdu'llah Jawid in Khorasan "as a result of recording himself as a Bahá'í on his military identity card" and his subsequent demotion after declining to stop promoting the Faith.
  94. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Abdu'l-Bahá. (2021) Tablets of ‘Abdul-Bahá describing aspects of the life of Bahá’u’lláh including the tribulations He suffered, events in His homeland, the purpose and greatness of His Cause, and the nature and significance of His Covenant.
  95. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2019-05-22) The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished and taught him to be who he is today.
  96. Martyrdom of Hájí Muhammad-Ridá: 19 Historical Accounts, by Ahang Rabbani. (2007) Accounts of the 1889 martyrdom of Haji Muhammad Rida Isfahani in Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) in Russian Turkestan.
  97. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The, by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (1890) Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers.
  98. Martyrs of Manshad, by Siyyid Muhammad Tabib Manshadi. Ahang Rabbani, trans, Naghmeh Astani, trans. (1996/2005) Detailed eyewitness account of martyrdoms in Iran in 1903.
  99. Massacres de Babis en Perse, by A.L.M. Nicolas. (1936) On events in 1903 in Rasht, Isfahan, Yazd, and Tehran, written by a French consul in Iran.
  100. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary, by Moshe Sharon. (2011) Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
  101. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996)
  102. Muhammad Musaddiq and the Bahá'ís, by Bahram Choubine. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2010) Two essays: "Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh and the Baha’is" (2009) and "Suppression of the Baha’is of Iran in 1955" (2008).
  103. Mystery of Martyrdom, The, by Darius Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh. (1992) Life stories of many early martyrs, and some explanations of what inspires self-sacrifice.
  104. Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten, by Soheila Vahdati. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2008-09-18) An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran's treatment of 19th-century dissidents.
  105. Nature of the Persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran, by Bahá'í International Community. (2010-02) The situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran in 2010; historical and legal context; denial of individual and communal rights; incitement to hatred based on religion or belief.
  106. Next Stage, The, by Douglas Martin. (2013) Bahá'í scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a discourse that is free of "haughty intellectualism." The Association for Bahá’í Studies can help promote the Bahá'í cause to institutions of higher learning.
  107. Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech, A: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran, by Bani Dugal. Morten Bergsmo, ed, Kishan Manocha, ed. (2023-07) International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Bahá'í persecution; connections between media, propaganda, and violence; reactions and responses to hate speech from the United Nations and the global community.
  108. Nonpartisan Engagement in Public Affairs: A Critical Analysis of the Bahá'í Approach to Dialogue, Democracy, and Diplomatic Relations, by Bui Tyril. (2009-10) How to address the dilemma of protesting human rights abuses in Iran while remaining non-partisan. Link to thesis (offsite).
  109. Notes on the Babi and Bahá'í Religions in Russia and its territories, by Graham Hassall. (1993) Overview of the history of Bábí and Bahá'í communities in Russia and Russian territories.
  110. Now They Are Hanging Women, by Jaine Toth. (2018) Notes and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran; title taken from a newspaper headline for an article announcing the execution by hanging of ten Iranian Bahá’í women on June 18, 1983.
  111. Old Charges for a New Religion, Some, by Susan Maneck. (2009-01-24) The background and significance of the fantastic charges made against Bahá’ís in Iran and elsewhere where Bahá’ís face severe persecution (a foreign conspiracy to destroy the unity of Islam; sexual promiscuity, etc.) in the context of other ‘heresies'.
  112. Paranoid Style in Iranian Politics, The, by Ervand Abrahamian. (1993) A seminal essay which mentions contemporary Iranian attitudes toward the Bahá'ís. Includes three other mentions of the Bahá'í Faith elsewhere in the book in which this essay was first published.
  113. Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Iran: 1983-1986, Universal House of Justice, comp. (1994) Lengthy survey of events, and life stories of participants.
  114. Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Iran Under the Islamic Republic: Twenty Years of Intolerance, by Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh. (2000) Description of some of the persecutions of the Bahá'í community in Iran over the past twenty years.
  115. Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran: 1979-1986: A 7-year campaign to eliminate a religious minority, by Bahá'í International Community. (1986) Overview of activities and propaganda against Bahá'ís in Iran, and the responses of the United Nations.
  116. Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran 1844-1984, by Douglas Martin. (1984) Treatment of the Bahá'ís in Iran by the state and by the Shi'ism under the Qájárs (1844-1925), Pahlavis (1925-1979), and under the Islamic Republic (1979-); responses by the Bahá'í Community.
  117. Persecutions of Babis in 1888-1891 at Isfahan and Yazd, by Various. E. G. Browne, trans. (1918) Eyewitness or historical accounts of specific events, uprisings, and attacks, as collected by E.G. Browne.
  118. Personal Reminiscences of the Bábí Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850, by E. G. Browne. (1897) The testimony of Áqá 'Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani.
  119. Petition from the Persian Reformers, by Various. (1867) A petition sent by Bahá'ís in Baghdad and Shushtar, Iran, in 1867 to the US Consulate general, seeking assistance in getting Bahá'u'lláh released from imposed exile.
  120. Political Economy of Modern Iran, The: Despotism and Pseudo-Modernism 1926-1979, by Homa Katouzian. (1981) Mention of Sheikh Fazlollah Noori denouncing opponents as Babis; 1-page discussion (in footnotes) of the Bab as Mahdi and the Bahá'í/Azali split; anti-Bahá'í demonstrations following the murder of vice-consul Imbrie; Falsafi's attacks in 1953.
  121. Politics and Engagement in the Life of Society, by Universal House of Justice. (2010-01-22) On which principles should guide Iranian believers in their participation in the life of society, and other themes related to political activism and social justice.
  122. Preliminary Survey of the Bahá'í Community of Iran during the Nineteenth Century, A, by Moojan Momen. (1998) On the early growth and consolidation of the Bahá'í community in Iran; its membership and social and geographical composition; persecution; institutional developments; communications with Bahá'u'lláh; the conversion of Jews and Zoroastrians; women.
  123. Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah: Anti-Bahá'í propaganda in Iran, by Abdu'l-Bab as-Sahyuni. (1998) A sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Bahá'ís, and activities of the Iranian government.
  124. Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of Persecution and Suffering, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. (1994) Persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran as an example of spiritual resilience: what are the spiritual meanings of suffering? When confronted with persecution or torture, why do some individuals show radiant acceptance; what role do faith and belief play?
  125. Pursuit of Social Justice, The, by Michael Karlberg. (2022-08-03) An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice.
  126. Quiet Exodus, A, by Geoffrey Cameron. (2013-07) Recent history of immigration law and practice in Canada, and the Bahá'í community's involvement in governmental change. Includes addendum from Bahá'í News Canada.
  127. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration, by Todd Lawson. (2022) Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse.
  128. Recognition of the Next Manifestation of God, by Universal House of Justice. (1997-06-06) On concerns that a future Universal House of Justice might not recognize the next Manifestation of God.
  129. Redefining Resiliency, Resistance, and Oppression: A Case Study of the Bahá'i Underground University in Iran, by Kimiya Tahirih Missaghi. (2021) On the nature of resiliency in a systematically oppressed population; the existence and growth of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education exemplify perseverance and resistance under intergenerational pressure; a non-violent approach to seeking justice.
  130. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. (2023-11-28) Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre.
  131. Releasing the Captive from His Chains, by Steven Scholl. (1986) Bahá'í activism for human rights, and involvement with Amnesty International. Includes response by Drew Remignanti.
  132. Religious Contentions in Modern Iran, 1881-1941, by Mina Yazdani. (2011) In 20th-century Iran, anti-Bahaism played a role in transforming Shi'i religious piety into the political ideology known as Islamism; Bahá'ís became branded as Iran's internal "other"; role of The Confessions of Dolgoruki. Link to thesis (offsite).
  133. Religious Minority Rights, by Christopher Buck. (2008) Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and hardships which attracted the attention of the international community: the Alevis, the Ahmadiyya, and Bahá'ís.
  134. Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival, by Naghme Naseri Morlock. (2021) Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Bahá'í community responded to diaspora and persecution: passing as Muslim, religious constancy in the face of danger, and alternating "passing" with open displays.
  135. Report on Citizenship Law: Egypt, by Dalia Maleck. (2021-07) Section on the Bahá'í minority and statelessness, and al-Azhar's fatwa denouncing Egyptian Bahá'ís as apostates.
  136. Resistance, Resilience and the Role of Narrative: Lessons from the Experiences of Iranian Bahá'í Women Prisoners, by Donna Hakimian. (2009-06) A study of Iranian Bahá’í women who were imprisoned in Iran following the 1979 revolution. Aspects of individual resistance and resilience are explored through life history interviews. Link to article (offsite).
  137. Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom, John S. Hatcher, ed, Amrollah Hemmat, ed. (2004-06) Poetry by or in honor of early Bábí and Bahá'í martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and discussion of the concept of martyrdom, cultural issues, and history of persecutions.
  138. Review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran, by Nazila Ghanea-Hercock. (1997) Issues of misinformation, perceived favoritism under the Shah's regime, charges of espionage, and theological conflicts with Islam as motives for the persecution of Bahá'ís.
  139. Revolution without Rights?, A: Women, Kurds and Baha'is searching for equality in Iran, by Geoffrey Cameron, Tahirih Danesh. (2008-11) Discussion from the Foreign Policy Centre in London on the religious, legal, and social obstacles to equality faced by women, Bahá'ís, and Kurds in Iran; comparing the experiences of these groups; evaluating actions of the Iranian government (91 pages)
  140. Right to Education, The: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Iran, by Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh. (2001) On the ongoing harassment of Bahá’í students and educators resulting from the state-sponsored religious intolerance of the post-revolution government in Iran.
  141. Sacrificing the Innocent: Suppression of Bahá'ís of Iran in 1955, by Bahram Choubine. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2008-01-13) Activities of Reza Shah, Ayatollah Borujirdi, Muhammad-Taqi Falsafi, Shaykh Hossein-Ali Montazeri, and SAVAK in the mid-20th century.
  142. Searching for Bahá'í Identity, by Alexandra Leavy. (2009-08) How do religious minorities adapt to the new nationalist identity of Iran post-1979?
