Word: iranians
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Since 1979, more than 200 members of the Baha'i community of Iran, which forms the country's largest religious minority, have been executed for their beliefs, most recently in July of this year. Two weeks ago, prison authorities in Mashhad confirmed the death sentences of two Iranian Baha'is, while Iranian intelligence officers plundered 500 Baha'i homes throughout the country and arrested at least 36 Baha'i teachers and professors in 14 cities, seven of whom remain in custody...
...recent wave of attacks launched against the Baha'i minority by Iranian officials should be of grave concern to all members of the Harvard community. This amplification of Iran's ongoing efforts to destroy the country's Baha'i community constitutes a violation of human rights that takes the particularly insidious form of a full-scale assault on an institution dedicated to higher education...
...individuals chosen for harassment and arrest were all professors and teachers at an informal home-based Baha'i university, which had come into existence because the Iranian government had barred Baha'is from the country's universities since the 1979 revolution solely because of their religious beliefs...
...raids and arrests were carried out by officers of the Iranian government's intelligence agency, the Ministry of Information, and also involved the seizure of textbooks, scientific papers and some 70 computers. Those who were arrested were asked to sign a document declaring that the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education had ceased to exist as of Sept. 29 and agreeing that they would no longer cooperate with it. The detainees refused to sign the document...
Enter Iran. Competing for the "most holy Islamic nation prize," Iran has criticized the Taliban's harsh policies, accusing them of giving Islam a bad name. This hurt the Taliban's feelings, and in response they killed eight Iranian diplomats. Not to be outdone, Iran massed 270,000 troops on the Afghan border and last Thursday commenced three hours of fighting...