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19-Jan-2010
One would think we Iranians, who live abroad, are immune from the intimidation that the government of Iran plays on its citizens. But no! Even if you have a another nationality they keep asking people, who go to the embassy, about you. In the country I live, my students in the university have been asked if they knew me. Of course they do! Some have gotten so scared that they have disconnected from me on facebook, some others don’t want to be seen with me in public. Perhaps the media observers of the Iranian Embassy have noticed that the media in our country is regulary exposing Iran’s abuse of human rights, in particular against the Bahá’ís, and that I, as well as many others around the globe, do everything we can to defend our brothers and sisters who are imprisoned for their beliefs. What kind of a world do we live in? I am a Baha’i for real :) I have chosen to be one and with that I mean I have chosen a life style that includes my own spiritual development and active participation of building an ever advancing civilization. I have chosen to be honest with myself and with my surrounding, although I find it quite challenging I must say. I believe that ”The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct”.
And I am lying if I say I am not looking for co-workers on this path. I do. I want all the people of the world to be engaged in pure and goodly deeds. But I do know that this is everyone’s choice and I am no mullah or priest to preech this. I am just sharing what my dream and longing is. I had forgotten though that I was born in Iran and although I am not holding an Iranian citizenship it seems noone is tolerated be a dreamer :)
Once upon a time in 25 of February 1991 a secret blue print found its way out of Iran (see below the whole text) and under point B.#6 you can read: A plan must be devised to confront and destroy their cultural roots (Baha’is) outside the country.
When I heard that the Iranian Embassy is asking about me from my Iranian students I don’t know how I felt. I wanted to understand them as I always try to understand people. Of course, I have given up understanding the government of Iran, because that is beyond my capacity and I do not insist anymore. But I tried to understand why some of those students who have become so close and dear to my heart are now scared to be seen with me? What is going on in their minds? Do they have doubts about friendly human relationships? Are they scared? Have they been threatend?
I wish you could answer my questions.
THE ISRCC DOCUMENT
(Translation from Persian)
In the Name of God!
The Islamic Republic of Iran
The Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council
Number: 1327/....
Date: 6/12/6 (25 February 1991)
Enclosure: None
CONFIDENTIAL
Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Golpaygani
Head of the Office of the Esteemed Leader (Khamenei)
Greetings!
After greetings, with reference to the letter #1/783 dated 10/10/69 ([31 December 1990), concerning the instructions of the Esteemed Leader which had been conveyed to the Respected President regarding the Bahá’í question, we inform you that, since the respected President and the Head of the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council had referred this question to this Council for consideration and study, it was placed on the Council’s agenda of session #128 on 16/11/69 (5 February 1991) and session #119 of 2/11/69 (22 January 1991). In addition to the above, and further to the discussions held in this regard in session #112 of 2/5/66 (24 July 1987) presided over by the Esteemed Leader (head and member of the Supreme Council), the recent views and directives given by the Esteemed Leader regarding the Bahá’í question were conveyed to the Supreme Council. In consideration of the contents of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the religious and civil laws and general policies of the country, these matters were carefully studied and decisions pronounced.
In arriving at the decisions and proposing reasonable ways to counter the above question, due consideration was given to the wishes of the Esteemed Leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran [Khamenei], namely, that “in this regard a specific policy should be devised in such a way that everyone will understand what should or should not be done.” Consequently, the following proposals and recommendations resulted from these discussions.
The respected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the Head of the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council, while approving these recommendations, instructed us to convey them to the Esteemed Leader (Khamenei) so that appropriate action may be taken according to his guidance.
SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
A. General status of the Bahá’ís within the country’s system
- They will not be expelled from the country without reason.
B. Educational and cultural status
- They can be enrolled in schools provided they have not identified themselves as Bahá’ís.
C. Legal and social status
- Permit them a modest livelihood as is available to the general population.
Wishing you divine confirmations,
Secretary of the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council
Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Golpaygani
Signature
Note in the handwriting of Mr. Khamenei
In the Name of God!
The decision of the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council seems sufficient.
I thank you gentlemen for your attention and efforts.
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Why do you people waste your time
by Faramarz_Fateh on Tue Jan 19, 2010 01:50 PM PSTwith filth like Mehdi?
These people are beyond help much less convincing of anything human and humane.
what kind of a "namard" beats children?
by Parvaneh A. Farid on Tue Jan 19, 2010 01:29 PM PSTDear Sargashteh although my heart ached when I read the story of the two Baha'i children I would like to thank you fro sharing in and I hope our dear Mehdi will read it too.
I love Iran and I know that this country has a great future. I am glad others have commented on Mehdi's accusations of me supporting warfare and discrediting Iran.
By the way the picture I have and you have dear Mehdi chosen as our profile picture (we have something in common and I love that) is the masterpiece and a symbol of Iran made by a renouned Iranian architect Mr.Hossain Amanat who can not go back to see his creation. Guess why?
