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AMEPBASSY TEHRAN CONFIDENTIAL

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1652
ACTION: SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
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TAGS:
SUBJECT:
I CONFIDENTIAL TEHRAN

PINS, SHUM, IR
13 t; 50

STATUS OF BAHAIS
STATE 296186

AMB 1. BAHAI SITUATION IN IRAN HAS MARGINALLY IMPROVED SINCE

MIN
ECON-2
PM REESTABLISHMENT OF DEGREE OF ORDER BY NEW MILITARY GOVERN-
MENT. THERE REMAINS MAJOR DEGREE OF HOSTILITY AGAINST
SY BAHAIS, PARTICULARLY ON PART OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS OPPOSI-
ADM
DAD TION, WHICH IS LEADING ELEMENT OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO
AFOSI
CRU SHAH AND GOI. GO1 HAD RECOGNIZED THIS PRESSURE AND BAHAIS
ISF ARE STILL BEING DISMISSED FROM GOVERNMENT JOBS. SEVERAL
SHIR
TABR DOCTORS AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS WERE DISMISSED LAST WEEK,
A C C O ~ I N GTO PERSIAN FRIENDS WHO KNOW THE INDI~IDUALS.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO OPEN STREET HOSTILITY TOWARD BAHAI
I SECT BEING MANIFEST AT THE MOMENT. BAHAI TEMPLE HAD
I MILITARY GUARD DURING RECENT DISTURBANCES,BUT AS FAR AS
I WE KNOW THERE WERE NO ATTACKS AGAINST IT IN RECENT MONTHS.

UllFTED .": 2.
-
WE UNDERSTAND BAHAIS ARE LEAVING IRAN, BUT SOME

Stempel
DllFTlNr DATE
11/28/78
TEL.
1112
EIT. COHTENrI A N D CLAISIF8CATtON A P P R O V E D BY
MIN:CWNP$s

CONFIDENTIAL OPTIONAL FORM 1521Hl

1FOrm.rl" FS 413IH))
CLASSIFICATION Janusry 1975
DWf Of St.*
3
 CONFIDENTIAL
Classzlic~lion MRN

PROMINENT ONES DO REMAIN. LOWER MIDDLE CLASS BAHAIS

AND
1
TELL US HARASSMENT FROM MOSLEM NEIGHBORS/- PROSELYTIZING
MULLAHS INCREASED THROUGH OCTOBER BUT HAS EASED OFF SINCE
GENERAL AZHARI BECAME PRIME MINISTER. NO CONNECTION IS
ALLEGED, BUT SOME SAY THAT MOSLEM OPPOSITION IS NOW
FOCUSING ON CONFRONTATION WITH GO1 DURING MOHARRAM
(ADDING THAT IF KHOMEINI "WINS," BAHAI SITUATION IN
IRAN WILL BECOME INTOLERABLE).
3. WE BELIEVE DEPTOFFS COHEN AND PRECHT TOOK RIGHT LINE
ON POTENTIAL FOR POSITIVE USG ACTION. SINCE U.S. IS
SEEN AS SUPPORTING GOI, ANY PUBLIC ACTIONS ARE LIKELY TO
ENRAGE PRECISELY THOSE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO COMMIT
VIOLENCE AGAINST BAHAIS. WE BELIEVE BEST POSSIBILITY
FOR INFLUENCING SITUATION IN POSITIVE DIRECTION IS CONTINUED
D~SCREETDISCUSSION WITH GO1 OFFICIALS ON NECESSITY TO
PROTECT MINORITIES, COUPLED WITH REPEATED REITERATION
TO OUR OPPOSITION CONTACTS THAT PERSECUTION/VIOLENCE
AGAINST BAHAIS DOES THEIR CAUSE LITTLE GOOD. WE BELIEVE
THIS REMAINS BEST POLICY FOR USG SPOKESMEN AT HOME AS
WELL.
4. COlXPLICATING FACTOR IN SITUATION IS FACT THAT SOME
BAHAIS PARTICIPATED IN WHAT ARE SEEN AS EXCESSES AND
CORRUPTION OF PAST FEW YEARS. PERHAPS THE MOST NOTABLE
BAHAI BUSINESSMAN CASE IS PROMINENT INDUSTRIALIST/FINANCIER
HOJABR YAZDANI, WHO HAS BEEN HELD SINCE AUGUST ON CHARGE
L 3
CONFIDENTIAL
Cls..ilicollon
 CONFIDENTIAL
Clssail~calion
P,L~~ /I 6 g0URN

rOF FRAUD AND ILLEGAL USE OF GOVERNMENT LANDS. -

1
WE HOPE
DISTINCTIONS WILL BE MADE BETWEEN THOSE WHO MAY BE
ARRESTED AND TRIED FOR POSSIBLE CORRUPTION OR OTHER
SPECIFICALLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL PERSECUTION
AGAINST SECT. CONCERNING THE SABET FAMILY WE UNDERSTAND
ALL KEY MEMBERS ARE OUTSIDE IRAN: IRAJ IN SWITZERLAND,
HARMOZ IN THE U.S . AND THE FATHER, HABIB, BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND SWITZERLAND.

CONFIDENTIAL
Cla.silication OPTIONAL FORM 162aIM1
I f ormerlv FS4t3lHlal
January as76
D.c.1. of star.

