Anti-Iran Propaganda by Supporters of Bahais in Europe
TEHRAN TIMES POLITICAL DESK
TEHRAN -- According to British Deputy Foreign Minister B. Simons,
members of the European Union Troika had requested the government
of Iran on 4 October, 1998, not to carry out the death sentence in
the case of Bahais.
Simons made the above statement in response to a question in the
House of Lords. Lord Hylton asked the British deputy foreign minister
at the parliamentary session on Thursday whether the British government
had requested Tehran to pardon the Bahais who are condemned to death.
The deputy foreign minister further said that "We and our allies in
the European Union repeatedly remind the Iranians to pay attention to
the condition of Bahai community in Iran." "We were assured that the
issue would be raised in the human rights resolution bearing on Iran
in the Human Rights Commission in Geneva," he added.
It should be noted that the Bahai groups have launched a massive
disinformation campaign throughout the world, especially in Europe,
against Iran, and raising such repetitive questions in the British
parliament, especially in the House of Lords, is part of such efforts.
The propaganda campaign launched by these groups also includes sending
news bulletins and pamphlets to politicians, researchers and academics
in Britain and other European countries. These bulletins and pamphlets
are regularly sent to the addresses of the above individuals and contain
scores of accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
For instance, the detention and execution of the spies are termed
persecution due to the religious beliefs. It seems that the necessary
measures have not been taken by Iran to counter such baseless
accusations leveled by the Bahais.
Among the measures that should be taken by Iran is to expose the Bahai
spies and their foreign links to non-Persian speaking people. The
exposure of the espionage circles affiliated to Bahaism and presenting
the history of the establishment of this movement and its foreign
connections through publishing pamphlets in international languages
such as English and sending them to research centers and politicians
and researchers in other countries can help to expose this anti-Islamic
movement and foil its plots to tarnish the image of Iran.
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