HE IS A BAHA'I.
What a paradox and hypocricy that the square is called Meydan i Azadi. Freedom square.
Mr Mehdi
by Sargashteh on Tue Jan 19, 2010 01:08 PM PSTSo you say if the goverment of Iran commit shameful acts its OK but if anybody tell the world about them and expose the nature of these actions is a traitor??????
If talking about violations of human rights in your country is bad then you tell me how bad it is to actually commit them. If you people are doing what is right then why are so ashamed of it . have the guts to tell the whole world what you are really about.
by the way it is not "some Bahais" that are under pressure it is all. just read this story: ضرب و شتم دو دانش آموز بهایی توسط معلّم قرآن
//edu-right.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267:1388-10-29-16-48-56&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=64
more over it is not just Bahais but people from all walks of life (e.g. students, women rights activists......etc) and many other groups that are exposing shamfull behaviour of the IRI.
if people who complain are traitors then what does that make people who acutally commit these acts, and people who support and cover for them????
Dear Mehdi
by Babak_SD on Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:46 PM PSTThank you for taking time and responding. I will start with the most serious of your assertions and accusations, which has to do with wishes of Ms. Farid and other Baha'i's for bombing of Iran by U.S. and or Israel. At the very least, we agree that there are a significant number of Baha'i's living in Iran. Some dispute the figure of 300,000 but even at 100,000 it is still a significant number.
Why would you think Ms. Farid, I or any other Baha'i' living outside Iran would want to bomb Iranian Baha'i's? Does that make any sense to you? We want to sacrifice thousands of Baha'i' lives to make the current govrnment of Iran look bad? That kind of thinking does not make any sense.
I don't believe any Baha'i' would want to harm even 1 Iranian regardless of their religion. The current government of Iran does not need any help from Baha'i's or any other group to make it look bad. They are doing a fine job on their own. To agree with me you just need to see whats going on in the streets of major cities in Iran.
As for Ms. Farid's attempts to create a bad image of Iran through help from Israel, do you have any facts in this regard? For example articles she has written in Jewish news papers or blogs or TV or radio interviews? Are you referring to her blogs on Iranian.com?
Finally, you mention in your response that "Bahais claim that their religion is a religion of peace but their actions are all antagonistic and war-like."
Can you please be more specific in this regard? Have Baha'i's participated in violent protests? Have they assasinated anyone? Have they used force to do anything? Other than after 30 years of brutal injustice letting the world know that they are human and rightful citizens of Iran by ancestory and birth and wanting their due rights, what else have they done that compels you to call them traitors? Unfortunately your argument for them being war mongers and propagandists against the current Iranian government does not hold any merit unless you can substantially and factually prove otherwise.
Babak_SD
by Mehdi on Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:45 AM PSTSince you seem to be sincere enough to want to know, and since you have the least urge to get emotional and use name-calling and dismissing your opponent as "just a hezbollahi," I feel compelled to answer.
I called the writer a traitor because she says, "Perhaps the media observers of the Iranian Embassy have noticed that the media in our country is regulary exposing Iran’s abuse of human rights, in particular against the Bahá’ís, and that I, as well as many others around the globe, do everything we can to defend our brothers and sisters who are imprisoned for their beliefs."
What does that mean exactly? It means providing a very negative image of Iran to the world. Making it look like Iran is made of rivers of blood everywhere and people are dragged to the main square daily and being hanged or their heads cut off. This is the image that people such as the writer has created around the world. Thanks to their "valuable" efforts, the US is right this minute creating laws that would allow them to start a mass deportation of all Iranians, starting with students and when their numbers are smaller, they will go after others. This is the inevitable result. Instead they should report everything and draw a more realistic image. Come on, 70 million people have been living there for a very long time and have not died. So stop the misrepresentation.
Thanks to the work of such people we now have sanctions against Iran which is causing death and destruction and killing of Iranians. These sanctions are also begining steps towards an eventual war which will lead to bombing of Iranian children like it was done in Gaza very recently. Organizations that are VERY silent to such attrocities in Gaza, are the organizations that the writer and her type go to to demonize their own people!
That is why I call her a traitor.
I also live in the US and don't like things in Iran. That is why I live here. But I am not stupid enough to go to the US or Israel government and ask them to bomb my country. Please spare me the argument that the writer has not done so - she has. Human rights BS that all Israeli media are vary enthusiastically spreading around the world about Iran are preparation for when they drop the bombs. They want to make sure nobody will object - just like nobody objected to bombing of Gaza because they had already spread the falsehood that everything is the fault of "terrorists." Of course they never mentioned anything about their land theft and destruction of a whole society.
So I hope that clarifies my comments for you.