  143. Seizure of the Ishqabad Temple: Horace Holley Interview with State Department Officials, by Author unknown. (1939-06-06) Brief report of an interview with the secretary of the US National Spiritual Assembly on whether and why the Soviet government had appropriated the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Ashkhabad.
  144. Service, Joy and Sacrifice: An Essay on Commentaries by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by James B. Thomas. (2004) On the exemplary life of service to God and to humankind; choosing to change one's life from predominately one of self-interest to one of sharing; the spiritual transformation which often follows such a change.
  145. Shah Abdu'llah and the Bahá'ís of Abadeh: An account of the persecution of Bahá'ís by followers of an imaginary Imam, by Aqa Mirza Qabil Abadeh'i. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. (2001-05) Account of persecutions in Abadeh, Fars province, in 1901.
  146. Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles, by Various. (2003-10) Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Bahá'í community.
  147. Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice, by Jack McLean. (2007-03) The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more equitable transformations of the social order. To the Guardian and the later Bahá'í Administration, it is a Divine justice at heart.
  148. Significance of some Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful, by Foad Seddigh. (2016) Abdu'l-Bahá cited many villages and cities: the Most Great House in Baghdád; the ruins of Madaen which Bahá'u'lláh visited many times; Sheikh Tabarsi's tomb; the city of Mosul which is built on the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh.
  149. Situation of the Bahá'ís in Egypt, by Bahá'í International Community. (2007-09-24) Oral Statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the Human Rights Council (6th Session of the Human Rights Council), Geneva, Switzerland.
  150. Slice of Persia in the Heart of Israel, A: Followers of the Baha'i Faith Are Persecuted at Home but Welcomed Abroad, by Reza Afshari. (2021-02-18) Brief reflections by a Muslim professor of history on the experience of visiting the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, and on the plight of Bahá'ís in Iran.
  151. Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1953): A Preliminary Analysis, by Moojan Momen. (1983) In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Bábí movement, which set off a chain of events that led on the one hand, to the constitutional movement in Iran, and on the other, to the establishment of the now world-wide Bahá'í Faith.
  152. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. (1980) Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follower of Bahá'u'lláh and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  153. Tablet on the Debasement of Persia, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1923) Short comment by Abdu'l-Bahá on the present debasement of Persia and its future glory, date unknown, shared by the Guardian in a letter to the US NSA in 1923.
  154. Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán): Excerpt, by Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. (2003-04-07) Excerpt of a tablet revealed in honour of the first Trustee of Huquq’u’lláh, surnamed the “Trusted of the Bayán," with introductory letter from the House of Justice.
  155. Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II), by Bahá'u'lláh. Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985)
  156. Tablet to The Times of London, by Bahá'u'lláh. Mehdi Wolf, ed. (1987) Short tablet calling newspapers to investigate the Truth.
  157. Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada), by Bahá'u'lláh. Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985) Short tablet of tribute to the King and Beloved of the Martyrs, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
  158. Tablets of Pilgrimage (Suriy-i-Hajj): Wilmette Institute faculty notes, by Iraj Ayman. (1999) In the Aqdas, Bahá'í pilgrimage is enjoined to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and the House of the Báb in Shíráz. This is not possible now, and pilgrims go to Haifa and Akka instead. How did this change occur?
  159. Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions, by Sepehr Manuchehri. (2000) The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Bábís cooperated with the authorities in suppression of their peers, and the attitude of government officials towards these individuals.
  160. Television Address of Iranian President Khatami, by Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í International Community. (1998-07) Questions and answers about a historically unique television interview of Iranian President Khatami, given on CNN Wednesday, Jan 7, 1998.
  161. The Story of Mona: 1965-1983, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. (1985) Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz on the grounds of being a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
  162. The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail. (1945) An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
  163. Threatening Agenda, A: Iran's Shameful Denial of Education to its Bahá'í Community, by Geoffrey Cameron. (2008-06-06) Iranian government hardliners promote a coordinated and threatening agenda aimed at suffocating the Bahá'í community; Iran’s actions to block an entire community from education indicate sinister intentions that should not be ignored.
  164. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature, Adib Masumian, trans. (2009-2023) Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
  165. Treatise on Persecution of Bahá'ís in 1903, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007-12) Events in Isfahán and Yazd from March-September 1903.
  166. Trial of The Yaran ("Friends in Iran"): Six Essays, by Christopher Buck. (2009-2010) Six essays by Buck from a legal perspective about the extended imprisonment of seven Bahá'í leaders in Tehran.
  167. Turban for the Crown, The, by Said Amir Arjomand. (1988) Passing mentions of Babis and Bahá'ís on six pages.
  168. United Nations and the Bahá'ís, The: An Interview with Kofi Annan, by Kofi Annan. Sahba Sobhani, ed. (1999 Spring) Annan's vision for the institution of the U.N., and mentions of the Bahá'ís in Iran.
  169. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and the Persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran, The, by Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. (2001) Are the Human Rights of the Universal Declaration universal: a comparison of Western and Islamic notions of human rights; the religious justifications provided by the Islamic regime for the persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran.
  170. Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992) History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a father, and a son all named Hand of the Cause.
  171. Varqá, Ali-Mohammad, by Iraj Ayman. (2017) Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  172. Violence with Impunity: Acts of aggression against Iran's Bahá'í community, by Bahá'í International Community. (2013-03) Book-length report on the rising tide of violence directed against the Iranian Bahá'í community 2005-20012, and the degree to which attackers enjoy impunity from prosecution or punishment.
  173. What Did They Die For?, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2019-08-28) Reflections on the Bahá'ís of Iran, the discrimination and brutality they have faced, and how their plight brought the faith out of obscurity.
  174. What is Bahá'í Orientalism?, by Geoffrey Nash. (2021) Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual othering; power and knowledge are linked in the production of Orientalist discourse. Link to article (offsite).
  175. Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History, by Ahang Rabbani. (1996-2010) Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
  176. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions, by Juan Cole. (2015 Fall) Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "language games"; Hinduism, India, and 19th-century Iranian culture; Manakji’s questions about Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.
  177. صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نی‌ریز (Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz), by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. (2014) An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran, against its Bábi and Baháʼí residents. Features accounts from survivors. Translation into Farsi of the original English work.

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  1. 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
  2. 1845-01-13 — The trial of Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami in Baghdad. A fatwa is issued in Baghdad against both Mulla `Aliy...
  3. 1845-02-28 — The Bab returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shiraz with a letter addressed to His uncle Haji Mi...
  4. 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
  5. 1845-06-24 — After expelling Mulla Husayn and Mulla Sadiq the governor of Fars, Hasayn Khan-i-Irvani ordered that...
  6. 1845-06-30 — At Dalaki, some 40 miles northeast of the Búshihr, the Bab met the soldiers of the governor of Fars...
  7. 1845-12-30 — The Bab's birthday fell on the first day of the mourning observance for the Imam Husayn. Tahirih, wh...
  8. 1846-06-23 — Quddús met Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas in Shiraz to whom he entrusted a copy of Khasa'il-i-Sab`ih (`the ...
  9. 1846-07-00 — The Chief Constable, 'Abdu'l-Hamid Khan, was instructed by order of the governor, Hasayn Khan, to br...
  10. 1846-12-00 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Babi Dispensa...
  11. 1847-09-00 — The murder of Haji Mulla Muhammad Taqi, the powerful uncle of Tahirih, by Mulla `Abdu'llah of Shiraz...
  12. 1847-10-00 — Tahirih was accused of instigating the assassination of her uncle, Muhammad Taqi Baraghani, and was...
  13. 1847-11-00 — Baha'u'llah, who was living in Tihran, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41...
  14. 1848-07-17 — The Babis left Badasht for Mazindaran. They were attacked by a mob of more than 500 outside the vill...
  15. 1848-09-04 — The death of the chronically ill Muhammad Shah whom Shoghi Effendi described as bigoted, sickly and ...
  16. 1848-12-19 — The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi began in earnest with the arrival of `Abdu'llah Khan's for...
  17. 1849-02-02 — Soon after midnight, Mulla Husayn led a charge of 313 men that again routed the king's army. He was ...
  18. 1849-05-10 — The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsi. Two hundred and two Babis were tricked into leav...
  19. 1849-05-16 — Quddús was tortured and, in the public square, he was struck down with an axe, dismembered and burn...
  20. 1849-06-00 — The Bab, in prison in the castle of Chihriq, learned of the massacre at Shaykh Tabarsi and the marty...
  21. 1850-02-19 — The Babi group in Tehran had been infiltrated by an informer who betrayed about fifty of its members...
  22. 1850-02-20 — Martyrdom of the Seven Martyrs of Tihran. Seven of the Babis were executed in Tihran on the false ch...
  23. 1850-04-00 — The house of Vahid in Yazd was attacked by crowds and pillaged. The crowd was dispersed by Mulla Muh...
  24. 1850-05-00 — The start of the Zanjan upheaval. Hujjat had converted a sizeable proportion of the town and tension...
  25. 1850-05-16 — Martyrdom of Shaykh Muhammad-i-Túb-Chi in Zanjan, the first of the martyrs. [BBR115; DB542–3]...
  26. 1850-05-19 — The Governor sent a mob against Hujjat, (Mulla Muhammad-Ali) which was dispersed by Mir Salah. The G...
  27. 1850-05-27 — First Nayriz upheaval. Vahid traveled from Yazd towards Shiraz, eventually coming to Nayriz. He went...
  28. 1850-06-17 — At Nayriz, Vahid received a message from the Governor offering a truce and a promise of safety writt...
  29. 1850-06-24 — The severed heads of 13 Babis arrived in Shiraz from Nayriz. They were raised on lances and paraded ...
  30. 1850-06-29 — Vahid was martyred in Nayriz. [Bab182; BW18:381; DB495, 499; GPB42; RB1:265] See DB494 for detai...
  31. 1850-07-08 — The Bab, divested of His turban and sash, was taken on foot to the barracks in Tabriz. Mirza Muhamma...
  32. 1850-07-09 — Martyrdom of the Bab In the morning the Bab was taken to the homes of the leading clerics to obt...
  33. 1850-08-25 — The arrival of 'Aziz Khan-i-Mukri, commander-in-chief of Iran's army, in Zanjan where the fighting b...
