In the name of Allah the most

2ompassionate and Merciful

a. i<egcr:in\; Gf l i c e r pb ta iord tiie 3 i x : v ~ in?o:u!alion f rods a !: c?niur l.. .c. . ~azi :il.ilitdry u f f i c c l who ?,CIS ptrao~ti t l k n ~ ) : , l ~ d ~ r c o r SIIC?! .:_r~i(,il%,~.t ion. 1 L rt.atliri he noted that sourac ?,in ,512 i s a r;,brd Cu Llurel' oT L~nci:~i!i ; l i r I . :. -!lions a s ro t h e d ~ y r ? c of .i:ill~e:ic!e :lali:..is,s exczL: on 1..'11 :>oliil; h : . op' :;bou::l be cs::.i;.:6red w:t.!k th i s r>-.:.k8ro~ir.d i n '.:int?. . '

.. , s. .. , ,.,- rri:.iyion or Bah,,it:m i n T..m cti~.;.int.+:s t o i ; r c r s ~ e ~ ~ ~~.:r,a!l:;cally 1" ;I..! t..:.;-t..i I i l , tc: t~ .a o C +lie p o l l cy l e v e l . of t ~ r , . Covcrru:rnf of Irci81 iCi>l 1 . i >...i~;...r.ih:.lt,,..r. t:.e I ; . ,~l~lr *.act. i x l ~ I u d 0 ~ ~ . ;IIC~ i,e:L.onageLi .A:; LTL; I\b.lo'! :: u.l.!r.

i 1.YA ' i : :.!... p.%:::i."al p h y :i.ian t o t h e Shah o f 1 ran; LTG Vi.:r~y:ii>ua WAtl (;. . I ir.,d:; ;*.- 1ranii.n lu~bissador t o Sp.ti,l; l i , e Shah's :sc.','s sr!nio;' t u t a r

L C , .... .) :>.:i:;Li::~!li; t(d1i.l.s.t. anii d &k!rsoilbl- f r i c n d dnd nn6oci.2t.a of: LTC j .:.'.?L: ui ii:a,i: one int:urial 1r.aniun A r n d Forces ( I I A l ' ) Diviv.io~l Cunt.i;axInr; t ; s n ~ ~ ? . . ! ! 11:::' ij.::;i:il:~sl fr01.t mid and lower levc , l t o r;r:nic,r !;taPE and l i > t i ;

.:, :<!. >..x:; 1 i ! l:.c crr:rc,:. ,jfr!et.h o t nahai.ae appzar., t o be a L t r i b ~ L e d t~ t h e

l : . r l 9 ; t . ~ u I.! Ian: AkiiDZ v;ith t h e Shah, who app.>rcnlly h l s given Cauit :j.:ryro:.i?: :,.i thi: po~,rr.:l worship of Bahaism. 'Phis allegedly :]as r sbul tcd . . c i . iy i t r ad\% i.uen :.t! u n e d i n wonkan's suf:z-a~,,., lard rcfum, and educati:,ri. 1. 3:;;. i ..,suLUy . t l ~ r s : groqra.uz re:lect doc t r ines oL Rahaisla Inore c lose ly t l ~ d n tli..: ~ : o d < m fait-!..

1 ,. Pubilr; ,.zzi.t.l.r.t. <.t Bal aism is s t i l l l i a i tec l ; iio+evot, tharo \ '

1 d,:,-..-?s:; +.Q Lxt :i lesn..nir$,., cf Ule s t i g n u once a t tzched t o suC1 \n.s-;bcr:3hiL?? i ( !:.,ti a:.?+.; i2pra.r t o hi+ .iu',+mcntly anti-!.I~slru! bnd hlanl,? tloa S!riiLt? I-,s!enr,

;:: r.t.:>.~erit~r: Irzr8:; uiu,!t:rnization by ~ ~ t i i i r i r . r j t h e traditicr,ial. mi~tC~?d

: L.r:L'( . i . xa?.igin:.% 1e:lde:r. to e x p l o i t ,.Ire i l l i l .+ra ta peasant p>pulaco.

[ P . &lU,u~i.:h .,cat ::..;. - 12, jdu i~ t i t - icd ou;:;ide of the Uahai. cr.munj.(:y 1 t i .t,rc,:-:r c-.v.:r,.l inl>.>m-.;mt ual;dL shr ines il; I ran . l 'his low prr;filt* ii: '

ssi.. tttinod $0 ;i.ojr! poss ib le co l i f l i c t with 'lhu Moslem populace. The 1 y:i:tci&kL a&.&: b??i11d:~;g j 5 loca ted on 'lWS~tc Jamshid Avenue i n T<:!Lz&c J.XI .ivr-v+:i nz a11 inlorrai,tioi, Llamer. Xppri)ximimlt:~%ly tcn-twelve pvars ago ,lrr.-i,..j a:: ~ : t 3f co:~>iL.:y t i ~ y k,y t h e erioyal k . ~ ~ . ~ i l y , 1:iis bu i ld ing wal; a~t;i$c!.ed I!!i,'I) c;? 1r:ln.iiln Sf:;; 1.o !.!obla.;i~i. Bahdists as l ieved t h a t , a t t h a t tila-, tttc T ! i . ~ l %