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TAGS: SHCP, I R
SUBJECT: PAHAI COMPUNITY SITUATION
REF: ( A ) STATE 158779, ( B ) TERRAN 6421, ( C ) TEHRAN 6500

2. EPBOFFS HAVE OBTAINED INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION O F

BASIC POINTS I N INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY
REVEREND PRYOR AS REPORTED IN REFTELS. VERIFICATION COMES
FROM FSN SOURCE WHO I S CONSIDERED KNOWLEDGEABLE AND
..- - .. . -- . .
RET.IABLE.
- SOURCE
-. I S WORKING ON S E T T I N G UP MEETING
BETWEEN EMBOFFS AND BAEAI LEADERS.
3. I N KOST RECENT DISCUSSION WITH PRIOR ON JUNE 28. RE
S A I D THAT CURRENT SITUATION O F EABAI COMMUNITY SHOULD
PERHAPS BE MORE APPROPFfIATELY ERARACTERIZED $5 ONE O F
HARASSMENT AND CISCRIMINATION RATHER THAN PERSECUTION."
BE T H I S AS I T MAY, I T I S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TBAT TRE BARAI
LEADERS ARE EXTREPELY WORRIED AND S E T THEMSELVES FACING
TRE WORST C R I S I S IN THE HISTORY OF BARAISM. EVERY DAY
BRINGS ACDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF BARASSMENT.
4. - - - RARLT
TBP - -- -.-- - LEADERS
- -.- -.. ARE S T I L I HOPING THAT VIOLENCE CAN
Bi AVOIDEC I N S B I R A Z ON J U L Y 10. TRET H A V E ASKED TO SEE
PM BAZARGAN REGARDING T H I S . MEANWHILE :BET DO NOT WISH
TO PUBLICLY EXACERBATE THE ALRSADY TENS& SITUATION. TREY
RAVE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TEAT TEE USC NOT TAKE ANY
ACTION AT T B I S TIME BECAUSE O F THE P O L I T I C A L SITUATION

