{"id":1330,"date":"2015-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/spectacular-video-calls-for-release-of-leaders\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:53:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:53:10","slug":"spectacular-video-calls-for-release-of-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/spectacular-video-calls-for-release-of-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular video calls for release of leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/screen%20shot.jpg\" alt=\"Spectacular video calls for release of leaders\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot from video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the climax of a seven-day campaign in support of seven unjustly imprisoned Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran, the Australian Baha\u2019i community has distributed a special video via social media.<\/p>\n<p>The video depicts a heart-shaped installation which was placed at the Baha\u2019i Temple in Sydney. It has spectacular footage captured by a camera on a drone flying over the Baha\u2019i property.<\/p>\n<p>A local resident, Jim Hare, a friend of the Baha\u2019is, filmed and produced this video in support of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Baha\u2019i spokesperson Venus Khalessi said the Australian Baha\u2019i Community is very grateful to Mr Hare and was delighted to collaborate with him on his initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate Jim\u2019s generosity, wonderful artistry and his commitment to encourage people to speak out in support of the leaders,\u201d Ms Khalessi said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people from across NSW and beyond have visited the installation, comprised of 1000 individual images of the seven.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiration for the installation came from a line in a poem by one of the seven leaders, Mahvash Sabet, who wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf I\u2019m in this prison now, it\u2019s only because<br \/>\nI\u2019ve committed the crime of love again.\u201d*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Australian participation in the global campaign #7bahais7years has also involved devotional meetings throughout Australia where Baha\u2019is and friends have prayed for the seven, prime time news reports on ABC and SBS TV, newspaper articles in towns and cities, personal profiles of the leaders published each day on the Australian Baha\u2019i Community\u2019s website and regular postings on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Individual Members of Parliament have expressed their support on social media for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/128436370\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bahai.org\/human-rights\/iran\/yaran-special-report\/\">Read further about the seven Baha&#8217;i leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u201cTurmoil\u201d from Prison Poems by Mahvash Sabet, George Ronald, 2013, pp 38-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the climax of a seven-day campaign in support of seven unjustly imprisoned Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran, the Australian Baha\u2019i community has distributed a special video via social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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