  34. 1850-10-03 — Two of Vahid's companions were executed in Shiraz....
  35. 1851-03-02 — Four Babis brought from Zanjan were executed in Tihran. [BW18:382]...
  36. 1851-04-30 — Mulla Hasan-i-Fadil was executed in Yazd when he refused to recant. [BW18:382]...
  37. 1851-05-01 — Áqa Husayn was blown from a canon in Yazd. [BW18:382]...
  38. 1851-07-23 — Áqa Muhammad-Sadiq-i-Yúzdarani was beaten to death in Yazd after refusing to recant. [BW18:382]...
  39. 1851-08-04 — Áqa 'Ali-Akbar-i-Hakkak was blown from a canon after refusing to recant. [BW18:382]...
  40. 1851-11-00 — Siyyid Basir-Hindi, a blind Indian, was put to death by Ildirim Mirza. [BW18:382] For details of...
  41. 1852-08-15 — "In the hecatomb of 1852-1853 the ranks of the Babis were drastically thinned. Most of the leading
  42. 1852-08-16 — The martyrdom of Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) in Tihran. [BBR172–3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203] ...
  43. 1852-08-18 — A large number of Babis were arrested in Tihran and its environs following the attempt on the life o...
  44. 1852-08-22 — After the initial executions, about 20 or more Babis were distributed among the various courtiers an...
  45. 1852-08-26 — An account of the punishment meted out to those who participated in the attempt on the life of the S...
  46. 1852-08-30 — In Milan, Iran, 15 Babis were arrested and imprisoned. [BW18:382] Many Babis were tortured and k...
  47. 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
  48. 1853-03-26 — Five Babis, acting on their own initiative, murdered the governor of Nayriz, providing the spark for...
  49. 1853-10-00 — Second Nayriz upheaval. [BBR147–51; BBRSM:217; BW18:382; DB642–5;] The new governor of Nayri...
  50. 1853-10-31 — Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Babis are taken prisoner at Nayriz and marched to Shiraz, along w...
  51. 1853-11-24 — The prisoners from Nayriz and the heads of the martyrs arrived in Shiraz. More Babis were executed a...
  52. 1862-00-03 — Haji Mirza Haydar-`Ali and six other prominent Baha'is were arrested in Cairo for being Baha'is at t...
  53. 1866-12-00 — About a hundred Baha'is were arrested in Tabriz following a disturbance in which a Babi is killed. [...
  54. 1867-01-11 — Three Baha'is were executed in Tabriz. Their arrest was precipitated by conflict and rivalry between...
  55. 1867-01-31 — Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, a Baha'i physician, was executed in Zanjan. [BBR253; BKG238; BW18:383]Áqa Naja...
  56. 1867-04-00 — The appeal by 53 Baha'is "in Baghdad" addressed to the United States Congress arrived at the America...
  57. 1867-09-05 — Persecutions began anew in Ádharbayjan, Zanjan, Nishapúr and Tihran. [GPB178]...
  58. 1868-04-00 — Seven Baha'is in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mand...
  59. 1868-07-00 — Principal Baha'is in Baghdad were arrested by the Turkish authorities and exiled to Mosul and other ...
  60. 1868-07-21 — Mirza Abu'l-Qasim-i-Shirazi was arrested in Egypt and money extorted from him. [BBR257–8; BKG243; ...
  61. 1868-08-01 — Mulla Muhammad-Rida, Rida'r-Rúh was poisoned in Yazd. [BW18:383]...
  62. 1869-00-00 — The 17-year-old Áqa Buzurg-i-Nishapúri, Badi`, arrived in `Akka having walked from Mosul. He was a...
  63. 1869-07-00 — Badi` delivered the Tablet of Baha'u'llah to the Shah. He was tortured and executed. [BBRXXXIX; BKG3...
  64. 1869-12-25 — A mob attacked the Baha'is in Faran, Khurasan, Iran, and two were severely beaten. [BW18:383]...
  65. 1870-00-00 — Nasiri'd-Din Shah maded a pilgrimage to the shrines in Iraq. In preparation for his visit the Baha'i...
  66. 1870-00-00 — In Zanjan, Áqa Siyyid Ashraf was arrested, condemned to death as a Babi and executed. [BWG470] H...
  67. 1875-00-01 — The `ulama arouse the rabble against the Baha'is in Sidih, Isfahan. Several Baha'is were imprisoned,...
  68. 1876-00-01 — Six Baha'is were arrested in Tihran and imprisoned for three months and 17 days. [BW18:383]...
  69. 1880-00-00 — Martyrdom of seven Baha'is in Sultanabad. [BW18:383] Three Baha'is were killed on the orders of S...
  70. 1882-00-00 — Mirza `Ali-Muhammad Varqa was arrested in Yazd. He is sent to Isfahan where he was imprisoned for a ...
  71. 1882-12-31 — The Tihran Upheaval. A number of leading members of the Tihran Baha'i community were arrested and...
  72. 1883-00-00 — Six Baha'is were arrested in Yazd and sent to Isfahan in chains. BW18:383] Four Baha'is were arre...
  73. 1883-03-19 — Sixteen Baha'i traders of the bazaar were arrested in Rasht; three others are brought from Lahijan. ...
  74. 1885-03-27 — Martyrdom of Mulla `Aliy-i-Namiqi in Namiq, Turbat-i-Haydari, Khurasan. [BW18:383]...
  75. 1887-00-00 — Karbala'i Hasan Khan and Karbala'i Sadiq were arrested in Sarvistan, Fars, and imprisoned for two ye...
  76. 1888-07 — Two Baha'is were arrested in Sarvistan, Fars, and were sent to Shiraz, where one was imprisoned. [BW...
  77. 1888-10-23 — The martyrdom of Mirza Ashraf of Ábadih in Isfahan. He was hanged, his body burnt and left hanging ...
  78. 1889-07-18 — The Baha'is were persuaded to leave the Telegraph Office in Isfahan after being assured that they wo...
  79. 1889-08-00 — Baha'is of Sidih and Najafabad, after having received no help or protection, went to Tihran to petit...
  80. 1889-09-08 — Haji Muhammad Riday-i-Isfahani was martyred in `Ishqabad. He had been on of the most prominent Baha'...
  81. 1890-00-02 — Haji Ákhúnd, Haji Amin and Ibn-i-Abhar were arrested. Haji Ákhúnd was imprisoned in Tihran for t...
  82. 1890-02-25 — Seven Baha'is from Sidih who had gone to Tihran to petition the Shah for protection, secured a decre...
  83. 1890-08-00 — Mulla Hasan and his two brothers were arrested and beaten in Sarchah, Birjand. [BW18:383]...
  84. 1891-05-19 — The execution of the Seven Martyrs of Yazd. [BBRXXIX, BW18:384] Seven Baha'is were executed on th...
  85. 1891-05-20 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Times, Tablet to the Times in which He recounted the circumstances o...
  86. 1891-10-03 — Mulla Muhammad-`Aliy-i-Dihabadi was martyred, one of the Seven Martyrs of Yazd who were killed at th...
  87. 1893-06-17 — Áqa Muhammad-Riday-i-Muhammadabadi was killed by three men on the orders of two of the `ulama of Ya...
  88. 1896-00-03 — Baha'is in Hisar, Khurasan were persecuted and imprisoned. [BW18:384]...
  89. 1896-00-04 — Áqa Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Yazdi was martyred in Tabriz. [BW18:384]...
  90. 1896-00-05 — Mulla Hasan Khaza'i was arrested in Khúzistan. [BW18:384]...
  91. 1896-05-02 — The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. i...
  92. 1896-06-00 — Several Baha'is were beaten and four were imprisoned in Turbat-i-Haydari when two mujtahids stirred ...
  93. 1896-07-21 — Haji Muhammad Sadiq was stabbed to death in Turbat-i-Haydari. [BW18:384]...
  94. 1896-07-24 — Four Baha'is were executed in Turbat-i-Haydari on the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:384; BBR405] B...
  95. 1897-00-00 — Fifteen Baha'is were arrested in Saysan, Ádharbayjan. They were taken to Tabriz, imprisoned and fin...
  96. 1897-02-00 — Six Baha'is were arrested in Mamaqan, Ádharbayjan. Three were bastinadoed and three were imprisoned...
  97. 1898-00-04 — Several Baha'is were arrested and imprisoned in Qazvin. [BW18:384]Haji Muhammad was set upon and kil...
  98. 1898-04-00 — Nine Baha'is attending a Ridvan meeting were arrested, beaten and imprisoned in Hamadan. [BW18:384]...
  99. 1898-06-01 — Áqa Ghulam-Husayn-i-Banadaki was killed by a mob in Yazd after refusing to deny his faith. [BW18:38...
  100. 1901-00-00 — William Hoar, one of the first Baha'is in America, was asked by `Abdu'l-Baha to meet with the Persia...
  101. 1901-05-00 — Ghulam-Rida was killed in Najafabad. [BW18:385]...
  102. 1902-00-02 — In Shiraz, Haji Abu'l-Hasan was beaten so severely on the order of the mujtahid that he died a few m...
  103. 1902-03-18 — Áqa Muhammad-Zama-i-Sabbagh and Siyyid Ja`far were executed in Isfandabad and Abarqú, Fars. Severa...
  104. 1903-05-03 — Upheaval at Rasht. [BBRXXX, 373] See ...
  105. 1903-05-23 — Upheaval in Isfahan: Muhammad-Javad-i-Sarraf seized was by students of Aqa Najafi and beaten severe...
  106. 1903-06-08 — Baha'is in Malayir, Hamadan, are attacked, beaten and imprisoned. Two are killed. [BW18:385]...
  107. 1903-06-14 — The Yazd Upheaval and in surrounding villages. [BBRXXX] See ...
  108. 1903-09-00 — At the request of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Haji Mirza Hadar-'Ali wrote Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year ...
  109. 1904-00-00 — The publication of Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani...
  110. 1905-03-30 — Haji Kalb-`Ali was shot and killed in Najafabad. [BW18:386]...
  111. 1906-06-00 — Baha'is in Sangsar, Khurasan, were persecuted such that they took refuge in the hills. [BW18:386]...