, : d .. .,ot have 3.: ?i rm mi! i f icy sq.lMmrt which Ile enjoys today arur a s a r = ; . i l k sraa T;,;;:,F t o s o f t e n hi:. r.upi%::: Z..r B?Jiaior.:. Land is L a n g

,~..;rad i r t To .:.I.: f o r t h e cono::,uction of a perm<tiiei~t and sore appr.oir.-iik?' i pla-.+ oC wnr,,:lii.;,. Inuneliote coli;;tntction G? sslr:h .;n ~ d i c i c e , howe7tr, 1 :,?:=am t a n Li::oly LICIV xu pol j ti <:at anrl r c l i g i.o 8 % co~~: ; i< ie rc t iona ;re t h i s :i.t:e.

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j b. Uah,~i..*f: oricr.ix.dted Juring the p.id-i5-h .ceni;ury i n Iran. ~t .

i l.~haoiaer; ~~er.'o;&ili e thics ;md !us the a,.i,t of ~ t t a l t . i n g universal pt:ace; tlu:ouq:i conversion t o D a t i a i : , ~ ~ . ? . ~ ~ h o u g i : very SIU~.! i n n b u r s , the palui ru~~u.~unity is w ~ l l educated dnd cnq*gW primar:.ly i:, busines:; ou $h9'! J t ~ f e s s i o n s .

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PINS, SHUM, IR STATUS OF BAHAIS STATE 296186

C L I . l S l f l C L T I O N

AMB MIN ECON-2 PM

SY ADM DAD AFOSI C RU

11650 :

1. BAHAI SITUATION IN IRAN HAS MARGINALLY IMPROVED SINCE

REESTABLISHMENT OF DEGREE OF ORDER BY NEW MILITARY GOVERN-

MENT. THERE REMAINS MAJOR DEGREE OF HOSTILITY AGAINST

AMEPBASSY TEHRAN

BAHAIS, PARTICULARLY ON PART OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS OPPOSI-

TION, WHICH IS LEADING ELEMENT OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO

SHAH AND GOI. GO1 HAD RECOGNIZED THIS PRESSURE AND BAHAIS

ARE STILL BEING DISMISSED FROM GOVERNMENT JOBS. SEVERAL

DOCTORS AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS WERE DISMISSED LAST WEEK,

ACCO~ING TO PERSIAN FRIENDS WHO KNOW THE INDI~IDUALS.

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO OPEN STREET HOSTILITY TOWARD BAHAI

CONFIDENTIAL

ISF SHIR TABR

I SECT BEING MANIFEST AT THE MOMENT. BAHAI TEMPLE HAD

, 1652

I MILITARY GUARD DURING RECENT DISTURBANCES,BUT AS FAR AS

ACTION: SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1

I WE KNOW THERE WERE NO ATTACKS AGAINST IT IN RECENT MONTHS. 2. WE UNDERSTAND BAHAIS ARE LEAVING IRAN, BUT SOME -

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C L A S S I F I C A T I O N 1FOrm.rl" FS 413IH))

Janusry 1975

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CONFIDENTIAL Classzlic~lion M R N

PROMINENT ONES DO REMAIN. LOWER MIDDLE CLASS BAHAIS 1 AND

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~SCREET DISCUSSION 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

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CONFIDENTIAL Clssail~calion

P , L ~ ~ / I 6 g URN 0

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.

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E.O. 12065: GCS 6/28/85 (CLEMENT, 6.) OR-P 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 SETTING UP MEETING . . - - . . - . - - . . - . BETWEEN EMBOFFS AND BAEAI LEADERS.

3. I N KOST RECENT DISCUSSION WITH PRIOR ON JUNE 28. RE SAID THAT CURRENT SITUATION OF EABAI COMMUNITY SHOULD PERHAPS BE MORE APPROPFfIATELY ERARACTERIZED $5 ONE OF

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 . TBP RARLT LEADERS ARE S T I L I HOPING THAT VIOLENCE CAN - - - - -- -. -- - - -. - -. . B i AVOIDEC IN SBIRAZ O N J U L Y 10. TRET H A V E ASKED TO SEE PM BAZARGAN REGARDING THIS . 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 OF THE POLITICAL 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 C A N 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 I