5. THE BAB.41 LEADERS DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION

AND DOCUMENTATION I S SAFELY IN PLACE OUTSICE IRAN S O TpAT
THET CAN GO P U B L I C WITH TBEIR STORY WHEN AND I F NEEDED.
TREY HAVE ASKED PRYOR TO GO TO GENEVA AND ZURICH. AND A&
WILL DO SO ASOUND JYLY 7. PRYOR WILL REPORT TO THE WORLD
COUNCIL OF CBURCHSS BUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION I N SENEVA AND
LEhVE DOCUMENTATION I N SAFE HANDS I N SWITZERLAND. HE I S
AFRAID, HOWEVER. TSAT THE SITUATION COULD BEGONE SUBSTAN-
TIALLY WORSE BEFORE THEN.
6. PRYOR PROVIDED TBE TOLLOWING INFORMkTION (WHICH WE HAVE
NOT YET BAD TIME TO VERIFY FROP OTHER SOORCES) ON JUNE 28:
OF THE ROUGHLY 400 000 BAHAIS IN ISAN. ABOUT 75.000 ARE IN
T E H R A N . T H E MASTE; MEMBERSRIP LIST FOR TEHRAN WAS STOLEN
ABOUT S I X WEEKS \GO. TEE EARAIS BELIEVE I T I S IN ISLAMIC
FANDS. BECAUSE A NUMBER OF BAPAIS RAVE BEEN RECEIVING
.
i SECRET TEHRAN 6?55/1
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IT1'TFRS IN T H E ~ RLAMS AT THEIB POMT AEDRESS FFOM T s E
, I S l & M I C PBOPASAMDA OSGANIZATIOV IN 2OM STROYSLY \%.GINS
T l l l M TO CONVERT TO ISLAM. SPTRITVAL ASSTMBLY MPETIN>S
HhYE EEEN BROTEN UP, AND F I L E S EAVE BEEY DESTROYED.
/ bHFHFAS R 3 L I S I O U S MEETINGS NOXPALLY WF93 AmTENDEC PY 2 8 0
PT*BERS, TEEY 4RE NOW LIMITED TO 1 0 - 1 5 PEOPLE SO AS TO
AIOID HARASSVENT.
7. TO DATE, THE PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS OF THE TOP 2 7 SAHAI
LEADERS WHO MAKE UP TH3 NRTIONAL COCNCIL HAVE EEEN FROZFN
LEUT NOT PET CONFISCATED). TWO 0 3 TRESS LEADERS EAVE EESN
I DENIED E X I T PERMITS. OTBERS H4VE NOT 4TTEMPTFD TO OBT4IN
ONE. IN ADDITION TO I R E V I O U S L I SIXPORTID CONFISCATIOVS O F
HAHAI COMMUNITY ASSETS, FOUR OP THE M4IN F I V E ADMINISTRA-
1 TIVE BUILDINGS OF THE COMMUNITI EAVE REIN CONFISCATFD.
THESE BUILDINGS ARE VALUED AT EETWEEY $?fl-IQ@ MILLION.
THE NUWBER OF C I V I L SERVANTS DISMISSED FROq THEIR JOBS
SINCE EARLY DECEMBER ON T 3 E S P E C I F I C GROUND T 9 4 T TPFY WFPE
R A H A I IS ABOUT 3 0 , A C C O R D I Y G TO I N F O R M A T I O N I D O C U M S Y T F D )
PROVIEED TO FRYOR.
f.. TAE BAHAI LEADERS DO NOT BAVE ANY FSAL IFEA OF HOW YANP
PAHAIS BAVE LEYT IRAN. BUT ARB I'NDER THE I ~ P R S S S I O N TFAT
THE EXODUS EAS NOT SO FAP BFSY S I J N I F I C A N T . TH9 LEPDSFS
ARE URGING TEEIR MEMBERS TO STAY IN IRAR.
Q. UP TO NOW THE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED PRIMARILY
A;AINST THE COMMUNITY AS AN ENTITY. RATQYR THAN ASAINST
IYJIVIDUAL BAHAIS--EXCEPT FOP THE FROZEN EANr ACCOIJNTS-O?
THE LEADERS, DISMISSAL OF C I V I L SERYLNTS, hTTEMPTS TO
PRESSURE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO CONVERT, AND THE HARASSMENT
O F R E L I S I O U S MEETINGS. THE EAHAI LEAITRS ARE FEARFUL TYAT
THE SITUATION FOR 1NDIVII)ULLS WILL CHAN9E FOR THE WORSE
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10. NO BAHAJS HAVE BEEN KILLED I N THE POST-REVOLUTION ERA '
A N D N O N E O F THE MORE T H A N T H R E E P U N D R E D PEOPLE W B O - R A V E -
H ~ E NEXECUTED WERE BABAIS ( I T I S A G A I N S T B A B A I RULES FOR
MEMBERS TO BE ACTIVE ... - - -- -
I .U. -F -O T T-T-I P S ) . ROFEFUILY THE SAME CAY
S T I L L BE S A ~ UAFTER JULY 10. EJ A H ~ I S MST4RTED IN SXIRAZ IN
1 8 4 4 WITB BAHAULLAH P R O C L A I M I N GHIMSELF AS THE MISSING
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I INCREASE I N NUMBER O F I R A N I A N NON-IMMIGRANT V I S A A P P L I C A N T S
A P P E A R I N G I N OUR CONSLLAR S E C T I O N . NUMBER O F A P P L I C A N T S NOW
AVERAGES FOUR PER WEEK A S CONTRASTED T O ONE EVERY TWO W E E K S
PREVIOUSLY. S I X A P P L I C A N T S CALLED ON CONSUL ON 9/ 10.
2. A P P L I C A U T S USUALLY H A M BEEN MALE S T U D E N T S I N EARLY
28*SI BUT T H E Y N W INCLUDE B U S I N E S S M E N AND F A M I L I E S . THE
I R A N I A N S E X P L A I N THAT S I N C E U.S. V I S A F A C I L I T I E S I N TEHRAN
ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, S R I LANKA IS A CONVENIENT PORT O F
CALL FOR THEM. A P P L I C A N T S SHOW EXTREME T E N S I O N AND ANXIETY.
3. T H U S FAR DOCUMENTATION A P P E A R S T O B E I N ORDER AND CONSUL
IS I S S U I N G M A J O R I T Y O F V I S A S . APPLICANTS DISPLAYING
GREATEST T E N S I O N CLAIM T O B E MEMBERS O F BAHAI AND
ZOROASTRIAN M I N O R I T Y G R O U P S AND S T A T E T H E Y CANNOT
RETLRN T O I R A N BECAUSE O F PERSECUTION.
4. EMBASSY W I L L KEEP DEPARTMENT INFORMED O F DEVELOPMENTS.
ANY GUIDANCE AND I N D I C A T I O N S O F I R A N I A N A P P L I C A N T T R E N D S
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1 :SUBJECT: RUMORS OF ATTACKS ON BAHAIS IN SHIRAZ
1 REF: FEERAN 10001
!I. (C - ENTIRX TEXT)
'2. MR. GLENN MITCBEL OP THE BAHA'I HIGH - - - ..- - - -
ASSEMBLY
- - - --
T .N. TRF
:US (PROTECT), WHOM W E HAVE BEEN I N - C O N T A C T WITH BEFORE.
CALLED NEA/IRN SEPTEMBER 1 3 TO SAT THAT DESPITE REUTERS
- STORY DENTING DESTRUCTION OF THE BIB'S
SBIRAZ. TAE BAHA'IS
SHRINE I N
BAD INCONTROVERTIBbR PnnnP n l T l

