Arson attacks against Baha'is continue in Iran

-- The home of the family Mehran Shaaker of Kerman, Iran, was gutted by fire
on 18 July. Family members had received theatening phone calls, and their car
had been the target of a recent arson attempt.
-- On 15 July at 1:15 a.m., Molotov cocktails were thrown into the
front courtyard of the home of Khusraw Dehghani and his wife, Dr. Huma
Agahi, in Vilashahr, only months after anonymous threats directly
related to her being a Baha'i forced Dr. Agahi to close her clinic in
nearby Najafabad where she had practiced medicine for 28 years.
-- On 25 July, the car of a prominent Baha'i in Rafsanjan, in Kerman
province, was torched and destroyed by arsonists on motorbikes. Soheil
Naeimi, the owner of the car, and 10 other Baha'i families in the town
had received threatening letters from a group calling itself the
Anti-Baha'ism Movement of the Youth of Rafsanjan that, among other
things, threatened jihad (holy war) against the Baha'is.
-- On 10 June, an outbuilding on the property of the Mr. and Mrs.
Mousavi, elderly Baha'is living in the village of Tangriz in Fars
province, was destroyed by fire when it was doused with gasoline. The
Mousavis, along with their two sons who were sleeping close to the
building, narrowly escaped injury when the gasoline tank used to start
the fire exploded. The Mousavis believe that the perpetrator thought
they were all sleeping in the hut when he set the fire. Mr. Mousavi
issued a formal complaint against the person they suspected, but the
legal office has declined to pursue the case because the suspect swore
on the Qur'an that he was not guilty. Out of respect for the Qur'an,
the Mousavis have dropped the charges.
-- On 4 April, the home of a Baha'i was set on fire in Babolsar, in
the north of Iran.
-- In February in Shiraz, a 53-year-old businessman was attacked on
the street, chained to a tree, doused with gasoline, and assaulted by
unknown persons who then attempted to throw lighted matches at him.
-- Also in Shiraz in February, several arson attempts were made
against vehicles and a home belonging to Baha'is.
-- On 1 May 2007, arson destroyed the home of 'Abdu'l-Baqi Rouhani in
the village of Ivil, in Mazandaran.
-- In Karaj, the burial section of a Baha'i cemetery was set on fire.
Source: http://news.bahai.org/story/645

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