Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution
By Newsdesk
GENEVA—4 January 2024— Farmlands, rice paddies and walnut orchards belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad, a lush and fertile agricultural community in Mazandaran province, were forcibly seized this week by Iranian officials who claimed the lands on behalf of the Iranian government. No compensation or official documents justifying the seizures were provided by the agents who conducted the raid. The raid is the latest incident in a rising pattern of persecution against the Baha’is across Iran—and the third recent example of religiously-motivated property seizures against Baha’i farmers in Mazandaran province. Baha’is are Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority and are systematically persecuted—including through economic
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