Geneva, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a merciless escalation, and simply two days after earlier assaults on Baha’is throughout Iran, as much as 200 Iranian government and native brokers have sealed off the village of Roushankouh, in Mazandaran province, the place numerous Baha’is reside, and are utilizing heavy earthmoving tools to demolish their houses.
- Roads into and out of the village have been blocked.
- Anyone who tried to problem the brokers had been arrested and handcuffed.
- Agents have confiscated the cellular units of these current and prohibited filming.
- Neighbors have been warned to remain of their houses and barred from filming or photographing.
- Four houses that had been beneath development have already been destroyed.
- The authorities are putting in strong steel fences to limit entry of the Baha’is to their very own houses.
The Baha’is in Roushankouh have been focused many instances previously with land confiscations and residential demolitions. But this transfer follows weeks of intensifying persecution of the Baha’is: over 100 have been both raided or arrested in current 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 Baha’is 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,” mentioned Diane Ala’i, a Baha’i International Community’s Representative to the United Nations, referring to the previous a number of weeks. “What will be next? The international community must act before it is too late.”
