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1955 30 May |
Bahá'ís were attacked and wounded and their houses attacked at Ábádih, Iran. [BW18p391] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Ábádih, Iran; Iran |
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1955 27 May |
The Bahá'í centre at Máhfurúzak, Iran, was demolished. [BW18p391] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Mahfurúzak, Iran; Iran |
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1955 24 May |
The Bahá'í centre at Karaj, Iran, was taken over. [BW18p391] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Karaj, Iran; Iran |
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1955 23 May |
The Bahá'í International Community submitted its Proposals for Charter Revision to the United Nations for the Conference for Revision of the UN Charter. [BW13:788, 795–802] |
Bahá'í International Community; United Nations Charter; United Nations; New York, USA; USA |
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1955 22 May |
The dome of the National Bahá'í Centre in Tihrán was demolished with the personal participation of several high-ranking army officers. The Haziratu'l-Quds had been taken over on the 7th of May. The publication of the pictures of the demolition encouraged a widespread outburst of persecution of Bahá'ís throughout Iran. [BW18:391; Archives of Bahá'í Persecution in Iran]
After the coup in 1953 the Shah was indebted to the clergy for their support and so they were given a greater latitude to persecute the Bahá'ís. In an attempt to show his gratitude the Shah sent a high ranking officer to ask if they had any special requests and they called for the Bahá'í Centre in Tehran to be destroyed. The army occupied the Centre and high-ranking officers and clerics jointly demolished the dome. [Towards a History of Iran's Bahá'í Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.]
For pictures see BW13:293–4.
Photo. |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Tehran, Iran; Iran |
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1955 17 May |
The Iranian Minister of the Interior announced in parliament that the Government had issued orders for the suppression of the 'Bahá'í sect' and the liquidation of the Bahá'í centres. [BBRSM174; BW18p391] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Iran |
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1955 16 May |
The Bahá'í centre at Isfahán, Iran, was taken over. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Isfahan, Iran; Iran |
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1955 9 May |
Bahá'í houses were attacked and looted at Shíráz, Iran. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Shíráz, Iran; Iran |
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1955 9 May |
The Bahá'í centre at Ahváz, Iran, was taken over. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Ahvaz, Iran; Iran |
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1955 8 May |
Bahá'ís were beaten at Dámghán, Khurásán, Iran. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Damghan, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran |
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1955 8 May |
The Bahá'í centre at Rasht, Iran, was attacked and taken over. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Rasht, Iran; Iran |
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1955 7 May |
The Iranian army occupied the National Bahá'í Centre in Tihrán. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Tehran, Iran; Iran |
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1955 4 May |
Sylvia Ioas was appointed to the International Bahá'í Council as its ninth member. [BW19:612; GBF110; MBW86; PP253; CBN No65 Jun 1955 p1; BN No 292 Jun 1955 p3] |
Sylvia Ioas; International Bahá'í Council; Haifa, Israel |
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1955 2 May |
The police locked the doors of the National Bahá'í Centre in Tihrán thus preventing the holding of the final day of the National Bahá'í Convention. [BW18:390] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Conventions, National; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Tehran, Iran; Iran |
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1955 May-Jul |
Persecutions against the Bahá'ís continued throughout Iran. [BW18p391]
Many Bahá'ís were beaten, including women and children.
Bahá'í houses and shops were looted and burned.
Bahá'ís employed in government service were dismissed.
Bodies of dead Bahá'ís were disinterred and mutilated.
Young Bahá'í women were abducted and forced to marry Muslims.
Several Bahá'í women were publicly stripped and/or raped.
Crops and orchards belonging to Bahá'ís were looted and destroyed.
Bahá'í children were expelled from schools.
The House of the Báb in Shíráz was damaged and almost destroyed by an anti-Bahá'í mob. |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Shíráz, Iran; Iran |
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