Chronology: Date 1986-00-00

date	event	tags	firsts
1986 (In the year)	Iran's hugely unsuccessful attempt to convince the international community that Bahá'ís were indeed spies was probably one of the reasons that convinced Iranian officials to review Iran's contemporary history. The aim of this review was in no way to reconsider age-old beliefs and assumptions, but to generate so-called "objective" facts and data which would ultimately serve to justify those assumptions. It was in light of this conviction that, the Institute for Cultural Research and Studies was founded "with a mandate to maintain, organize and catalogue valuable historical documents acquired during and after the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In 1996, it was replaced by the Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (IICHS), a professional research centre devoted to the study of contemporary Iranian history. Its objective is to undertake various research projects regarding social, political, economic and cultural aspects of post-eighteenth-century Iran, using its collection of primary sources." Another such organization, the Political Studies and Research Institute, was founded in 1988. [Iran Press Watch 1407; the institute's website]	Conspiracy theories; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran
1986 (In the year)	The founding of the Ruaha Secondary School in southwestern rural Tanzania near Iringa, about 500 km from Dar-es-salaam. The school was operated under the auspices of the National Spiritual Assembly. [The Mona Project (information on the Iringa School no longer available on this web site), One Country] By 1988 the school had 300 pupils and taught classes in English, geography, Swahili, history, chemistry, agriculture, physics, political science, mathematics, biology, and religion – Christian, Bahá'i, and Islamic studies were covered by representatives of other religions –all part of the Ministry-determined curriculum. Each student participated in service projects. [BW14p96; History of the Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania] In 2001 the school received a grant to build a girls dormitory. [BWNS145] The Mona Foundation provided funding for the building of a boys' dormitory with the capacity of 120 beds. [History of the Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania]	- Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Mona Foundation; Tanzania; Iringa, Tanzania; Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania
1986 (In the year)	The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226] One Bahá'í, 15-year-old Paymán Subhání, was killed. [BW19:225–6, 234] For his picture see BW19:246. For the actions taken by the Bahá'í international Community see BW19:38.	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Bahá'í International Community; Human Rights; Iran
1986 (In the year)	The Bahá'í Association for Arts (BAFA) was formed with its base in the Netherlands.	Bahá'í Association for Arts (BAFA); Bahá'í associations; * Arts and crafts; Netherlands
1986 (In the year)	The first local spiritual assembly of San Salvador Island, mentioned in the Tablets of the Divine Plan as Watling Island, was formed.	Local Spiritual Assembly; San Salvador Island	first Local Spiritual Assembly San Salvador Island
1986 (In the year)	The Sri Lanka post office issued a commemorative postage stamp featuring the Bahá'í-sponsored World Religion Day. [BINS176:4]	World Religion Day; Stamps; Sri Lanka
1986 (In the year)	Community-based Bahá'í health care programmes were launched in Kenya, Uganda and Swaziland, spearheaded by Dr Ethel Martens of Canada.	Ethel Martens; Kenya; Uganda; Swaziland
1986 (In the year)	Hundreds of members of the Aeta tribe in Tarlac and Pampanga, Philippines, became Bahá'ís. [BINS158:13]	First believers by background; Philippines
1986 (In the year)	Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a prominent diplomat, and professor of law from El Salvador served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran from 1986 to 1995. He visited Iran three times between 1990 and 1992, but after his third visit, he was barred from visiting Iran. [Wikipedia] His eight years as Special Representative were particularly significant, principally for a series of reports that authoritatively documented the intense, often brutal, violations committed by Iran against its own citizens. These were critical in calling the world's attention to the brutality of the regime at the time. Prof. Pohl's 1993 report to the Commission was notable for its disclosure of the so-called "Baha'i Question" memorandum, a previously secret 1991 letter issued by the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council that established a national policy for dealing with Iran's Bahá'ís, setting limits on their educational, economic and cultural activities. [BWNS879; BBC 1993 Jan]	United Nations; Galindo Pohl; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; Bahá'í International Community; New York City, NY
1986 (In the year)	The Bayán Association started in Honduras in the mid-1980s by two Bahá'í families - the Smiths and the Sabripours. [Website] History. They offer services in the areas of: education through SAT program, (Tutorial Learning System in Spanish (Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial)). [SAT] health care, [Bayán Hospital] and the environment. [Bacalar Lagoon Project]	Social and Economic Development Organizations; Bayan Association; La Ceiba, Honduras; Honduras
1986 -2001	The end of the Third Epoch and the beginning of The Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 5 February 1986; Mess63-86 p710-716] See the attachment for the above-referenced message entitled The Epochs of the Formative Age prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. See Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 5 February 1986]	Formative Age; Ages and Epochs
Try also a shorter date like 1986-00-0 or 1986-00 try also the Chronology Canada — 1986-00-00 or 1986-00-0 or 1986-00

Home

Site Map

Links