Romeo Dallaire, expert on genocide, expresses concern for Baha'i community in Iran

New measures against Iranian Bahai's

Baha's World News Service reported that following the recent arrest of dozens of Baha'is in
Iran, the Interior Ministry in Tehran has tasked all provincial governments to collect detailed information on the Baha'i community.

An interior Ministry circular tasked local officials to gather up-to-date statistics on the income, occupation, social activities, addresses, foreign travels and contacts of all Bahai's in their jurisdiction, and to return completed data sheets to the Ministry of Interior.
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Following the recent arrest of dozens of Baha'is in Iran, the Interior Ministry in Tehran has tasked all provincial governments to collect detailed information on the Baha'i community. In a measure reminiscent of Nazi data collection on German Jewish communities, an interior Ministry circular dated Aug. 19, 2006, obtained by the secular opposition group Marzeporgohar, tasks local officials to gather up-to-date statistics on the income, occupation, social activities, addresses, foreign travels and contacts of all Bahai's in their jurisdiction, and to return completed data sheets to Seyyed Mohammad-Reza Mavali-Zadeh, Director General of the Political Bureau, Ministry of Interior, by September 6, 2006.


Romeo Dallaire, expert on genocide, expresses concern for Baha'i community in Iran:
OTTAWA, 29 September 2006 (BWNS) -- Romeo Dallaire, a Canadian senator and retired general who commanded the UN peacekeeping mission to Rwanda at the height of the genocide there, has issued a statement saying that the international community should be prepared to act to protect Iranian Baha'is from possible atrocities.

"In Iran, as in other areas like Darfur where evil is at work, the international community must be ready to act before civilians are harmed," said General