Breaking: Shocking demolition of homes and land grabs signals intensifying persecution of Iran's Baháʼís To read the story online or view more photos, visit news.bahai.org. BIC GENEVA, 2 August 2022, (BWNS) — In a cruel escalation, and just two days after previous attacks on Bahá'ís across Iran, up to 200 Iranian government and local agents have sealed off the village of Roushankouh, in Mazandaran province, where a large number of Bahá'ís live, and are using heavy earthmoving equipment to demolish their homes.
The Bahá'ís in Roushankouh have been targeted many times in the past with land confiscations and home demolitions. But this move follows weeks of intensifying persecution of the Bahá'ís: over 100 have been either raided or arrested in recent weeks. "We ask everyone to raise their voice and call for these dreadful acts of blatant persecution to be immediately stopped. Every day there has been fresh news of persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran, demonstrating unmistakably that the Iranian authorities have a step-by-step plan that they are implementing, first blatant lies and hate speech, then raids and arrests, and today land grabs, occupations, and the destruction of homes," said Diane Ala'i, representative of the Bahá'í International Community (BIC) to the United Nations in Geneva, referring to the past several weeks. "What will be next? The international community must act before it is too late."
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