175 Years of Persecution

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175 Years of Persecution  (2019) by Fereydun Vahman
A History of the Babis and Baha’is of Iran
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Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The “Enigma” of the Baha’i Religion in Iran


PART ONE: Persecution During the Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties, 1844-1979

  • Chapter 1: Why Were the Babi and Baha’i Faiths Suppressed in Iran?
  • Chapter 2: The Violent Repression of the Babis and Baha’is during the Qajar Period
  • Chapter 3: The Baha’ is during the Reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi
  • Chapter 4: Baha’is in the Reign of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
  • Chapter 5: The Shahrud Incident
  • Chapter 6: Eighty-One Stab Wounds: The Murder of Dr Berjis in Kashan
  • Chapter 7: True Crime: The Incident at Abarqu
  • Chapter 8: The Events of 1955: Hojjat al-Islam Falsafi, the Ramadan Broadcasts, and the Military Occupation of the Baha’i Center


PART TWO: The Islamic Republic in Confrontation with the Baha’i Faith

  • Chapter 9: Baha’i Persecution during the Last Days of the Shah’s Regime
  • Chapter 10: The Baha’is—the First Victims of Oppression in the Islamic Republic
  • Chapter 11: The Persecution of Baha’is under Bazargan and the Revolutionary Council
  • Chapter 12: The Presidencies of Banisadr and Raja’i
  • Chapter 13: Arrests and Executions of the Baha’i Assemblies, 1981-85
  • Chapter 14: The Destruction of Baha’i Holy Sites and Community Resources
  • Chapter 15: After Ayatollah Khomeini: The Escalation of Persecution
  • Chapter 16: Efforts at Reform under President Khatami
  • Chapter 17: Escalating Repression under President Ahmadinejad (2005-13)
  • Chapter 18: An Obsession with Conspiracy Theories in the Islamic Republic
  • Chapter 19: Systematic Humiliation: Being Labeled Ritually Unclean (Najes)
  • Chapter 20: The Perspectives of Iran’s Grand Ayatollahs On the Baha’i Faith
  • Chapter 21: The Appeals of International Organizations and the Iranian Diaspora


Epilogue
Postscript
Appendix
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Notes
Index