  112. 1906-10-00 — Several Baha'is in Sangsar and Shahmirzad were killed or injured by bullets; six Baha'is were arrest...
  113. 1907-00-00 — Hajar, an elderly Baha'i woman, was shot dead in Nayriz. [BW18:386]...
  114. 1907-01-19 — The accession of Muhammad-`Ali Shah to the throne of Iran. He reigned until 1909. He attempted to re...
  115. 1907-04-25 — Karbala'i Sadiq was martyred in Tabriz. [BW18:386]...
  116. 1908-00-00 — `Ali Ádhari was martyred in Kirman. [BW18:386]...
  117. 1909-03-00 — The third upheaval in Nayriz. Eighteen or nineteen Baha'is were brutally assassinated in Nayriz whe...
  118. 1909-04-01 — Baha'is of Namiq, Khurasan, were attacked and Kad-khuda Isma'il was killed. [BW18:386]...
  119. 1909-04-22 — Three Baha'is are killed in Hisar, Khurasan, and their wives seriously injured. [BW18:386]...
  120. 1909-07-28 — Baha'is in Namiq, Khurasan, were killed. [BW18:386]...
  121. 1909-11-08 — Haji Haydar, a leading Baha'i of Najafabad, was shot and killed at Isfahan. [BBR432] BRXXX and BW...
  122. 1910-09-20 — Muhammad-Ja`far-i-Sabbagh was martyred at Najafabad. [BW18:387]...
  123. 1911-08-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha took up residence at Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). [AB140; GPB280; SBR2...
  124. 1911-08-23 — 'Abdu'l-Baha went for a carriage ride in the nearby hills. ["With 'Abdu'l-Baha in Switzerland" by Ju
  125. 1911-08-28 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha's visitor was Sultan-Husayn Mirza, the eldest son of Zillu's-Sultan. Bet...
  126. 1912-00-00 — Mirza Muhammad-`Ali and his wife were killed in Barfurúsh (now called Babol), Mazandaran. [BW18:387...
  127. 1912-01-03 — In Sari, Mazandaran, a mob attacked houses of Baha'is and four Baha'is were killed; a few days later...
  128. 1912-02-04 — Two Baha'is were killed in Mahfurúzak, Mazandaran. [BW18:387]...
  129. 1913-12-00 — Áqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Isfandabadi was killed by two assailants in Qúzih-Kúh, Bavanat, Fars. [BW18:387...
  130. 1914-08-27 — Áqa Mirza Yúsif-i-Qa'ini was killed in Mashhad. [BW18:387]...
  131. 1915-00-03 — Mirza Husayn-i-Huda was martyred in Urúmiyyih. [BW18:387]...
  132. 1915-03-14 — Shaykh 'Ali Akbar-i-Qúchani was shot to death in Mashhad. Considerable anti-Baha'i agitation follow...
  133. 1916-02-22 — In Sultanabad, Mirza `Ali-Akbar, his wife, his sister-in-law (aged 12) and their four children (aged...
  134. 1916-07-28 — Mulla Nasru'llah-i-Shahmirzadi was martyred in his home in Shahmirzad, Khurasan. [BW18:387] ...
  135. 1917-02-17 — A mob in Najafabad disintered the bodies from two Baha'i graves. A general agitation against Baha'is...
  136. 1917-05-02 — The martyrdom of Mirza Muhammad-i-Bulúr-Furúsh in Yazd. [BBRXXX, BBR443]...
  137. 1918-03-15 — Áqa Mirza Javad, I`timadu't-Tujjar, was shot in Bandar Jaz and the houses of the Baha'is were loote...
  138. 1920-00-00 — Mirza Ibrahim Khan, Ibtihaju'l-Mulk, was martyred in Rasht at the hands of the Jangalis. [BW18:387] ...
  139. 1920-05-21 — The execution at Sultanabad of Haji `Arab by hanging. [BBRXXX, 444-6; BW18:387]...
  140. 1920-09-00 — The tombs of the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs in Isfahan were demolished by a mob. [BB...
  141. 1920-10-02 — Mirza Mustafa was killed at Farúgh, Fars, and other Baha'is were imprisoned. [BW18:387] He was a...
  142. 1921-01-23 — Mirza Ya`qúb-i-Muttahidih was assassinated in Kirmanshah. [BBRXXX, 446-50; BW18:387; GPB299] H...
  143. 1921-07-00 — Baha'is of Zoroastrian background were harassed by the Zoroastrian agent in Qum. [BW18:388]...
  144. 1921-10-20 — Áqa Siyyid Mustafa Tabataba'i was poisoned in Sangsar. Continual agitation prevented the burial of ...
  145. 1924-03-09 — Two Baha'is were imprisoned for several months in Maraghih, Iran, after two mullas stirred up troubl...
  146. 1924-04-02 — Baha'is in Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran, were attacked; some were arrested and imprisoned and others were ...
  147. 1924-04-05 — Shaykh `Abdu'l-Majid was beaten to death in Turshiz, Khurasan, Iran. [BW18:388]...
  148. 1924-06-22 — Aqa Husayn-`Ali was martyred in Firúzabad, Fars, Iran. [BW18:388]...
  149. 1924-07-18 — American Vice-Consul Major Robert Imbrie was murdered in Tihran for being a Baha'i, which he was not...
  150. 1924-11-04 — The Supreme Court of Iraq decided against the Baha'is in the dispute over the House of Baha'u'llah i...
  151. 1925-05-10 — A Muslim Court in Egypt pronounced the Faith to be an independent religion. [BBRSM173; BW2:31;BW3:49...
  152. 1926-00-01 — Opposition to the Faith began in Russia. [BW3:35; BBR473] For details see BW3:34–43....
  153. 1926-00-04 — For most of the year severe restrictions were placed on the Baha'is of Maraghih in Ádharbayjan, the...
  154. 1926-04-07 — Eight or perhaps as many as twelve Baha'is were beaten to death in Jahrum, Fars, Iran. [BW18:388, SE...
  155. 1926-06-29 — Three Baha'is were martyred in Zavarih, near Isfahan. [BW18:388]...
  156. 1926-07-12 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada made representations ...
  157. 1926-08-06 — The Shah of Iran was asked to "stay the slaying of Baha'is." The Press notice of the appeal to the S...
  158. 1927-03-25 — Áqa 'Abdu'l-'A'zim, Aminu'l-'Ulama' was martyred in Ardibil, Iran, by the order of the mujtahid. [B...
  159. 1927-06-19 — Karbala'i Asadu'llah-i-Saqat-furúsh was martyred in Kirman, Iran. [BW18:388]...
  160. 1928-04-00 — As part of a general anti-religious campaign launched under Stalin, the Soviet authorities abrogated...
  161. 1928-10-00 — A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Baha'is began in Turkey. [BBR474] Several Baha'is were ...
  162. 1928-12-13 — The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Baha'is of Turkey was brought before a crim...
  163. 1932-00-00 — The Iranian government introduced measures against the Baha'is throughout Iran. Restrictions were pl...
  164. 1932-06-10 — The American National Spiritual Assembly addresseed a petition to the Shah of Iran requesting that t...
  165. 1932-08-15 — Keith Ransom-Kehler met the Iranian Court Minister Taymur Tash. [BW5:392] She presented the Ameri...
  166. 1932-11-00 — A number of Baha'is were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
  167. 1932-12-02 — By this time there were 15 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
  168. 1933-00-01 — Baha'is in Gulpaygan, Iran, were refused admission to the public baths. Shaykh Ja'far Hidayat was be...
  169. 1933-00-02 — The Tavakkul Baha'i School in Qazvin, Iran, was closed. [BW18:388]...
  170. 1933-02-06 — By this date there were about 50 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317]...
  171. 1933-03-31 — The 50 Baha'is imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475]...
  172. 1934-00-04 — The government of Iran took several measures against the Baha'is throughout the country. [...
  173. 1934-12-06 — The Tarbiyat Baha'i Schools in Tihran and all other Baha'i schools across the country were closed by...
  174. 1935-00-02 — The persecution against the Baha'is in Iran continued. [...
  175. 1936-06-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued. [...
  176. 1937-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is in Iran continued throughout the country. [...
  177. 1937-05-01 — Several prominent Baha'is were arrested in Yazd. [BW18:389] They were imprisoned in Tihran for fo...
  178. 1937-05-21 — All Baha'i activities and institutions were banned in Germany by a special order of the Reichsführe...
  179. 1937-07-00 — Nine Baha'is were imprisoned in Sangsar, Khurasan, Iran, for closing their shops on Baha'i holy days...
  180. 1938-00-00 — Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the country. [...
  181. 1938-02-05 — Baha'is in the Soviet Union were persecuted by the authorities. [BBR473, BW8p87-90, 179-81, BW14p479...
  182. 1939-04-21 — The first Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Budapest was elected. There were about 14 believers ...
  183. 1941-00-01 — Shaykh Kazim was martyred in Bunab, Ádharbayjan. [BW18:389]...
  184. 1941-01-00 — Nine Baha'is were arrested in Sangsar, Khurasan, Iran, and banished to other towns for closing their...
  185. 1941-09-16 — In Iran, Rida Shah abdicated and Muhammad-Rida Shah ascended to the throne. His rule was to last unt...
  186. 1941-10-18 — Four members of a Baha'i family were killed and several other family members were severely beaten in...
  187. 1942-00-00 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and damaged by fire. [BBD108; ...
  188. 1942-00-00 — The publication in Iran of The Political Confessions or Memoirs of Prince Dolgoruki (or, simply, Dol...
  189. 1942-00-00 — In the village of Daidanaw eleven Baha'is were slain. Records, books and documents that had been tra...
  190. 1942-02-13 — Ustad Habibu'llah Mu'ammari was martyred in Nayriz, Iran. [BW18:389]...
  191. 1944-05-12 — Baha'is were persecuted at Ábadih, Iran. The Baha'i centre was attacked by a mob of four thousand, ...
  192. 1944-08-08 — Three Baha'is were murdered in Shahrúd, Iran, after three weeks of anti-Baha'i agitation. Many Baha...
  193. 1944-09-00 — Following the murder of Baha'is at Shahrúd, Iran, and the widespread publicity on the outcome of th...