3. ACCORDING TO YITCHELL WRECKING CREWS HAVE BEEN AT

WORK OVER TEE PAST S E V E R A ~DAYS IN RAZING THE BUILDING
AND ARE PROBABLY STILL DOING SO. YE KNOW THAT THE SHRINE
4 IS NOT EASY TO LOCATE, BUT MOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR
ONE OF THE StIIHAZ CONSULATE NATIONALS TO TRY TO CHECK
ON THE STATE 3F THE SHRINE?
4. MITCHELL ALSO CLAIMED THAT THERE AAS BEEN A GOVERNMENT
LNNOUNCEMENT RECENTLY GIVING THE NAMES OF THIRTY BAHA'IS
WKOAREPROSCRIBED PROM LEAVINP IRAN AND IITE WEOM NO ONE
IS ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY DEALINGS. ACCORDING TO MITCEELL.
THE GOVERNMENT, OR PEOPLE CLOSE TO GOVERNING RELIGIOUS
CIRCLES. ARE I N TEE PROCESS OF FABRICATING EVIDENCE
REGARDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, BUSINESS CHEATING CORRUPTION,
AND INVOLVEMENT WITA THE PREVIOUS REGIME OP BA~A'IS SO
TPAT THEY CAN T!EN BE TRIED BY REVOLUTIONARY COURTS ON
TBESE GROUNDS RtTHER THAN FOR BEING BAEA'I.
5 . ANY INFORMATION TFAT EMBASSY CAN DEVELOP ON SITUATION
or BAHA'IS WILL BE APPBECIATED. VANCE
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MAT WELL R E S U L T I N C O N G R E S S I O N A L A C T I O N
I N FORM
01 Y F S O L U T I O N S AND I N DEMANDS T H A T E M B A S S Y OR S T A T E
?ACE S O M E A C T I O N ON B E H A L F O F BAHA'I COMMUNITY.
J . 0 1 T H E MAJOR R E L I G I O U S M I N O R I T I E S I N I R A N , T H E
B A H A ' I S , A S DEPARTMENT KNOWS, A R E T H E ONLY G R O U P NOT
I I C O C N I Z E D OR G I V E N SOME FORM O F O F F I C I A L S A N C T I O N B Y
1'001. B A H A ' I S A S Y A Z D I HAS T O L D CHARGE A R E C O N S I D E H E C
A P O L I T I C A L G R O U P I N G . M A J O R I T Y S H I I T E COMMUNITT I N
I H A h R E G A R D S B A H A ' I S A S H E R I T I C S WHO A R E O P E N L Y D E S P I S E D .

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(3OYEWAERE BETWEEN A S N A K E AND A COCKROACH I S T H E
USUAL D E S C R I P T I O N ) . B A H A ' I S F A V O R E D P O S I T I O N UNDER T H E
f P A U MEANS T H A T MANY A R E S U S P E C T BY T H E P G O I AS WELL
I O R C O R R U P T I O N OR OTHER A N T I - R E V O L U T f O N A R Y A C T I V I T I E S .

'4. BAHA'I COMMUNITY I N I R A N I S P E R S E C U T E D T O E X T E N T

T h A T T H E I R B U I L D I N 3 S HAVE B E E N S E I Z E D , T H E Y ARE F E A R F U L
0 1 M E E T I N G O P E N L Y AND S O M E RAVE P R O B A B L Y L O S T J O B S O R
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE O F T H E I R RELIGION. SOYE
N A V E A L S O B E E N J A I L E D , P R O B A B L Y MORE B E C A U S E O F T H E I R
VAST CONNECTIONS T O THE R E G I M E TEAN T H E I R R E L I G I O N .
r l dAY6, HOWEVER, HAD N3 R E P O R T S O F BAHA'I BEIY: K I L L E D
I E C F N T L Y . ALTHOUGH I F T H E R E WAS A MOB ATTACK I N S H I R A Z ,
1 l ' I C H WE T E N D T O DOUBT , WE WOULD NOT D I S C O U N T T H I S
POSSIBILITY.
I AT 'IFMBERS O F J R W I S H COMMUNITY H E R E D E F I N I T E L Y F E E L
I N T E R N A T I O N A L P R E S S U R E ON P:OI BAS H E L P E D T O PROTECT
1
, I l A N I A N J E W I S H COMMUNITY. UE WONDER. HOWEVER, WHAT T A E
l l r E C T W I L L 3E CF S I N I I A R P R E S S 7 R E ON T H E P A R T O F T Y E
IAIIA'IS.

I:;:aC. YOULC h P P K E C I A T E D E P A R T M E N T C H E C S I N : W I T H L E A D E R S OF
COMMUNITY IN US T O S E E T H d T T H E I R A C T I O N S A R E B E I N G
C OUT AT h R Q U E S T O F OR W I T H C O N S E N T OF L E A D E R S O F