Bahai are not doing well in Iran. I know. Guess what? Muslims are not doing well in Iran. I am not saying Iran is a heaven but I am saying there is a solution for everything. Bahais claim that their religion is a religion of peace but their actions are all antagonistic and war-like. I don't see them succeeding with their peace. Then they throw their hands in the air and say well, it is not our fault, our opponents are evil or mean or illogical or whatever. So what? Bahai peace does not work against hizbollahis? Are you saying Bahai has no solution for hezbollahis other than antagonistic approach (punishment, war, etc)?
No, I am not a supporter of any regime anywhere. I don't even like the US regime. But I don't believe that the solution is to demonize them and punish them and start a war with them or ignore and hide all the good taht there is in the US and only report negativity. I believe that it takes work and it needs time. Let's face it, Baha-u-llah himself started a war with the mullahs by calling them unnecessary. Well, we can see how wrong he was! Hundred something years later after that claim, we can see clearly that these people are sheeps in need of being herded! Sad, but true. If you look at it, Bahai today are almost exactly following the path of Rajavi. He also started a fight with the mullah by calling them this or that. Maybe Bahai people will never themselves pick up arms but they sure seem to be getting others to do so. So how about looking at what you are doing too? Again, I am no supporter of the regime and I have lived in the West for more than 20 years and not once anybody has been asking about me.And I know MANY people who have the same response for you.
gee Mehdi you just opened your mouth
by Ali9 Akbar on Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:28 AM PSTand if you were a centipede you did manage to put all 100 of your feet inside your mouth....
And your comments sound like shrill of a drug addict that just emerged from a hashish and opium induced stupor....
If anyone is IRAN'S Trator would bee the image you see when you wash your face in the morning....
That is assuming that you are civilized enough to know what a mirror and soap and water is used for....
good day sir...
Mehdi....
by Arthimis on Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:58 AM PSTWhat kind of comment is this? Are you stupid or what?!!
To insult a lady Ham-meehan without any proof??? Typical hezbolahi coward feeling big behind his/her computer...
Irrespective of her religion and/or faith, Parvaneh khanoom has the courage to put her true identity on line!!! (unlike you and me!) So, please booro rootoo Kam Koon bache Hezbolahi...
FYI, True Iranians consider your likes as a traitor who supported and collaborated with Satanic/Islamic Republic for 20 years from abroad (according to yourself...)
In Free, Secular and Democratic Iran of tomorrow, we will bring all you Satanic Republic's collaborators to justice, one by one! Even if you hide abroad...
Dear Mehdi
by Babak_SD on Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:06 AM PSTI want to make sure readers of your response and I clearly understand its content.
First, you accuse Ms. Farid of being a traitor. Can you please clarify why she is a traitor? What has she done to be called that? How do you know her and how do you know what she has done?
Secondly, what about the Baha'i's in Iran. Are some of these people also traitors? Can you please clarify why you have made such a broad accusation and based on what information?
For the past 30 years, Baha'i's have not had any rights in Iran. They have been systematically targeted so that they are turned into an educational and economical under class in Iran; this goal has been achieved by denying them work and education.
So, you tell me, approximately 300,000 Baha'i's have stayed in Iran for 30 years to live in horrible conditions so that they can be spies for Israel and also while living in Iran with their children, promote bombing of Iran and killing of themselves and their families?
Lastly, from the tone of your response, one can deduce that you are a strong supporter of the current Iranian government. Its peculiar that someone like you has been living outside Iran for 20 years while accusing others of being traitors.
I would appreciate a clear response from you.
Traitors?
by Cost-of-Progress on Tue Jan 19, 2010 09:53 AM PSTLook basiji, traitors are cockroaches like you and the rest of the goons who can freely post their crap on the internet enjoying the Western technology and free speech; something alien to you parasites.
You wouldn't know human rights if shit in your morning chai..
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IRAN FIRST
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Very Funny
by Mehdi on Tue Jan 19, 2010 09:48 AM PSTYou accidentally explained why IRI is after SOME Bahai. The IRI is in fact after the Bahai who are traitors to Iran - like yourself. The Bahai who go to foreign government and demonize Iran and make a bad name for Iran and think that these foreign governments have any slightest interest in "human rights." No, the only thing they have interest in is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
If the US/Israel/Europe or even the UN had any interest in human rights we would not have such a devestation in Haiti. The only reason these foreign governments give you support and broadcast a small few problems in Iran and portray it as a disaster and describe it as such that bombing Iran and sanctioning it seem the right thing to do, is because they are after MONEY! They want to destroy Iran and you and the likes of you are helping them. This very well explain why SOME Bahai people are being chased after sometime - they are traitors!You want Iran to be sanctioned and possibly bombed and of course the IRI goes after you. Otherwise I have lived abroad for 20 years and nobody has been asking about me. I know tons of people who have never had your problem and they travel back and forth to Iran with no problem whatsoever.
It is great to hear from a Bahai why som eBahai are being chased after. They are traitors!They are following Rajavi and are doing exactly what he did - make a deal with foreign governments in the hopes of taking over power.