  194. 1945-00-00 — Baha'is throughout Iran were dismissed from National Teacher Training Colleges by the National Board...
  195. 1945-08-14 — The German Baha'is, 80 per cent of whom lived in the American sector of occupied Germany, obtained p...
  196. 1947-07-04 — 'Abbas Shahidzadih was martyred in Shahi, Mazandaran, Iran and a fellow Baha'i, Habib Allah Hushmand
  197. 1948-00-00 — The Baha'i Centre in Yazd, Iran, was attacked by a mob incited by Shaykh Khalisizadih. He was a man ...
  198. 1948-00-05 — The Baha'i centre in Tihran was attacked by a mob incited by Áyatu'llah Kashani. [...
  199. 1948-00-07 — A Baha'i was killed after an attack on his home at Chalih-Zamin, Iran. [...
  200. 1948-01-11 — Habibu'llah Húshmand was martyred in Sarvistan, Iran. [BW18:390]...
  201. 1948-12-09 — The crime of genocide was defined in international law in the Convention on the Prevention and Punis...
  202. 1949-00-00 — A Baha'i in Kamshatti, near Calcutta, was martyred by a religious fanatic. [BW11:34]...
  203. 1950-00-00 — In Iran, the Hujjatiyya Society was started by Shaykh Mahmúd Halabi to persecute and harass the Bah...
  204. 1950-00-00 — Ghulam Reza Akhzari and his son Nur Allah were killed near Yazd and Bahram Rawhani was murdered in T...
  205. 1950-02-03 — Dr Sulayman Birgis was martyred in Kashan, Iran. [BW18:390] For his obituary see BW12:684–5. ...
  206. 1950-09-00 — Four Baha'is in Iran were arrested on trumped-up charges. The trial lasted until 1954, when the accu...
  207. 1951-00-02 — Muhammad Kayvani was murdered in Najafabad. [...
  208. 1951-00-04 — Throughout Iran, the government introduced repressive measures against Baha'is. [BW18:390] Baha'i...
  209. 1951-00-05 — Baha'is in Áran, Kashan, Iran, were attacked, and one died. [BW18:390]...
  210. 1951-03-12 — Baha'is in Taft, Iran, were attacked and one was killed. [BW18:390]...
  211. 1951-06-00 — Baha'is in Faran, Iran, were attacked and several houses burned. [BW18:390]...
  212. 1952-00-03 — Baha'is and their homes were attacked in Najafabad, Iran, and several houses were set on fire. [BW18...
  213. 1952-08-26 — The martyrdom of Nuri'd-Din Fath-'Azam near Tehran. [BW12p690-692]...
  214. 1953-00-00 — Baha'is and their houses were attacked in Bushrúyih and Faran, Iran. [BW18:390]...
  215. 1953-00-00 — Áqa Rahman Kulayni-Mamaqani was martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390]...
  216. 1953-00-00 — Anjoman-e Hojjatieh ("Society of Allah's Proof Over Creation"), also called the Hojjatieh Society wa...
  217. 1953-03-25 — Enayat Sohaili, an Iranian, arrived in Mozambique from India, the first Baha'i pioneer to the countr...
  218. 1954-12-08 — Baha'is in Ádharbayjan were dismissed from their employment in the Ministries of Health and Public ...
  219. 1955-00-06 — Twenty–two African Baha'is were expelled from the Belgian Congo....
  220. 1955-01-18 — Five Baha'is were arrested and beaten in Hisar, Khurasan, Iran; four of these are dragged around the...
  221. 1955-02-04 — Baha'i women in Hisar, Khurasan, Iran, were assaulted. [BW18:390]...
  222. 1955-04-23 — Ramadan began. Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi known as "Falsafi" made an inflammatory speech against the Baha'...
  223. 1955-05-00 — Persecutions against the Baha'is continued throughout Iran. [...
  224. 1955-05-02 — The police locked the doors of the National Baha'i Centre in Tihran thus preventing the holding of t...
  225. 1955-05-07 — The Iranian army occupied the National Baha'i Centre in Tihran. [BW18:390]...
  226. 1955-05-08 — Baha'is were beaten at Damghan, Khurasan, Iran. [BW18:390]...
  227. 1955-05-08 — The Baha'i centre at Rasht, Iran, was attacked and taken over. [BW18:390]...
  228. 1955-05-09 — Baha'i houses were attacked and looted at Shiraz, Iran. [BW18:390]...
  229. 1955-05-09 — The Baha'i centre at Ahvaz, Iran, was taken over. [BW18:390]...
  230. 1955-05-16 — The Baha'i centre at Isfahan, Iran, was taken over. [BW18:390]...
  231. 1955-05-17 — The Iranian Minister of the Interior announced in parliament that the Government had issued orders f...
  232. 1955-05-22 — The dome of the National Baha'i Centre in Tihran was demolished with the personal participation of s...
  233. 1955-05-24 — The Baha'i centre at Karaj, Iran, was taken over. [...
  234. 1955-05-27 — The Baha'i centre at Mahfurúzak, Iran, was demolished. [...
  235. 1955-05-30 — Baha'is were attacked and wounded and their houses attacked at Ábadih, Iran. [...
  236. 1955-06-01 — The House of Baha'u'llah in Takur, Mazandaran, Iran, was taken over. [...
  237. 1955-07-28 — Seven Baha'is were stabbed and beaten to death by a mob in Hurmuzak, Iran. [...
  238. 1955-08-00 — Appeals were made by National Spiritual Assemblies around the world through the Baha'i International...
  239. 1955-09-00 — Baha'is in Iran continued to be dismissed from their employment. Baha'i students were expelled from ...
  240. 1957-00-00 — Baha'i activity in Czechoslovakia was banned by the authorities, several members of the Prague commu...
  241. 1958-09-14 — A week before the fifth Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia, the go...
  242. 1959-03-01 — A number of Baha'is, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC30...
  243. 1960-00-05 — Baha'is in Angola were detained and questioned by officials. Joaquim Sampaio was carried off in t...
  244. 1960-08-01 — All Baha'i activity in Egypt was prohibited by Presidential Decree No 263 issued by President Nasser...
  245. 1961-00-00 — The military government in Indonesia issued instructions to local authorities to ban all Baha'i acti...
  246. 1961-01-17 — Following the arrest of Baha'is in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish c...
  247. 1961-04-14 — The knowledge of the arrest of the 14 believers was received but the Custodians at the World Centre ...
  248. 1961-07-15 — The Turkish court declared the Baha'i Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the l...
  249. 1961-12-07 — An article appeared in the nationally prominent Moroccan newspaper Al Alam lamenting the decline of ...
  250. 1962-00-01 — Baha'i homes in Morocco were searched by the police and Baha'i literature seized. [MoC17]...
  251. 1962-00-03 — The administrative institutions of the Faith were banned in Indonesia by President Sukarno. [BW19:41...
  252. 1962-01-25 — A Baha'i Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Tetuan, Morocco, Faouzi Zine Al Abidine, was di...
  253. 1962-04-10 — Four Baha'is were arrested in Nador, Morocco. [BW13:289; BW14:97; BN No 384 March 1963 p1-4] Eve...
  254. 1962-08-22 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to make representations to t...
  255. 1962-09-23 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to obtain an interview with ...
  256. 1962-10-31 — The 14 Baha'is imprisoned in Morocco were arraigned before the Regional Court of Nador. [BW13:289; M...
  257. 1962-12-10 — The trial of the 14 Baha'is imprisoned in Morocco on charges of sedition opened. The accused were d...
  258. 1962-12-14 — The Regional Court of Nador gave its verdict in the case of the 14 Baha'is imprisoned in Morocco on ...
  259. 1962-12-17 — The Custodians asked the Baha'i International Community to issue press releases deploring Morocco's ...
  260. 1962-12-21 — Telegrams were sent by the Baha'i International Community to Secretary-General U Thant and 35 United...
  261. 1962-12-23 — The Custodians asked national spiritual assemblies to cable Secretary General of the United Nations ...
  262. 1962-12-27 — The Custodians asked national and local spiritual assemblies to write to the Moroccan ambassador in ...
  263. 1963-00-01 — 15 years after the establishment of Israel and during the course of the unrest that swept through Ir...
  264. 1963-00-02 — In Angola, Antonio Francesco Ebo and seven other Baha'is were arrested and imprisoned in a penal col...
  265. 1963-01-01 — The Custodians ask all national and local spiritual assemblies to cable the King of Morocco appealin...
  266. 1963-01-31 — Roger Baldwin, Chairman of the International League for the Rights of Man, appeared before the UN su...
  267. 1963-03-31 — King Hassan II of Morocco was featured on an American television show called "Meet the Press". He st...
  268. 1963-04-02 — King Hassan II of Morocco made a public statement promising that if the Supreme Court upheld the dec...
  269. 1963-04-04 — The Custodians issued a statement of information to the national spiritual assemblies of the United ...
  270. 1963-06-05 — Throughout Iran, advantage is taken of the general anti-government disorder to launch attacks on Bah...
  271. 1963-11-23 — At the request of the Universal House of Justice, Baha'is around the world prayed at the Feast of Qa...
  272. 1963-12-13 — The Baha'i prisoners in Morocco were released on order of the Supreme Court. The high drama had run ...
  273. 1964-00-01 — Four new believers in Cambodia were arrested and imprisoned as the Baha'i Faith was not formally rec...
  274. 1966-03-11 — Eduardo Duarte Vieira was arrested in Portuguese Guinea on a charge of subversive political activity...
  275. 1966-03-31 — While in the custody of the Portuguese authorities Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portugues...
  276. 1966-12-00 — A campaign was launched against the Baha'is of Saysan, Ádharbayjan, by Mulla Mihdi Sultanpúr. [BW1...
  277. 1967-01-01 — A Baha'i was beaten to death by a mob in Saysan, Ádharbayjan, and other Baha'is were attacked and b...
  278. 1968-00-00 — Throughout Iran, pressure on Baha'is intensified. [...
  279. 1968-01-26 — A Moroccan Baha'i was arrested, tried and convicted on the charges of having abused the sacredness o...
  280. 1968-10-10 — The widowed mother of seven children was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Morocco for refusi...