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$2. EMBOFF TALIED WITH NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR AUGUST 2e
YRE B A H A ' I S . AYBASSACOR HAD T A L K E C W I T H A MEMBER OF
:BAHA'I LEADERSHIP C O U N C I L GHADDEYI ( P E O N ) T W O DAYS A&O .
i C H A D D E M I S A I C B A B A ' I S Y E R E NOT C E R T A I N WBO WAS R E S P O N S I S L E
FOR D E S T R U C T I O N O F BAB'S H O U S E . L O C A L MULLLAA !N/AilOUT
Z S E P T 6 DEMANDED FROM B A H A r I S I N S H I R A Z AND WAS v I V E N
UKEYS S O HE COULD PROTECT HOUSE. O N SEPT a A C C O R D I N G
:TO G H A D D E Y I , C R O U P O F ABOUT 100 Y E N , S O N E ARMED,
A T T A C Z E D H O U S E W I T H HAMMERS 4ND S P E N T A L L DAY S I S T E V A T I -
CALLY CEMOLISHING I T .
3. GHADDEMI A L S O T O L D AMBASSADOR H E D I D NOT T H I N 1
BAHA'IS I N LARGE C I T I E S YERE I N L N Y CANGEQ OF LIFE.
SECURITY SITUATION I N RURAL TOWNS FOR BAHA'IS ,VAS,
HOWEVER, R I S L Y . NO B A H A ' I S HAVE B E E N K I L L E C R E C E N T L Y ;
BAHA'I P R O P E R T Y AND C O Y P A N I B S HAVE B E E N C O N B I S C A T E E
AND S O P E B A H A ' I S HAVE B E E N J A I L E D ON WiiAT 3 E A D D E M I C A L L E D
TRUMPED UP CHARGES. ABOUT 100 B L H A ' I S H A V E BEEN E I S Y I S S E D
FROM S O V E R N M E N T S E R V I C E .
4. OHADDEMI A P P A R E N T L Y A G R E E D W I T E AMBASSADOR T H A T
NEW ZEALAND E M B A S S Y I N T E R V E N T I O N I N TEHRAN M I 2 H T NOT
B E H E L P F U L BUT W4S O E F I N I T E L Y I N T E R E S T E O I N S T I R R I N G
UP INTERNATIONAL INTEREST I N BAHA'IS. SHADDEMI S A I D
B A H A ' I S HAVE S E N T MANY L E T T P R S T O P R I M E M I N I S T P R
BAZARGAN B U T T H E Y HAD BEEN I G N O R E D . LAINGEN
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OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
CONFIDENTIAL
Ms. Ann Swift
Political Officer
American Embassy
Tehran, Iran
Dear Ann :
Thanks -- as I leave for NYC meeting --
for
your letter of September 23. You all have done good
work on the Baha'i question and it has enabled us to
satisfy our many callers from the Hill and within the
American Baha'i community. It is strange that the
press has paid virtually no attention and the Con-
gressional interest has seemed perfunctory --
compared
to past experiences.
All of us here and others around the town are
deeply appreciative for the fine work POL is producing.
It has been a long time since Embassy Tehran had such
a competent political section. (Stop preening and
start sending us memcons.)
Tell your Farsi colleagues on the front lines
we stand behind them.
Sihcerely,

Henry Precht

CONFIDENTIAL
GDS 10/3/85
 D E P A R T M E N T OF STATE
Warhmnpton. D.C. 20520

OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
CONFIDENTIAL
October 11, 1979

Ms. Ann Swift

Political Officer
American Embassy
Tehran
Dear Ann:
Henry has already answered your letter on the
Baha'is, but I want to follow-up on it with a few
lines. First of all let me echo Henry's praise
for current reporting by the political section.
I hope that you, too, will soon have a chance to
do some traveling in Iran and that the section as
a whole will take every opportunity that presents
itself for taking the political pulse of the pro-
vinces.
1 On the Baha'is, I am sending along copies of
some documents that we have received from the Baha'i
National Assembly here. The paper put out in Switzer-
land is in fact one prepared by Reverend Bob Pryor.
He carried it to Switzerland in July after discussions
with Victor and me about the subject. His role should,
of course, be kept quiet.
I note in the New Zealand Ambassador's cable that
you sent us a copy of,that Ghadimi had fully accepted
the suggestion of the New Zealand and British Ambassadors
that a coordinated and well publicized campaign of pro-
test'from Baha'i communities around the world could be
useful. While I do not believe that we should get into
the business of suggesting to Ghadimi what to do, we
should continue to make sure that we are fully informed
about the views and plans of the Baha'is in Iran.
Therefore, we would urge you and Victor to keep in
touch with Ghadimi.

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As a f i n a l p o i n t , l e t me a l e r t you t h a t y e s t e r d a y
t h e Head of t h e Assyrian Church had a meeting w i t h t h e
Vice P r e s i d e n t . We do n o t have a r e p o r t y e t on what
transpired, but it would n o t s u r p r i s e me i f you were
asked t o r e p o r t on t h e Assyrian s i t u a t i o n .

With t h e v e r y b e s t of r e g a r d s t o a l l o f you,

Sincerely,

LJ-
C a r l Clement
Deputy D i r e c t o r
O f f i c e of I r a n i a n A f f a i r s

Enclosure.

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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATIOE
1 PARTICIPANTS: Iraj Farnoush, Recruiter, Iran Electronics
Industries
Sandra L. Mendyk, Vice Consul, Shiraz
DATE 6 PLACE: November 2, 1978, Shiraz
SIIBJECT: Religious Intolerance in Iran
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OR Amconsul SHIRAZ 3
USIS Amconsul ISFAHAN
CONS Amconsul TABRIZ

Mr. Farnoush is one of several members of Shiraz's Jewish

community who have recently inquired about immigration to
the United States at the Consulate in Shiraz. After nine
years of study in the United States, Mr. Farnoush returned
to Iran to accept what he terms a very good job at Iran
Electronics Industries. When asked why he wishes to leave
Iran, he replied that as a member of a religious minority
the future here looks grim. He asked if there weren't
some provision of United States immigration law which
permitted members of persecuted religious groups to obtain
immigrant visas more easily than the average applicant.
ile stated Shiraz's Jewish population of approximately
10,000 is extremely nervous about recent manifestations of
relqious intolerance in Iran by Moslem fundamentalists,
a group he described as volatile and unpredictable. Es-
pecially concerned are older Jews who still remember the
holocaust of the World War I1 period.
Mr. Farnoush noted that though religious discrimination
1s less overt in Shiraz than in certain other cities in
Iran, it still exists. For example, his sister, a nurse
at Nemazi Hospital in Shiraz, has learned that a petition
is being circulated by Moslem fundamentalists demanding
Jewlsh and Bahai employees of the hospital be fired.

