Imprisoned in Iran for the Crime of Breathing While Ba'Hai

Six Bahá'í leaders arrested in Iran


Pattern matches deadly sweeps of early 1980s


- which led to the disappearance or execution of 17 individuals

-fears that the 'development signals a return to the darkest days of repression in Iran in the 1980s when Baha'is were routinely arrested, imprisoned, and executed.






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PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM RELEASED FROM PRISON IN IRAN THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE CRISIS SITUATION !

Hat Tip: His Ba'hainess, the Honorable Karridine

All seven Bahá'ís who form a group that sees to the needs of the Bahá'í community of Iran have been arrested, six of them in early-morning raids on 14 May 2008 at their homes in Tehran. They are, seated from left, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Saeid Rezaie, and, standing, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, and Mahvash Sabet.

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SACRED TEXTS OF THE BA'HAI



Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
~ Psalm 142



Bahai Song About The Recent Persecution

Intone, O My servants, the verses of God
that have been received by thee,
as intoned by them who have drawn
nigh unto Him,
that the sweetness of thy melody
may kindle thine own soul,
and attract the hearts of all men.
Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber,
the verses revealed by God,
the scattering angels of the Almighty
shall scatter abroad the fragrance
of the words uttered by his mouth,
and shall cause the heart
of every righteous man to throb.
Though he may, at first, remain unaware
of its effect, yet the virtue
of the grace vouchsafed unto him
must needs sooner or later exercise
its influence upon his soul.
Thus have the mysteries of the Revelation
of God been decreed
by virtue of the Will of Him
Who is the Source of power and wisdom.

~ BAHA'U'LLAH