Baha’i World News Service
Attackers demolished homes belonging to 50 Baha’i families in Iran on 22 June.
The attacks were the latest development in a continuing, officially-sanctioned campaign against Baha’is in the region and throughout Iran, said Australian Baha’i Community spokesperson Natalie Mobini.
“Reacting to incitement against the Baha’i community, people blocked normal access to the village of Ivel, in northern Iran, while trucks and front-end loaders began levelling the houses,” Dr Mobini said.
“Latest reports indicate that 90 percent of the Baha’i homes have been destroyed,” she said.
Dr Mobini said persistent government attacks in the media have incited hatred for Baha’is, and the authorities have utterly failed to protect them.
“Most of the demolished homes were unoccupied because the Baha’i residents were forced to flee in previous outbreaks of violence,” she said.
“A Baha’i man who attempted to visit the site the day after the demolitions was beaten and insulted by other residents.”
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