{"id":494,"date":"2016-06-11T01:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makerdesign.com.au\/?page_id=494"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:08:25","slug":"bahais-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/media-information\/bahais-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation of Baha&#8217;is in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;2%&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"menu-main-container\">\n\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/wp-content\/plugins\/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu\/skin.php?widget_id=s1&amp;skin=grey\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\"  \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"#dc_jqaccordion_widget-s1-item\").dcAccordion({\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\teventType: \"hover\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\thoverDelay: 150,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmenuClose: false,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tautoClose: true,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsaveState: false,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tautoExpand: true,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclassExpand: \"current-menu-item\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclassDisable: \"\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tshowCount: false,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdisableLink: true,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcookie: \"dc_jqaccordion_widget-s1-item\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tspeed: \"fast\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t<\/script><div class=\"dcjq-accordion\" id=\"dc_jqaccordion_widget-s1-item\"><div class=\"menu-ext-affairs-container\"><ul id=\"menu-ext-affairs\" class=\"sidebar-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-850\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-850\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/media-information\/\">Media Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-961\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-961\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/media-releases\/\">Media Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-960\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-960\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/media-information\/bahais-in-iran\/\">Situation of Baha&#8217;is in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2672\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2672\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/situation-of-bahais-in-qatar\/\">Situation of Baha&#8217;is in Qatar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1 style=\"color: #009999; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px auto 20px!important; font-size: 38px!important;\">Situation of Baha&#8217;is in Iran<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The position statement of the Baha&#8217;i International Community to the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Session on the situation of human rights in Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xp9YppsucHE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"intro\">As Australians, we enjoy the freedom to choose whether to practice a religion or not.<\/div>\n<p>Baha\u2019is in Iran face a very different reality. For over 40 years and to this day, the entire Baha\u2019i community in Iran has been subject to continuous, multidimensional and state-sponsored persecution, affecting every one of its members across generations and within every phase of life and even in death.<\/p>\n<p>Through various means, new and old, the authorities exclude Baha\u2019is from the public sphere and prevent them from expressing their beliefs; impoverish them economically; undermine their intellectual advancement; erase traces of their history and culture; as well as spread disinformation about them and incite the public so as to create an environment of hatred against them. Their aim is to destroy the Baha\u2019i community as a viable entity in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade there has been a major upsurge in human rights violations. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Imprisonments:<\/strong> Since 2005 more than 800 Iranian Baha\u2019is have been arrested or detained due to their faith.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaders imprisoned for ten years:<\/strong> After a sham trial in 2008, seven Baha\u2019i leaders were sentenced to lengthy jail terms. Australia\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, called for their release, as did her predecessor, the Hon Senator Bob Carr. All seven have now been released after completing their ten-year sentences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educators jailed<\/strong> Baha\u2019i educators have been sentenced to five year jail terms for involvement in a Baha\u2019i educational program for their young people, who are barred from universities due to their religion.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Systematic violence and harassment: <\/strong> Since 2005 there have been hundreds of incidents of torture, physical assault, disappearances, unexplained suspicious deaths, arson against homes and businesses, vandalism, cemetery desecration and the abuse of schoolchildren.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic pressure:<\/strong> Economic pressure on Iran\u2019s Baha\u2019i community is acute. Since 2007, more than 780 incidents of economic persecution have been documented including shop closings, dismissals, the revocation of business licenses, property confiscations, and other efforts to block Baha\u2019is from earning a livelihood. In late 2020, Iranian courts found that all properties belonging to Baha\u2019is in the village of Ivel, who had farmed their land for generations, be confiscated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incitement to hatred: <\/strong> A continuous campaign to incite hatred against Baha\u2019is is carried out in Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Australia Baha\u2019i Community works to protect the human rights of Baha\u2019is in Iran. We do this by making representations to the Australian Government and by liaising with human rights and other non-government organisations. We also inform the media about violations of the human rights of the Baha\u2019is in Iran, and we facilitate media contact with Australian relatives of Baha\u2019i prisoners, Baha\u2019is who have first hand experience of the persecution, and official media spokespeople.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government has consistently supported UN resolutions condemning the persecution, most recently in December 2020. Australia raises the issue regularly at the UN Human Rights Council. A bipartisan motion condemning the persecution was addressed in the House of Representatives on 6 September 2019, following similar motions dating back as far as 1981. Individual MPs have spoken out in the Federal and State parliaments.<\/p>\n<p>The Baha\u2019is of Iran, who form their country\u2019s largest non-Muslim religious minority, pose no threat to the government. As loyal citizens they seek to contribute to the progress of their country and of humanity, just as Baha\u2019is do in Australia. Baha\u2019is are not aligned with any government, ideology or opposition movement. 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