Unprecedented and inhumane attacks on the Baha’i faith in Iran
Baha’i News – Iranian authorities used road construction equipment to destroy the graves of at least 30 dead Baha’is in the Kavaran mass cemetery in Tehran.
Statement of the Baha’i International Community
The Baha’i International Community said in a statement: “The authorities removed the markers from the graves and used bulldozers and bulldozers to flatten them so that they did not appear to be graves. This work was done in a way that made it appear as if there were no graves in the area.”
The Geneva-based Baha’i International Organization considered that the destruction of the graves of Baha’i civilians “who were buried in recent months” is “an unprecedented and inhumane attack on the Baha’i faith in Iran.”
A forced burial site for Baha’is
The statement read: “For more than two years, the Iranian government has used this site to forcibly bury Baha’is without allowing their family members to be present and without observing Baha’i burial customs. The desecration of the grave is an enduring aspect of the Iranian government’s 45-year campaign to systematically suppress the Baha’i faith, and comes after years From the persecution to which the holy site was subjected.
As Nowruz approaches
“As Nowruz approaches, and while families who have recently lost loved ones still grieve, government authorities are imposing new cruelty on them, proving the brutality of their actions,” said Simin Vahandaj, United Nations Representative of the Bahá’í International Order in Geneva.
They destroyed the graves of people who were buried in recent months or even just a few weeks ago. There is no religious or cultural norm anywhere in the world that would accept such brutal desecration. This cultural cleansing through the destruction of graves and cemeteries aims to erase the Baha’i identity from people’s minds…More
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