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Date 1955-05-0, descending — sort earliest first

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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
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
1955 8 May Bahá'ís were beaten at Dámghán, Khurásán, Iran. [BW18:390] Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Damghan, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran
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
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
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
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
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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