175 Years of Persecution

Fereydun Vahman is professor emeritus at the University of Copenhagen. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 he has been a leading voice defending the rights of Bahäis. He is the author of several books in Persian, English and Danish, and is editor of the Religion and Society in Iran series.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The ¿Enigmä of the Bahäi Religion in Iran
 
PART ONE: Persecution During the Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties, 1844¿1979
Chapter 1: Why Were the Babi and Bahäi Faiths Suppressed in Iran?
Chapter 2: The Violent Repression of the Babis and Bahäis during the Qajar Period
Chapter 3: The Bahäis during the Reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi
Chapter 4: Bahäis in the Reign of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Chapter 5: The Shahrud Incident
Chapter 6: Eighty-One Stab Wounds: The Murder of Dr Berjis in Kashan
Chapter 7: True Crime: The Incident at Abarqu
Chapter 8: The Events of 1955: Hojjat al-Islam Falsafi, the Ramadan Broadcasts, and the Military Occupation of the Bahäi Center
 
PART TWO: The Islamic Republic in Confrontation with the Bahäi Faith
Chapter 9: Bahäi Persecution during the Last Days of the Shah¿s Regime
Chapter 10: The Bahäis¿the First Victims of Oppression in the Islamic Republic
Chapter 11: The Persecution of Bahäis under Bazargan and the Revolutionary Council
Chapter 12: The Presidencies of Banisadr and Rajäi
Chapter 13: Arrests and Executions of the Bahäi Assemblies, 1981¿85
Chapter 14: The Destruction of Bahäi Holy Sites and Community Resources
Chapter 15: After Ayatollah Khomeini: The Escalation of Persecution
Chapter 16: Efforts at Reform under President Khatami
Chapter 17: Escalating Repression under President Ahmadinejad (2005¿13)
Chapter 18: An Obsession with Conspiracy Theories in the Islamic Republic
Chapter 19: Systematic Humiliation: Being Labeled Ritually Unclean (Najes)
Chapter 20: The Perspectives of Iran¿s Grand Ayatollahs on the Bahäi Faith
Chapter 21: The Appeals of International Organizations and the Iranian Diaspora
 
Epilogue
Postscript
Appendix
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Notes
Index