Comments on: Baha’i students are spied on and monitored by thier teachers

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:36:47 +0000

We can do something about these persecutions of innocent people in Iran. We can each write letters to our representatives in Congress or our Parliament, we can have our Schools and Universities take some action and write official letters or appeal. We can talk about this in our churches, synagogues and mosques. We can write letters to the news media. We can read more about the situation through websites like
http://denial.bahai.org
http://news.bahai.org

What we can not do is remain silent or feel there is nothing we can do to help. Please consider some of the organizations we can write to as listed below.

Thank you all

Mark

UN Secretary-General
Hon. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
United Nations
United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
High Commissioner for Human Rights – Ms. Louise Arbour
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
8-14 ave de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax : 41 22 917 0213

United Nations Human Rights Council
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9011
E-mail: ngochr@ohchr.org

UNESCO
Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura
UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 PARIS 07 SP, France
bpiweb@unesco.org

UNICEF
Executive Director Ann M. Veneman
UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
U.S.A.

Amnesty International
Secretary General Irene Khan
Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London, WC1X 0DW
U.K.

Rights & Democracy
Jean-Louis Roy
Rights & Democracy
1001 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East
Suite 1100
Montreal, Quebec H2L 4P9

Iran’s Representative to the United Nations

New York Permanent Mission:
Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Mohammad Khazaee
622 Third Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Ph. (212) 687 2020
Fax. (212) 867 7086
E-mail: iran@un.int;

Geneva Permanent Mission:
Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Mohammad Reza Alborzi
28 Chemin du Petit-Saconnex
1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Ph. +41 22 332 21 00
Fax. +41 22 733 02 03
Email: mission.iran@ties.itu.int;

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
245 Metcalfe St.
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2K2
Fax: 613-232-5712

By: Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan)

Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:34:45 +0000

I dont knw much abt the Baha’i faith except tht wht i’ve read online here…
it seems so peaceful.. and there doesnt seem anything so different tht they would deserve to b discriminated against like tht, either in Iran or in Egypt :@

By: Islamify.com

Islamify.com — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:50:14 +0000

Baha’i students are spied on and monitored by thier teachers in Iran…

As i’m sure some of you know there is a serious resurgence of persecution of the Baha’is in Iran….

By: Omid T (Iran/USA)

Omid T (Iran/USA) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:09:49 +0000

Wow. What a comment. =-)

By: Elinor (Iran)

Elinor (Iran) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Man if I was there… I would teach those animals a very good lesson.
Omid I walk around with a Star of David on my chest. I am waiting for some one who might challenge me for that. In fact I am wearing it to show my support of the nation of Israel who are one of the minorities discriminated, inside Iran and out of it, for all the reasons which has nothing to do with this chosen nation of God. I see the extremists belittled and amazed, it is a shield that shielded King David in the wars. It should be sacred for muslims if they believe in their holy book and when their holy book sends Salaam to David. The true followers of the religion of peace( Islam meaning being in peace with… G-d) they have to be in peace with the children of G-d, with his creatures, I do not want to undermine any religion or the followers of any religons, but I hate the extremists, the ignorant and the pretentious who claim to stick to the principles of a religon and all their are doing is feeding their sick ego, their sick intentions.
Omid, there are Lions and Lionesses in Iran who would not allow your nation being harressed like that. I am not voting for any of these misrepresentatives, no one here is going to represent Me, US, Iranains, Our Youth, Our people who have free spirits. Abha !

By: Omid T (Iran/USA)

Omid T (Iran/USA) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:17:24 +0000

There is a lot of debate about regime change and without getting too deeply into it, unfortunately I see that it will be a long and bloody struggle given the degree of self-prescribed guidance that these mullahs suffer from. To touch briefly on this let me give a scenerio that will act as an umbrella to what will undoubtedly be more of the same types of accusations and counter accusations.

Lets say that indeed the popular majority who are open, reform minded and friendly rise up against the present oligarchy of mullahs and there antiquated system. I imagine possible street protests and unfortunately riots against police forces, international outreach by internal parties wanting help to get rid of the government, possible commentary by the de facto prince Reza Pahlavi and as a response an eventual crack down and bloody repression by the authorities while all the while blowing hot air about how their is subversive and conspiratorial elements at work that are stirring up the populous and, on the contrary, instead of recognizing a serious political problem, there will be a deep divide, drawing a line that is somewhat present today, into a darker and more pronounced distinction between fundamentalists and reformists.

One thing is for sure, they believe they have been chosen by God to usher in the 12th Imam. Foolishly they also think they can bring this about sooner or at least hurry along this fantasy. All else to them seems secondary. Human rights, democracy and freedom are simply minor contemporary commentary.

By: Tonto (USA)

Tonto (USA) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:57:19 +0000

Omid, from what I have read about Baha’i, it is one of the most gentle and rational belief systems in the world. I really like what I have read of it. I wouldn’t worry too much about the persecution going on in Iran right now. My prediction is that the regime change, for the betterment of all in Iran, is only a couple more years away. It won’t be long. Already, the pressure of the Americans on two borders and an American navy on the doorstep is making the leaders there act even more stupid. The reasoning people will win there. It is comming.

By: Todd B

Todd B — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:41:58 +0000

Thank you Omid for continuing to make this a topic of discussion. The world has the power to stop it, if only we could ring the bell loud enough.