175 Years of Persecution
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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