SECQET TEHRAN 6 7 5 5 / 1

IT1'TFRS IN T H E ~ R LAMS 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 R3LISIOUS 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 DENIED EXIT PERMITS. OTBERS H4VE NOT 4TTEMPTFD TO OBT4IN I ONE. IN ADDITION TO IREVIOUSLI SIXPORTID CONFISCATIOVS OF HAHAI COMMUNITY ASSETS, FOUR OP THE M4IN F IVE 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 OF RELISIOUS MEETINGS. THE EAHAI LEAITRS ARE FEARFUL TYAT THE SITUATION FOR 1NDIVII)ULLS WILL CHAN9E FOR THE WORSE ennu .. -" ,, . 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 -

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H ~ E N EXECUTED WERE BABAIS ( I T IS 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 ~ U AFTER JULY 10. E J A H ~ I S M ST4RTED IN SXIRAZ IN 1844 WITB BAHAULLAH P R O C L A I M I N G HIMSELF AS THE MISSING hT *6?55

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I. S I N C E EYD O F AUGUST E M B A S S Y H A S O B S E R V E D D E F I N I T E I I N C R E A S E 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 P E R WEEK A S CONTRASTED T O ONE E V E R Y TWO W E E K S PREVIOUSLY. S I X A P P L I C A N T S C A L L E D ON CONSUL ON 9/ 10.

2. A P P L I C A U T S U S U A L L Y H A M B E E N MALE S T U D E N T S I N E A R L Y 28*SI BUT T H E Y N W I N C L U D E B U S I N E S S M E N AND F A M I L I E S . T H E I R A N I A N S E X P L A I N T H A T S I N C E U.S. V I S A F A C I L I T I E S I N T E H R A N ARE NO LONGER A V A I L A B L E , S R I LANKA IS A C O N V E N I E N T P O R T 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 . A P P L I C A N T S D I S P L A Y I N G GREATEST T E N S I O N C L A I M T O B E MEMBERS O F B A H A I AND Z O R O A S T R I A N 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 R E T L R N T O I R A N B E C A U S E O F P E R S E C U T I O N .

4. EMBASSY W I L L K E E P 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 ELSEWHERE WOULD B E A P P R E C I A T E D .

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' 1.0. 12065: GDS, 9/13/35 (CLEMENT, CARL)

' TAGS: SEUM, SOPN, IR

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 TN TRF - - - - - . . - - - - . . - - - :US (PROTECT), WHOM W E HAVE BEEN IN-CONTACT WITH BEFORE. CALLED NEA/IRN SEPTEMBER 13 TO SAT THAT DESPITE REUTERS STORY DENTING DESTRUCTION OF THE BIB'S SHRINE IN - SBIRAZ. TAE BAHA'IS 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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W I U US 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 . 01 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 ' 0 0 1 . 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 .

I (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 B U S I N E S S O P P O R T U N I T I E S B E C A U S E O F T H E I R R E L I G I O N . S O Y E 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 V A S T C O N N E C T I O N S T O T H E R E G I M E T E A N 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 P O S S I B I L I T Y . I ' I FMBERS 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 AT I N T E R N A T I O N A L P R E S S U R E ON P:OI B A S H E L P E D T O P R O T E C T

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 , I A I I A ' I S .

C . 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 I ::;:a 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 U K E Y S 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 - C A L L Y C E M O L I S H I N G 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 IN LARGE CITIES 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 EISYISSED 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 U P I N T E R N A T I O N A L I N T E R E S T I N B A H A ' I S . S H A D D E M I 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 . L A I N G E N B T U 0 2 8 6

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October 3, 1979

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

DEPARTMENT 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 yesterday t h e Head of t h e Assyrian Church had a meeting with t h e Vice Pres ident . We do n o t have a r e p o r t y e t on what t r a n s p i r e d , bu t it would no 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 very b e s t of regards t o a l l of you,

S incere ly ,

LJ- Carl Clement Deputy Di rec tor Off ice 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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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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E . RABBI SHOOEAT'S SSTIYITI: OF TIiE N'JYYEH O? J C U S d.IC AbYI. DSPAUrED IRAN I S CONSIDYRABLY LOeEB TBAN OUR PSTlMbTY 03 ;o.oaa TO zs,eaa. i3E r t r w o n r IT w x o h ~ Y E no H I ~ H E P . T P r h 10,0@8. ALTBOUSII AGAIN. R E SAID, I T I S DIFFICULT T3 C h J i BOY HAMI M I c t l r HkVT LEFT YROH JEWISH COBnUNJTIPS IN PPOIINCIAL C I T I E S .

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C'O N F I D E N T I A L TEHRAN 97034/1

C L Z S S : CONFIC 'Vl I A l C H - G E : 5 r 4 T E 7/6/7!