  281. 1968-10-24 — The Moroccan Baha'i, Mr. Allal Rouhani, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in January 1968 a...
  282. 1968-11-04 — Following the participation of Algerian Baha'is in the first Oceanic Conference in Palermo, Sicily, ...
  283. 1968-11-07 — Sixteen Persian Baha'is in Algeria were expelled from the country and their properties confiscated; ...
  284. 1969-04-01 — The Baha'i Faith was banned in Algeria by official decree, all Baha'i institutions were disbanded an...
  285. 1970-05-00 — The 'Iraqi Government issued a decree disbanding all Baha'i institutions and all activities. For nea...
  286. 1970-11-12 — Baha'is in the Central African Republic were arrested at a meeting to commemorate the anniversary of...
  287. 1971-00-00 — Following the prohibition of Baha'i activity in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Baha'is put forward a petiti...
  288. 1971-02-13 — Following the ban imposed by the government of the Central African Republic on Baha'i activities in ...
  289. 1971-10-13 — Following the banning of Baha'i activities in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Baha'is submitted a petition t...
  290. 1972-00-02 — In Indonesia the Attorney-General confirmed the 1962 ban on Baha'i administrative institutions and a...
  291. 1972-06-19 — The government of Indonesia re-affirmed the ban on the Baha'i Faith. Following this a number of B...
  292. 1972-07-30 — Parviz Sadiqi, Faramarz Vujdani and Parviz Furúghi, Iranian youth pioneers, were murdered near Mind...
  293. 1973-12-16 — A teenage Muslim girl learned of the Faith from one of her Baha’i school classmates and, together ...
  294. 1974-00-00 — As a result of an intervention by the Egyptian chargé d'affaires, Baha'i activities in Burundi were...
  295. 1974-00-00 — Owing to the failure of the Indonesian Baha'is to obtain religious liberty, the Universal House of J...
  296. 1974-03-04 — Following the arrest of more than 50 Baha'is in Iraq, their trial opened and the Baha'is were exoner...
  297. 1974-04-23 — At the trial of nearly 50 Baha'is in Baghdad, the Iraqi military court sentenced 13 men and one girl...
  298. 1974-05-20 — The Iraqi military court tried nearly 50 Baha'is and handed down in absentia sentences of life impri...
  299. 1975-00-00 — Owing to the continuing ban on Baha'i activities and institutions, the national spiritual assembly a...
  300. 1975-00-00 — The ban imposed on the Baha'i Faith in Burundi in 1974 was lifted but Baha'i activities continued to...
  301. 1975-00-00 — Following the creation of the Rastakhiz political party by the Shah of Iran and the refusal of the B...
  302. 1975-00-00 — In Indonesia several Baha'is were arrested, given light sentences and released for violating the 196...
  303. 1975-01-03 — A Baha'i was arrested in Iraq and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. [...
  304. 1975-02-03 — The Arab Boycott Office, at its meeting in Cairo, announced that the Baha'i Faith had been placed on...
  305. 1975-03-01 — The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt decided that the 1960 decree of President Nasser banning a...
  306. 1975-04-25 — A revolution in Portugal removed the ban on Baha'i meetings and teaching activities....
  307. 1975-07-00 — In Iraq, a partial amnesty reducing the terms of the Baha'is imprisoned by 15 per cent was granted. ...
  308. 1975-09-01 — In Iraq, a young Baha'i was detained, interrogated, beaten and asked to recant his faith when he spe...
  309. 1975-11-01 — In Iran, the house of the maternal uncle of the Bab and the adjacent house in which the Bab was born...
  310. 1976-00-01 — Following the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam, an anti-religion policy was implemented an...
  311. 1976-00-03 — The government of Equatorial Guinea outlawed all religions and the national spiritual assembly was d...
  312. 1976-05-00 — Baha'i activities in Mali were restricted by order of the government and the decree of recognition o...
  313. 1977-05-14 — The house of a Baha'i in Fadilabad, Iran, was attacked; the Baha'i was killed and his sister severel...
  314. 1977-09-16 — In Uganda, 27 religious organizations were banned, including the Baha'i Faith, and the Baha'i House ...
  315. 1977-09-20 — The Baha'i Faith, along with many other religious groups, were banned in Uganda. The National Assem...
  316. 1977-12-03 — Properties confiscated by the Iraqi government belonging to individual Baha'is were returned; proper...
  317. 1978-00-00 — Ten Baha'is were killed in Iran, seven by mobs. [BW18:291] For the response of Baha'i institution...
  318. 1978-00-00 — In Iran, many local Baha'i centres were seized by armed men of the revolutionary committees, along w...
  319. 1978-00-00 — The Baha'is of Vietnam were prohibited by the government from meeting and practising their religion....
  320. 1978-02-00 — The government of the Congo banned the majority of smaller religious groups, including the Baha'i Fa...
  321. 1978-07-00 — In Niger, an announcement was made on the national radio banning 'the Baha'ist sect and the Nineteen...
  322. 1978-10-01 — Three hundred Baha'i homes near Shiraz were burned or destroyed and in another 200 homes the Baha'is...
  323. 1978-10-02 — Mobs destroyed the Haziratu'l-Quds in Mihan-du-´Ab followed by the burning or looting of 80 homes a...
  324. 1978-11-07 — The murder of Major-General Ali Mohammad Khademi (b. 16 December, 1913 in Jahrom, Fars.) After a bri...
  325. 1978-12-03 — Baha'i homes in Andarún, Iran, were besieged; one Baha'i was badly beaten. [BW18:275–6]...
  326. 1978-12-15 — A cabled message was sent to 93 national spiritual assemblies stating that the Baha'is in Iran and t...
  327. 1979-00-00 — Five Baha'is were killed in Iran, two by execution. [BW18:291] For the response of Baha'i institu...
  328. 1979-00-00 — The Siyah-Chal in Tihran and the houses of Quddús and Hujjat were seized and occupied by members of...
  329. 1979-00-00 — Baha'i cemeteries across Iran were confiscated, including the cemetery in Tihran, which contains the...
  330. 1979-00-00 — The House of Baha'u'llah in Tihran was confiscated by the revolutionary government of Iran. [BW17:79...
  331. 1979-00-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Afghanistan was disbanded owing to persecution of the Baha'is and...
  332. 1979-01-12 — Baha'i members of the Sadat-Mahmúdi clan of the Buyr-Ahmad tribe of central Iran were driven from t...
  333. 1979-02-00 — In Iran, Baha'i representatives met with high-ranking clergy in Shiraz, Qum and Mashhad to combat th...
  334. 1979-02-02 — A mob of some 5,000 armed with hatchets, spades and pickaxes converged on Hisar, Iran, intent on har...
  335. 1979-02-03 — Revolutionary Guards raided the offices of Nawnahalan, a Baha'i investment company, and the Umana' C...
  336. 1979-02-15 — The National Haziratu'l-Quds of Iran was seized by the Revolutionary Guards. [BW18:250] All the r...
  337. 1979-03-01 — Yúsif Subhani, a well-known Baha'i businessman, was imprisoned in Tihran. [BW18:278]...
  338. 1979-03-30 — The House of Baha'u'llah in Takur, Iran, was confiscated by the Revolutionary Government. [BW18:289]...
  339. 1979-04-02 — The ban against the Baha'i Faith in Uganda was lifted and the House of Worship in Kampala was re-ope...
  340. 1979-04-03 — Revolutionary Guards in Iran occupied the House of the Bab in Shiraz and neighbouring Baha'i propert...
  341. 1979-05-24 — Shaykh Muhammad Muvahhid, a well-known Baha'i, was kidnapped in Tihran. [BW18:254, 294]...
  342. 1979-06-21 — In Iran, the offices of Nawnahalan and the Umana' Corporation were taken over by Revolutionary Guard...
  343. 1979-09-00 — Bahar Vujdani was executed in Mahabad, Iran. [BW18:255]...
  344. 1979-09-01 — Revolutionary committees in Shahsavar, 'Ábadan and Tabriz, Iran, ordered the arrest of Baha'is. [BW...
  345. 1979-09-08 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and substantially demolished by a crowd accompanied by 2...
  346. 1979-09-16 — Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah—his wife and three of his childr...
  347. 1979-10-01 — In Iran, Baha'is in the ministries of education, health and social administration were dismissed fro...
  348. 1979-11-00 — Baha'i meetings were prohibited in Shasavar, Iran. [BW18:255]...
  349. 1979-11-11 — Dr 'Alimurad Davúdi, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, was kidnapped in Tihran a...
  350. 1979-11-11 — Starting just months after the revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the B...
  351. 1979-12-00 — Work on the demolition of the House of the Bab in Shiraz was resumed and the building almost razed t...
  352. 1979-12-02 — 'Azamatu'llah Fahandizh was executed in Tihran. [BW18:255]
  353. 1979-12-03 — The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from which all civil rights stem and which did not...
  354. 1980-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92] Twenty–four Bah...
  355. 1980-02-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is in Iran entered a new, more dangerous phase. [BW18:255] Prominent ...
  356. 1980-04-00 — Eight Baha'is were arrested in Tabriz; five were released after signing an agreement not to take par...
  357. 1980-07-14 — Two of the Baha'is arrested in Tabriz in April were executed. [BW18:256]...
  358. 1980-09-00 — The European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the United Nations ...
  359. 1981-00-03 — The site of the House of the Bab, destroyed by a mob in 1979, was made into a road and public square...
  360. 1981-00-05 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92] Forty–six Baha'...
  361. 1981-06-14 — Seven members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Hamadan were executed by firing squa...
  362. 1981-12-05 — The Baha'i cemetery in Tehran was seized "by order of the Revolutionary Court". Five caretakers and ...
  363. 1981-12-10 — The Universal House of Justice announced that the House of Baha'u'llah in Takur, Núr, Iran, had bee...
  364. 1981-12-27 — Eight of the nine members of the replacement National Spiritual Assembly of Iran were executed. They...
  365. 1982-00-01 — One of the members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Vietnam sent to a 're-education' camp was r...
  366. 1982-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92] Thirty–two Baha...
  367. 1982-05-25 — The Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Foreign Affairs Committee of...