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Ile said some Jews here are talking of emigration to Israel,
while others are looking to the United States as a safe-
haven. He stated a substantial group, however, hasn't this
option because of binding ties in Iran. Those, for example,
whose wealth is tied up in land have found no buyers for
their properties. For them there appears no alternative
but to ride out Iran's pfesent social and political crises
and hope for the best.

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TPAT YCST OF T 9 E JEWS 'AHO VANACE T C ' L E A V E ARE I'IICLE-CIASS
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IWAT EbBASSY WAS REPORTING FREQUENTLY. WE GAVE THEM A

VE pRONISED TO RAISE WITH THE ElrlBASSY TWO S T E P S THAT I T

OUT CONSIDER I N ISSUANCE OF VISAS. F I R S T , WE AGREED
tWAT UNLESS EM3ASSY OBJECTED 1 - 2 0 FORMS COULD BE SENT TO
IWt CONSULATE DIRECTLY TO CONGEN GOELZ OR VIA NEA/IRN,
QOWsULATE WOULD MAINTAIN THESE PAPERS ON F I L E UNTIL A P P L I -
@ANTS CALLED. SECONDLY, WE S A I D WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT
LIUASSY CONSIDER NOTATIONS I T MADE ON VISAS WHICH 11: EFFECT
MECLUDE V I S I T O R S FROM CHANGING THEIR STATUS (FOR EXAMPLE,
J I Y l S H STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE A 0 - 2 VISA WITH A NOTATION THAT
l l A I U S CANNOT BE CHANGED F I N D I T D I F F I C U L T TO CONTINUE T H E I R
IoUOICS HERE AND AT THE SAKE TIME F I N D I T I M P O S S I B L E TO
a c r u r t r r TO I R A N ) . WE ARE REPORTING THIS CONVERSATION

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IN ADDITION, WE ARE WORKING WITH I N S WITH A VIEW TO
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O S l A S G. GOREN, H A S C A L L E D A S S I S T A N T S E C R E T A R Y D E R I A N ABOUT
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D I S C L O S E NAME O F T H E T E H R A N J E W WHO HAD R E P O R T E D T H E MANY
A R R E S T S S I N C E ELGHANIAN EXECUTION. GOREN D I D S A Y HE
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SOURCE AND I T WOULD B E U S E F U L I F L A T T E R COULD CONTACT
SOMEONE I N EMBASSY. D E P O F F GAVE NAME O F J O H N S T E M P E L .
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SOURCE O F T H E S E R E P O R T S , A P P R E C I A T E I M M E D I A T E R E P O R T ON
J E W I S H COMMUNITY D E V E L O P M E N T S F O L L O W I N G E L G H A N I A N EXECU-
TION. FOLLOWING I S L I S T O F J E W S S A I D T O B E I N DETENTIOJ:
-- K H A L I L - BUSINESSMAN
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NAHAI
--MEMBER
MORAD DANIEL-POUR - NEPHEW O F L O T F A L L A H HAY, EX-MAJLIS

-- MR. COHEN - C O N S T R U C T I O N B U S I N E S S I N P A R T N E R S H I P W I T H
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SUBJECT: I R A N I A N J E W S AND E C O N O M I C M A T T E R S
1. (C - ENTIRE TEXT.)
2. SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING I N ~ O R M A T I O N WAS DERIVED r R o M
C O N V E R S A T I O N S BETWEEN E M B O F F S S K U D AND R I C H A R D S O N AND A
?NUMBER O F J E Y I S H (AND I N O N E I N S T A N C E AN A R M E N I A N ) B U S I N E S S -
InEN. T H E S E C O N V E R S A T I O N S R E F L E C T T H E C O N T I N U I N G CONCERN O F
$ I R A N I A N J E W S AND A L S O P R O V I D E I N S I G H T S T O C E R T A I N X C O N O f l I C
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i3. O N E J E W I S H C A R P E T MERCHANT S K U D T A L K E D T O J U N E 29 COM-
P L A I N E D ABOUT l'HE S I T U A T I O N A S I T A F F E C T S E I S COMMUNITY AND
:MADE A FEW R U D E REMARKS ABOUT K H O M E I N I . H E WANTED T O KNOW
~YHEN TEE EMBASSY'S VISA SECTION WOULD REOPEN. #EEN HE WAS
~ T O L CTHAT I T WOULD BE AWHILE YET, HE ASKED I F H E C O U L D
:APPLY FOR A V I S A I N EUROPE AND WHAT HIS CHANCES WOULD BE
" O G E T T I N G ONE I F H E D I D .

