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1955-05-00-02
edit		 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; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution, Other; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Iran; Shíráz, Iran
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