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Islamic Republic of Iran destroys six Bahá’í homes and confiscates 20 hectares of Bahá’í land

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What crime have the Bahá’ís committed? The crime of not being Twelver Shia.

“Update: 6 Bahá’í homes destroyed and 20 hectares of land confiscated by Iranian government agents,” Bahá’í World News Service, August 3, 2022:

BIC GENEVA — Some 200 Iranian government agents destroyed six homes and confiscated over 20 hectares of land belonging to Bahá’ís in the village of Roushankouh, in Mazandaran province, the News Service has learned.

The government agents used pepper spray to disperse people and gunshots were heard during the operation.

This latest move follows weeks of intensifying persecution of the Baháʼís: over 100 have been either raided or arrested in recent days and dozens others have been targeted since June….

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