4. ANOTHER J E W I S E C A R P E T MERCHANT T O L D S K U D T O HURRY BACK

NEXT WEEC I F H E WAS S E R I O U S ABOUT B U Y I N G S O M E T E I N G B E C A U S E
H E WOULC B E L E A V I N G F O R C A L I F O R N I A W I T H I N TWO WEEKS. BE
ALSO S A I D T H A T , W H I L L P R I C E S F O R T R I B A L C A R P Z T S YERE
D E C L I N I N G , T H E P R I C E S F O R T H E F I N E R S I L X C A R P E T S HAD
I N C R E A S E D S H A R P L Y . T H E A P P A R E N T R E A S O N F O R T H I S WAS T H A T
TEX C A R P E T S COULD S E U S E D A S A MZANS O F E X P A T R I A T I N G
C A P I T A L I N CONTRAVENTION O F R E S T R I C T I V E F O R E I G N EXCHANGE
CONTROLS.
5. S K U D A L S O T A L K E D T O A J E W I S H MONEY CHANGER. THE BUYING
RATE FOR DOLLARS THAT D a y HAD REACHED A NEW H I G H OF 120
RIALS. T H E MONEY C H A N S E R S A I D T E A T H E B A D A DAUGHTER I N
I S R A E L ANT TWO SCHOOL-LGED S O N S I N ALAYENDA. C A L I F O B N I h .
H E BAD J U S T R E T U R N E D P R O M A N E A R L Y M O R N I N J V I S I T T O , , T H E
T E L E P H O N E O F F I C E T O C A L L H I S DA'JGHTER. H E S A I D I T L A S NO
LONGER P O S S I S L E T O C A L L I S R A E L FROM P R I V A T E P H O N E S . BE
HAD E N C O U N T E R E D NO D I F F I C U L T I E S A T T H E T E L E P H O N E O F F I C E .
B U T HAD B E E N R E V J E S T E D T O S P E A I I N P A R S I - N O T ENGLISH OR
AEBBEW ( P R E S U M L B L Y T O HAKE T H P WOBg O F I S L A Y I C E A V E S -
DROPPERS E A S I E R ) .
6. T H E MONEY C H A N 3 P R P R O U D L Y D I S P L A Y E D A C O P Y O F AN
ALAKEDA PAPER F E A T U R I N G A F R O N T P A G E S T O R Y ABOUT H I S TWO
soas, ACES 13 ~ N D17 WHO WERE 'SEEKING REFUGE F r t o n A
TROD E D I R A N . A S SOON A S H E CAN S E T T L E H I S A F F A I R S I N
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7. DURING THE c c u R s e OF SYUD'S CONVERSATION WITH THE
MONEY CHANGER, AN ARMENIAN ACQUAINTANCE CONNECTED WITH
THE BANK OF IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST DROPPED IN TO SAY
EELLO. DISCUSSION TURNED TO THE SKYROCKETING VALUE OF
THE DOLLAR. THE A R M E N I A N ' S WIFE (RESIDENT I N THE u.s.)
BAD ASKED kiIM TO WITHDRAW HER RIAL DEPOSITS, BUT EXCHANZE
RESTRICTIONS ANC THE HIGH FREE MARKET RATE HAD SO FAR PRE-
VENTED RIM FROM CONVERTING HER BIALS TO DOLLARS.
8 . BE SAID TEE BANKS HAD BEEN DELUGED BY PEOPLE SEEKING
TO BUY FOREIGN CURRENCY. REGULATIONS LIMITED SLLES FOR
NON-COflMERCIAL PURPOSES TO $ 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 , AND ONLY PERSONS
HOLCING VALIC PASSPORTS, EXIT STAMPS AND AIRLINE TICKETS
WERE ELIGIBLG TO BUY. NOT ALL PURCHASERS WERE BONA F I D E
TRAVEIERS, EOWIVER. THE DIFFERENCE I N THE OFFICIAL SELLING
PRATE ( 7 0 . 6 1 BIALS) AND THE FREE MARYET BUYINS RATE (120
;RIALS) ENCOURAGED BRIBES TO BANI EUPLOTEES TO NEGLECT TO
LSTANP PASSPORTS OF EXCHANGE PURCHASERS, THUS ENABLING T H M
'TO WORK TEE SCAM AGAIN. TBE BANK O F P I C I A L SAID THAT THE
BPOSSIBILITT OF CLOSING THE FREE MARKET DOWN HAD BEEN DIS-
5 ~ U S S E D (RUMORS TO THIS EFFECT SUBSEOUENTLT DROVE TEE PRICE
:OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ON THB FREE M A R ~ E TDOWN SOPIEVEAT), BUT
SICCED THAT NO ACTION HAD YET BEEN TAKEN. THE MO!EY CHANGER
ZOPINED TEAT THE PGOI WAS ALLOWING TEE RACKET TO -0 ON TO
b -
&KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
3. THE BANK OFFICIAL BRIZFLY DISCUSSED THE RECENT BANK
ZNATIONALIZATION. BE SAID THERE SHOULD NO LONGER BE ANY
REAL COMPETITION AND THE ATTITUDE TOWARD CUSTOMERS WOULD
CONSEQUENTLY CHANGE. I N THE PAST, BE SAID, BANK EMPLOYEES
BAD BEEN POLITE TO TEE PUBLIC AND THE BANKS OFFERED
?. - COMPETITIVE TERMS TO ATTRACT BUSINESS.
THIS TO CONTINUE TO BE TEE CASE.
HE DID NOT EXPECT
1 0 . A JEWISH ACQUAINTANCEOF RICHARDSON'S. A MEMBER OF THE
XOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CARPET EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION
- (PROTECT), RECENTLY TOLD KIM THAT UEMBERSEIP CURRENTLY
CONSISTEDOF FIVE JEWS, O N E ARMENIAN AND 19 n u s L I n s . THESE
PEOPLE HAD BEEN ELECTED BY TBE MEMBERSHIP AT THE LAST

GENERAL ELECTION (WHICH I S HELD ONCS EVERY THXEE YEARS).

