Jan24
NEW VIDEO released in Angels of Iran documentary series: “Faith and Sacrifice: The Baha’is in Iran”
The Education Under Fire initiative announced the release of Faith and Sacrifice: The Baha’is in Iran (9:18) – part two of the seven-part “Angels of Iran” documentary series. These short videos are personal stories of courage and resilience in the face of torture, imprisonment and execution under the Islamic Republic of Iran.
‘Faith and Sacrifice’ opens with an interview with Iranian-American Baha’i Iraj Kamalabadi, whose sister Fariba Kamalabadi is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Iran. Fariba’s only crime is having been a member of the former ad-hoc leadership group who served the spiritual needs of the Iranian Baha’i community, the largest religious minority in Iran. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Baha’is have been excluded from Iran’s Constitution, which has given the government unrestricted license to run roughshod over the rights of an invisible, unprotected group.
‘Faith and Sacrifice’ weaves together accounts of nine family members of Baha’is who have faced imprisonment, torture and execution under Iran’s present government.
Iranian-American Kimia Kline, whose grandfather Fat’u’llah Ferdowsi was executed in 1982, is interviewed about the Iranian government’s policies and systematic attempts to destroy the Iranian Baha’i community, “The Iranian government wants these lives erased, their memories erased. But, when you sacrifice something as irreplaceable as your life…that is inherently unforgettable.”
The video also features commentary by Mr. Glenford Mitchell, retired member of the world governing council of the Baha’i Faith.
Background information
Amnesty International, United4Iran, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Education Under Fire, The Boroumand Foundation, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, the Baha’i national communities of the United States and Canada, and other organizations will be encouraging their supporters to spread these new Angels of Iran videos far and wide through social media.
The organizations encourage their networks to view the videos and share the links and embed codes through their ow social networks and blogs: www.educationunderfire.com/angels-of-iran
Over seven weeks, as the videos are released one-by-one, the coalition hopes human rights advocates will seize the opportunity to raise awareness about the violation of human rights in Iran.
Already, thousands across the country have become part of the DRIVE TO 25 initiative. The coalition invites all freedom-loving people of conscience to add their names to the ever-growing list of signatories who have taken the action called for by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President José Ramos‐Horta of East Timor.
Visit www.educationunderfire.com/25, post this link and the Angels of Iran videos to Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks, and encourage your friends and family to do the same.
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