Jun28
Two major human rights groups decry Iran’s persecution of Baha’is
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) recently expressed concern about the Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest confidential action against its 300,000-member Baha’i community.
The Iranian government recently ordered its military, intelligence and police forces to identify members of the country’s 300,000-member Baha’i community and to monitor their activities, a move the ADL called “a dangerous precedent … reminiscent of the laws imposed on European Jews in the 1930s.”
ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman said, “Since the Iranian Revolution, the Baha’is have suffered religious persecution and bigotry in Iran, but this step raises it to the next level.”
The FIDH said it fears the “identification and monitoring of the Baha’is, combined with the current hatred propaganda in the media, could lead to increased discrimination in their regards” and calls upon the Iranian authorities to “abide by their international human rights commitments.”
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