NOT LONG AGO. HOJEVEH. A PFTITION YAS SUBNITTEP TO :HE
CEANBER OF COMMERCE COVPLAINING THAT WHEREAS ONE J E d I S
SUFFICIENT FOR PARLIhMENT THERT ARE F I V E ON TEE EXPORTERS
BOARD. AS A RESCLT. NEW LLECTIONS ARE TO BE CALLED, A N D
RICPARDSON'S CONTACT EXPECTS J E J I S H REPRESENTATION TO FALL
TO A SINGLE MEMBER. LAINGEN
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SUBJECT: NIV APPLICATIeNS IN'*?OST-CLISIS" IRAN
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:REF: TEERAN 9M3, STATE 35557
1. (C - ENTIRE T U T )
;2. DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES EMBASSY'S CANDII VIEWS ON
"SITUATION IN IRAN. DEPARTHENT CANNOT AGREE, EOWEIER,
UITH EMBASSY SUGGESTION THAT POLICY ENUNCIATED IN STATE
ot, 35557 BE RBSCINDPD IMMEDIATPLY. TEAT POLICY WAS CARE-
FULLY FORMULATPD AND BASED ON PRECEDENTS SET BY POLICIES
APPLIED I N REGARD TO APPLICANTS rnon OTHBR TROUBLED AREAS,
SUCH AS LEBANON. AS THE EMBASSY I S AWAm. THE POLICY
N BAS BEEN REVIEWED AND REAO1IRMED SEVERAL TIMES. WE PLAN
TO REVIEW TEE POLICY AGAIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE
r EMBASSY'S VIEWS INTO ACCOUNT.
5. I T SHOULD BE KEPT I N HIND THAT THE UNDPRLYING IIASIS
FOR THE POLICY HAS RELEVANCE NOT ONLY TO BONA'1IDES OP
VISA APPLICANTS BUT ALSO TO THB STATUS 0 1 IRANIANS
ALREADY I N THE ~ N I T E DSTATES. AT TTB DDPARTMENT~S
RPQUEST, CURRENT INS INSTRUCTIONS CALL FOR BLANKET
EXTENSIONS 0 1 IRANIAN STAYS IN TEE U.S. UNTIL JUNE 1,
1988. TEE NEXT POLICY EXVIEW WILL CONSIDER WHAT PARALLEL
ADJUSTMENTS SEBULD BE MADE IN STATE AND INS POLICIES.
IN TUB CASE 0 1 MINORITY OROUP MEMBERS, THE DEPARTMPNT'S
POSITION I S THAT A DEIINITIVE TRACK RECORD CONCPRNING
THEIR TREATMENT HAS NOT BEPN BSTABLISHPD YET.
4. DEPARTMENT REMAINS CONVINCED TEAT CONDITIONS IN IRAN
ARE 0 1 SWCE A NATURE AS TO JUSTIFY T I E CONTINUATION OF
THE CURRENT NIV POLICY 1 0 THE~ t I n P BEING. THIS IS
CERTAINLY TEE PERCIIPTION 0 1 TEE PUBLIC IN THE U.S.,
ON MEDIA REPORTS OF CAPRICIOUS JUSTICE AND
Y EXECUTIONS. WHILE WHAT PASSES POR PUBLIC ORDER
AND SECURITY AND A SYSTW 01 JUSTICE IN THE IRAN OF
TODAY HAY HAVE COMP TO SEPH AS NORMAL n 0 M EMBASSY'S
VANTAGB POINT. WE wautr a o r p TEAT THIS IS NIT THX CASE
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1. SUMMARY: CONSULAR O F F I C E R WAS A P P R O A C H E D S E P I0
B Y REPRESENTATIVE O F J E W I S H IRANIAN COMNUNITY I N MILAN
WHO A S K E D I F S P E C I A L I N S T R U C T I O N S H A V E B E E N G I V E N T O
FOREIGN S E R V I C E P O S T S REGARDING HANDLING O F I R A N I A N
N I V A P P L I C A T I O N S O F J E W I S H AND O T H E R M I N O R I T I E S .
E N D SUIIMARY.
2. O N S E P 10, M A N O U T C H E H R K A S H A N I A N , L E A D E R O F
MILAN'S LARGE I R A N I A N JEWISH COLONY, V I S I T E D CONSULATE
G E N E R A L T O I N Q U I R E I F WE HAD R E C E I V E D S P E C I A L
I N S T R U C T I O N S FROM D E P T R E G A R D I N G N I V A P P L I C A -
T I O N S FOR I R A N I A N M I N O R I T I E S , E S P E C I A L L Y F O R
STUDENTS. REFERRING T O THE WORSENING P O L I T I C A L
S I T U A T I O N I N I R A N , K A S H A N I A N S A I D H E HAD J U S T S P O K E N T O T H E
H E A D R A B B I I N T E H R A N , Y E D I D I A , WHO T O L D H I M T H A T
IRANIAN MINORITY A P P L I C A N T S S E E K I N G ENTRANCE T O
T H E U S WOULD B E G I V E N " S P E C I A L TREATMENT" U N T I L
J U N E 1980, W H E N T H E Y A P P L Y A T U S E M B A S S I E S AND
C O N S U A T E S FOR V I S A S .
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