The Persian site of the Baha’i International Community reported on June 4, 2009, the following which appears in translation: Mrs. Maryam Shiraliyan (Subhani), a Baha’i of Semnan, passed away on May 20, 2009. However, governmental…
Tagged By dead
100 Year Old Baha'i Cemetery is being Auctioned Off near Sari
The Baha’i Cemetery of near the Village of Eivel on the Kiasar-Sari road has been placed for auction, in order to be converted to residential property. This cemetery is more than 100 years old, and…
Vandals Desecrate the Baha’i Cemetery in Semnan
Semnan – On 19 February 2009, the Baha’i cemetery in Semnan became the victim of a growing wave of violence that has swept across Iran, desecrating Baha’i burial places and terrorizing Baha’i families. Fifty tombstones…
Why are they Afraid of the Dead?
By Monireh Baradaran Have you read this news? “Last night, at midnight, a number of plain-clothes officers attacked the Baha’i Cemetery in Qa’emshahr with a lorry and a bulldozer; and set out to remove the…
Destruction of Baha’i Cemeteries: A Systematic Anti-Baha’i Campaign
By Vahid Mazahib [The Religious Group] Tuesday, 9 December 2008 Among the various problems confronting the Baha’is of Iran, one can point to the systematic destruction and desecration of their cemeteries as a significant element…