  368. 1982-10-23 — Authorities arrested 45 Baha'is in Shiraz on the order of the prosecutor. On October 30th another 40...
  369. 1983-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92; BW19:177–226] T...
  370. 1983-00-06 — During its first decade in power, the Islamic regime openly persecuted and killed Baha'is. These per...
  371. 1983-03-02 — Five local and two pioneer Baha'is were arrested, interrogated and held briefly in prison in Maurita...
  372. 1983-04-01 — The Government of Morocco prohibited all Baha'i meetings. [BW19:49]...
  373. 1983-06-18 — In Shiraz, ten Baha'i women ranging in age from 17 to 57, were hanged. All of the women had been tor...
  374. 1983-07-22 — The number of Local Spiritual Assemblies in Africa rose to some 7,200 and localities where Baha'is ...
  375. 1983-08-23 — Seyyed Hussein Musavi Tabrizi, the Attorney General of Iran, declared all Baha'i administrative acti...
  376. 1983-08-29 — In Iran the Baha'i Faith was banned in Iran and membership of Baha'i institutions made a criminal of...
  377. 1983-09-03 — In response to the Iranian authorities banning all Baha'i administrative and community activities an...
  378. 1983-12-00 — Baha'is were arrested in Mohammadieh and Casablanca, Morocco. [BW19:49] The Baha'is in Mohammadie...
  379. 1984-00-00 — Four Baha'is, one of whom had already spent five years in prison, were imprisoned in Indonesia, conv...
  380. 1984-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226] Thirty Bah...
  381. 1984-06-00 — A Baha'i in Tetuan, Morocco, was arrested and sentenced to three years imprisonment for violating th...
  382. 1984-10-00 — In Tunisia, the activities of the Faith were curtailed and Baha'is were interrogated. [BW19:50]...
  383. 1985-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226] Seven Baha...
  384. 1985-02-23 — Forty–one Baha'is from various parts of Egypt were arrested, charged with offences against laws in...
  385. 1985-05-07 — The court hearings open on the cases of the Baha'is arrested in Egypt in February on charges of disr...
  386. 1985-07-01 — Three Baha'i youths in Mentawai were imprisoned for having married according to Baha'i law. [BW19:42...
  387. 1985-08-28 — Mr Rahmatu'llah Vujdani, a 57 year old teacher, was executed by firing squad in Bandar 'Abbas. He ...
  388. 1985-10-05 — The court cases against the Baha'is arrested in Egypt for contravening the 1960 ban on Baha'i activi...
  389. 1985-10-22 — The 14th Muzakarah (Conference) of the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious...
  390. 1985-12-13 — For the first time, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the human rights sit...
  391. 1986-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226] One Baha'i...
  392. 1986-00-00 — Iran's hugely unsuccessful attempt to convince the international community that Baha'is were indeed ...
  393. 1986-01-21 — The Islamic Research Academy at the Azhar University in Cairo published in a number of newspapers a ...
  394. 1987-00-01 — Faced with unrelenting religious persecution involving a wide range of human rights violations, the ...
  395. 1987-09-23 — Three members of the Yaran-e Iran, Mr. Jamaluddin Khanjani, Mr. Hasan Mahboobi and Mr. Changeez Fan...
  396. 1988-12-08 — The plenary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution concerning hu...
  397. 1989-03-09 — The Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution expressing grave concern at human rights violati...
  398. 1989-04-04 — The Universal House of Justice announced a vast majority of prisoners that had been held by authorit...
  399. 1990-05-00 — The US Senate unanimously adopted a concurrent resolution condemning Iran's continued repression of ...
  400. 1991-02-25 — In Iran, a secret government memorandum (known as the Golpaygani Memorandum) was drawn up by Iran's ...
  401. 1992-03-18 — The martyrdom of Mr. Bahman Samandari in the Evin prison in Tehran. Mr. Samandari was executed with ...
  402. 1993-01-00 — Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, the United Nations' special representative in charge of monitoring the human ...
  403. 1993-02-22 — At the 49th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations in Geneva released a re...
  404. 1993-06-00 — The bodies of Baha'is buried in the Baha'i section of a Tihran cemetery were exhumed and taken by lo...
  405. 1993-07-00 — A section of the Baha'i cemetery in Tihran was bulldozed to make way for the construction of an Isla...
  406. 1993-12-08 — In Iran, death sentences were pronounced against two Baha'is on the grounds of their membership in t...
  407. 1995-09-00 — The arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Zabihullah Mahrami in Yazd because of his adherence to the Baha'i...
  408. 1997-07-04 — Masha'llah Enayati, a 63-year-old man, died in custody while in prison in Isfahan after being severe...
  409. 1997-07-06 — Shahram Reza'i, a conscript in the army, was shot in the head by his superior officer at a military ...
  410. 1998-02-01 — The Baha'i Open University resumed activities after the seizure of much of their assets four months ...
  411. 1998-07-21 — Mr. Ruhu'llah Rawhani, a 52-year-old medical supplies salesman was hanged in Mashhad solely for reli...
  412. 1998-09-29 — Starting this date until October 2nd, in Iran, the government raided some 500 private homes and the ...
  413. 1999-04-19 — The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Isfahan sentenced Sina Hakiman (10 yrs), Farzad Khajeh Sharifabad...
  414. 1999-09-01 — The murder of Abdullah Mogharrabi in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was killed for ...
  415. 2000-02-17 — Iran's Supreme Court rejected death sentences imposed upon Sirus Zabihi-Moghadam, Hadayet Kashefi-Ma...
  416. 2001-01-14 — Sixteen Baha'is were arrested in the southern Egyptian city of Sohag. The charges brought against th...
  417. 2001-05-06 — In a letter to an individual in response to a query about the wisest course that a believer can adop...
  418. 2001-10-23 — The murder of Rashid Gulov in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was killed for his rel...
  419. 2001-12-03 — The murder of Mosadegh Afshin Shokoufeh in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was kille...
  420. 2002-00-00 — The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa (edict) that banned Baha'is from burying their dea...
  421. 2002-03-05 — The announcement by the Baha'i International Community of the murder of three Baha'is in Dushanbe, T...
  422. 2003-00-00 — A fatwa was issued against the Baha'i Faith in Egypt by Al-Azhar, the prominent religious institutio...
  423. 2003-06-01 — A fatwa was issued by the Mufti of Sabah State Government that declared that the Baha'i teachings we...
  424. 2004-00-01 — The 2004 Circular 49/2004 issued by the Ministry of the Interior specifically instructed officials t...
  425. 2004-02-00 — In Babul, Iran, the destruction of the gravesite of Quddús, a house-like structure that marked the ...
  426. 2004-02-07 — The release of Mr. Bihnam Mithaqi and Mr. Kayvan Khalajabadi who had been imprisoned on April 29, 19...
  427. 2004-04-00 — The completion of the destruction of the gravesite of Mulla Muhammad-'Ali Barfurushi, known as Quddu...
  428. 2004-06-20 — By order of Ayatollah Kani, director of the Marvi School and the Endowments Office, destruction of...
  429. 2005-00-02 — The official campaign to malign the name of the Faith in Iran through the mass media, newspaper arti...
  430. 2005-10-29 — Letter from the Iranian military headquarters to various Revolutionary Guard and police forces and s...
  431. 2005-12-15 — The death of Mr. Dhabihu'llah Mahrami, 59, who had been held in a government prison in Yazd under ha...
  432. 2006-04-04 — In late 2004 or early 2005 the government of Egypt introduced a computerized identity card system th...
  433. 2006-05-02 — Letter, from the Trades, Production, and Technical Services Society of Kermanshah to the Iranian Uni...
  434. 2006-05-15 — In Egypt the government appealed the lower court's ruling to the Supreme Administrative Court and th...
  435. 2006-05-19 — Iranian security officials arrested 54 Baha'is in the city of Shiraz who were involved in a communit...
  436. 2006-08-19 — Iran's Ministry of Interior ordered officials throughout the country to step up the surveillance of ...
  437. 2006-09-16 — In Egypt the Supreme Administrative Court again postponed its hearing on the government appeal of a ...
  438. 2006-11-20 — In Egypt lawyers representing a Baha'i couple seeking to have their religious affiliation properly i...
  439. 2006-12-16 — Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled against the right of Baha'is to be properly identified on...
  440. 2006-12-21 — A message was sent from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of Egypt regarding the recent ...
  441. 2006-12-22 — The Education Department Management Security Office in Shiraz circulated a form to be completed by a...
  442. 2007-00-00 — This increase in the activities of the Yaran-e Iran mandated the addition of more members; as a resu...
  443. 2007-01-00 — In Romania, a law was passed to supersede the 1948 Communist-era religion laws. It imposed restrict...
  444. 2007-03-21 — After about nineteen years of oppression, the Baha'i community was officially registered with the go...
  445. 2007-04-09 — In a memorandum from the office of Intelligence and National Security to the commanders of police fo...
  446. 2007-09-09 — A Baha'i cemetery near Najafabad, Iran was destroyed using heavy equipment. More than 100 graves wer...
  447. 2007-10-02 — An event was organized by the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran to publicize the plight of al...
  448. 2007-11-12 — Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights released a report that stated tha...
  449. 2007-11-21 — The Universal House of Justice responded to a communications from the Baha'is attending event of th...
  450. 2007-12-20 — The two Egyptian Human Rights cases, the first by the father of twin children who was seeking to obt...
  451. 2008-01-29 — In Egypt a victory for religious freedom, a lower administrative court ruled in favour of two lawsui...
  452. 2008-03-05 — Mahvash Sabet – a schoolteacher and mother of two and a member of the national-level administrativ...
  453. 2008-03-20 — The re-formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Vietnam took place after a lapse of some 33 y...
  454. 2008-05-14 — The six men and a women, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tav...
  455. 2008-05-14 — Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri issued a fatwa stating that, since (Baha'is) were the ...
  456. 2008-05-15 — The arrest of the Baha'i leadership took place in the context of a severely and rapidly escalating s...
  457. 2008-06-03 — Mrs. Mahvash Sabet and Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi were permitted to make short phone calls to their fami...
  458. 2008-06-20 — Four Baha'is were arrested in Sana'a on the accusation of proselytizing. The three Baha'is of Irania...
  459. 2008-07-27 — The results of the nationwide university entrance examination were made available on the National Or...
  460. 2008-10-31 — The Universal House of Justice sent a message of encouragement to the besieged Baha'i Community of I...
  461. 2008-11-00 — Ameed Saadat sat Iran's 2008 national university entrance examination. He was accepted to study hote...
  462. 2009-02-03 — The publication of "We are Ashamed," an open letter from a group of academics, writers, artists, jou...
  463. 2009-03-16 — In Egypt the Supreme Administrative Court removed any grounds for preventing Baha'is from receiving ...
  464. 2009-04-17 — With respect to the Supreme Administrative Court decision of 16 March 2009, the decree, dated 19 Mar...
  465. 2009-05-11 — After a year in jail without formal charges the Baha'i leaders faced an additional accusation, 'the ...
  466. 2009-07-10 — Iranian officials told the families of the seven Baha'i leaders being held in Evin prison in Tehran ...
  467. 2009-08-08 — Two young Egyptian Baha'is, Imad and Nancy Rauf Hindi, received the new identity cards. They had bee...
  468. 2009-08-17 — The trial of seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran was further postponed until 18 October. [B...
  469. 2009-10-18 — Attorneys and families of the seven arrived at court in Tehran for the trial to be told that it woul...
  470. 2010-01-12 — The trial of Iran's seven Baha'i leaders, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid...
  471. 2010-02-07 — Seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders appeared in court for a second session of their trial. The sessio...
  472. 2010-04-12 — The seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders arrived at the court for their third appearance and thei...
  473. 2010-05-10 — New information was obtained regarding the conditions in which the seven Baha'i prisoners were being...
  474. 2010-06-12 — The seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran made their fourth court appearan...
  475. 2010-07-24 — The imprisonment of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran was extended for a further two months after the law...
  476. 2010-08-08 — The sentence of 20 years in prison was announced for members of the "Yaran-i-Iran" or "Friends of Ir...
  477. 2010-09-15 — In the face of the chorus of condemnation from governments and human rights organizations around the...
  478. 2010-12-07 — In an open letter to Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the Head of the Judiciary, the Baha'i Intern...
  479. 2011-01-25 — January 25th marked the beginning of the revolution in Egypt where millions of protesters from all s...
  480. 2011-03-30 — Six months after Iran's Appeal Court reduced their sentences from 20 to 10 years, the seven Baha'i l...
  481. 2011-05-20 — Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet were returned to Evin Prison in Tehran. They had spent a brief t...
  482. 2011-09-24 — The arrest of Abdolfattah Soltani, a senior member of the legal team (4 lawyers) representing a numb...
  483. 2012-02-24 — The inaugural screening of Iranian Taboo by Dutch-Iranian filmmaker Reza Allamehzadeh in Los Angeles...
  484. 2012-05-11 — The Universal House of Justice sent a message to the Baha'is of Iran near the four-year anniversary ...
  485. 2012-06-00 — After the January 25th revolution against Mubarak and a period of rule by the Supreme Council of the...
  486. 2012-10-29 — The Baha'i International Community published a special report on The Baha'is of Semnan: A Case Study...
  487. 2013-03-00 — The publication of the report entitled Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran's Bah...
  488. 2013-05-14 — The Baha'i International Community launched the Five Years Too Many campaign to protest the 20-year ...
  489. 2013-07-15 — Iranian filmmaker and blogger as well as a former Islamist hardliner who has become an outspoken cri...
  490. 2013-08-24 — Mr. Ataollah Rezvani, a well-known Baha'i in the city of Bandar Abbas disappeared and the next day t...
  491. 2013-10-28 — The release of the video Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran's Baha'i Community ...
  492. 2013-12-03 — Mr. Hamed Kamal Muhammad bin Haydara (sometimes referred to in the media as "Hamed Merza Kamali Sero...
  493. 2014-04-00 — In Shiraz, the Revolutionary Guard began excavation of some 200 square meters of the Baha'i cemetery...
  494. 2014-05-08 — Despite a worldwide outcry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards continued destroying an historic Baha'i...
  495. 2014-05-28 — In the presidential election in Egypt, former Egyptian defence minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was ele...
  496. 2014-08-08 — The official ban on the Baha'i Faith in Indonesia was lifted. [The Jakarta Post August 8...
  497. 2014-09-00 — The exclusion of Shadan Shirazi, an exemplary student who placed exceptionally well in the college e...
  498. 2014-10-03 — Hamed bin Haydara had been held at an undisclosed location since his arrest by National Security For...
  499. 2014-11-00 — Fariba Kamalabadi, after having her fourth request to join her daughter Taraneh for her wedding deni...
  500. 2015-01-08 — The first trial hearing of Hamed bin Haydara was held. Legal and human rights NGOs witnessed tamperi...
  501. 2015-02-27 — The premiere of the film To Light a Candle by Iranian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist, Maziar Maha...
  502. 2015-04-22 — Pressures on Jamaleddin Khanjani's family had increased since his arrest in 2008. Their country h...
  503. 2015-05-14 — A global campaign called "Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha'i Le...
  504. 2015-07-24 — The Qom Seminary* announced the planning of classes called "Understanding Baha'ism" and "Understandi...
  505. 2015-10-30 — The cemetery of the 20,000 strong Baha'i community of Rajasthan, located in Jaipur, was violently a...
  506. 2015-12-21 — Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a senior Muslim cleric in Iran, had courageously called on hi...
  507. 2016-04-24 — Mr. Hamed Bin Haydara, who had been imprisoned without trial since December 2013, was again brought ...
  508. 2016-04-29 — In observance of the eighth anniversary of the arrest and incarceration of seven Iranian Baha'i lead...
  509. 2016-05-12 — In commemoration of the incarceration of the Yaran in Iran in 2008 the International Baha'i Communit...
  510. 2016-05-13 — Fariba Kamalabadi, while on a five-day furlough from Evin Prison, met with former Tehran MP Faezeh H...
  511. 2016-08-10 — Armed officers, masked in balaclavas from Yemen's National Security Bureau (NSB) intelligence agency...
  512. 2016-09-06 — In a letter the BIC called on Iranian President Rouhani to end systematic ...
  513. 2016-09-26 — The murder of Farhang Amiri in Yazd. [BWNS1133; Arch...
  514. 2016-10-26 — The report from the offices of the Baha'i International Community entitled The Baha'i Question Revis...
  515. 2016-11-24 — From her cell in Evin prison, In a open letter to her six-month old granddaughter, Bajar, Fariba Kam...
  516. 2016-11-27 — In Yemen, Nadim al-Sakkaf and his brother Nader, who were detained from August 10th, were unexpected...
  517. 2017-04-19 — Houthi-Saleh political security officers arrested Walid Ayyash, Mahmood Humaid, and Badi'u'llah Sana...
  518. 2017-04-25 — The formation of the human rights organization, "The Yemeni Initiative for Defending Baha'i Rights"....
  519. 2017-04-28 — Amnesty International sent a Joint Public Statement to the Huthi-Saleh authorities in Yemen calling ...
  520. 2017-05-05 — The film Changing the World, One Wall at a Time was premiered in Harlem on the 5th of May and in Los...
  521. 2017-05-12 — The Baha'i International Community launched a global campaign calling for the immediate release of t...
  522. 2017-05-15 — Hundreds of Yemenis gathered in front of the Criminal Prosecution building in the capital city of Sa...
  523. 2017-08-01 — The release of the film The Cost of Discrimination by Arash Azizi and Maziar Bahari which compared t...
  524. 2017-09-19 — Mahvash Sabet, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha'is in Iran known ...
  525. 2017-09-29 — Arrests of Baha'is in Yemen drew international censure which led to a United Nations resolution, tit...
  526. 2017-10-18 — The Iranian Baha'i community was targeted during the bicentenary period. Between 18 and 21 October, ...
  527. 2017-10-23 — Yemeni security forces raided a Baha'i gathering in Sana'a opening fire on the small group of people...
  528. 2017-10-31 — Fariba Kamalabadi, a member of the former leadership group of the Baha'is called the "Yaran", conclu...
  529. 2017-11-04 — Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university entrance for be...
  530. 2017-11-17 — A committee of the United Nations General Assembly condemned Iran by a vote of 83 to 30 with 68 abst...
  531. 2017-11-30 — Baha'is celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of Baha'u'llah in a ceremony in Baghdad attended by...
  532. 2017-12-05 — The release of Behrooz Tavakkoli, 66, from prison after serving a 10-year term. He was the third me...
  533. 2018-02-00 — Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), an NGO working to promote the right to freedom of religion or ...
  534. 2018-02-16 — The release of Saeid Rezaie, one of the seven members of the Yaran, the former leadership group of t...
  535. 2018-02-18 — In an open letter, twenty-five prominent international lawyers and human right activists appe...
  536. 2018-02-20 — Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a former member of the Yaran, was transferred from Evin Prison to a hospita...
  537. 2018-03-16 — Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, at 85 the oldest member of the Yaran to be imprisoned, was released after s...
  538. 2018-03-19 — The release of Mr. Vahid Tizfahm from the Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj after having completed his 10...
  539. 2018-03-23 — Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badreddin Al-Houthi, the Secretary-General of Yemen's Shia political party Ansar ...
  540. 2018-04-01 — The launch of a fierce campaign of hatred against members of the Baha'i Faith, as well as other agai...
  541. 2018-09-29 — In the second court hearing presided over by judge Abdu Ismail Hassan Rajeh, three additional Baha'i...
  542. 2018-12-20 — The last imprisoned member of the former leadership body of the Baha'i community in Iran was release...
  543. 2019-01-08 — Imprisoned Baha'i Hamed bin Haydara, 55, who had been sentenced to death, appeared in court in Sana...
  544. 2021-12-06 — Thirteen irrigated farmland plots belonging to Baha'is in the village of Kata in Iran's southwest ha...
  545. 2023-03-30 — A deceased Baha'i was buried on 30 March at Khavaran cemetery near Tehran by an agent of the Ministr...

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  1. 2021-01-20 — The Canadian Council of Imams made a statement in protest the ruling issued by an Iranian Court to c...
 
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