CLEAR: T C O N / R B A S A D I S T R : P O L - 3 CHC E l

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E.O. 12065: P D S 7/6/85 ( T O M S E T K , V . L . ) OR-P TAGS: P I N S . snun, S O C I , IR. EFIN S U B J E C T : 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 - E N T I R E T E X T . )

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 - I n E N . 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 "PBNOMENA I N TODAT'S I R A N . E N D SUMMARY. P 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 ~ Y H E N TEE EMBASSY'S VISA SECTION WOULD REOPEN. #EEN HE WAS ~ T O L C THAT 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 A N D WHAT HIS CHANCES WOULD BE " O G E T T I N G O N E 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 A L S O 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 Y E R E 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 C O N T R A V E N T I O N O F R E S T R I C T I V E F O R E I G N E X C H A N G E C O N T R O L S .

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. T H E B U Y I N G RATE FOR DOLLARS THAT D a y HAD REACHED A NEW H I G H OF 120 R I A L S . 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 . B E 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 E N G L I S H O R 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 D 17 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 I u & m T o m s m D . HE. ms W I P E AND R E M A I N I N G D A u G A T E R

u C O N F I D E N T I Y TEHRAN 7?34/1

I CONFIDENTIAL TEERAN 7934/1

SETTLE. r 7

Z U 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 ARMENIAN'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 FIDE 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 OFPICIAL 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 T DOWN 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 &KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. b - 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. HE DID NOT EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE TO BE TEE CASE. 1 0 . A JEWISH ACQUAINTANCE OF RICHARDSON'S. A MEMBER OF THE XOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CARPET EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION - (PROTECT), RECENTLY TOLD KIM THAT UEMBERSEIP CURRENTLY CONSISTED OF 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 BT # 7 0 3 4

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TO AMEMBASSY TEHRAN IMMEPIATE 4 4 8 0 BT

, C O N ? I D E N T I A LSTATE 2 3 7 0 2 8

CHRG POL RF CHRN

5 0.0. 1 2 0 6 5 : GDS, 9/18/79 (CLEHENT, CARL)

TAGS:

SUBJECT: NIV APPLICATIeNS IN'*?OST-CLISIS" IRAN z : 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 IN 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 IN THE ~ N I T E D STATES. 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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E O 12063: NA T A G S ? C V I S S R E F I R I T S U B J E C T : I R A N I A N N I V A P P L I C A T I O N S B Y M I N O R I T I E S

R E F S : A. T E H R A N 08861, 8. S T A T E 035357

1. SUMMARY: C O N S U L A R O F F I C E R W A S A P P R O A C H E D S E P I0 B Y R E P R E S E N T A T I V E O F J E W I S H I R A N I A N C O M N U N I T Y I N M I L A N 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 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E P O S T S R E G A R D I N G H A N D L I N G 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 M I L A N ' S L A R G E I R A N I A N J E W I S H C O L O N Y , V I S I T E D C O N S U L A T E 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 F R O M 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 F O R 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 S T U D E N T S . R E F E R R I N G T O T H E W O R S E N I N G 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 H A D 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 , W H O T O L D H I M T H A T I R A N I A N M I N O R I T Y A P P L I C A N T S S E E K I N G E N T R A N C E T O

T H E U S W O U L D B E G I V E N " S P E C I A L T R E A T M E N T " 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 A N D C O N S U A T E S F O R V I S A S .

(. K A S H A N I A N A D D E D T H A T HE A L S O D I S C U S S E D W I T H a O I D I A , O N S E P l a , HOW T O P R O C E S S A L A R G E G R O U P )I A P P R O X . 1,@00 I R A N I A N S WHO W I L L O O N B E L E A V I N G T H A T C O U N T R Y T O A P P L Y T O L O N G - T E R N D U D I E S I N T H E US. HE S A I D T H A T I R A N I A N R A B B I MD D E C I D E D T O S E N D H A L F O F T H E G R O U P T O L O N D O N F O R R I O C E S S I N G A N D T H E O T H E R H A L F T O R O M E S I N C E T H E R E VlRE NOT " A D E Q U A T E F A C I L I T I E S I N I T A L Y T O H A N D L E ?HF W H O L E GROUP".

r. C O N S U L A T E H A S T U R N E D DOWN A N U M B E R O F I R A N I A N m l V A P P L I C A N T S U N D E R S E C T I O N 214 (0) O F T H E A C T I N I 1 C E N T D A Y S . W H I L E MANY O F T H E R E F U S E D A P P L I C A N T S 1 6 ~ 1 ) P R O P E R D O C U M E N T A T I O N F O R A D N I T T A N C E T O U S t l C l ( O L L S , AND A D E Q U A T E F I N A N C I A L R E S O U R C E S T O C O V E R C t l ! : T S O F S T U D I E S , T H E Y C L E A R L Y HAD NO I N T E N T I O N O F r l T U R N I N G T O I R A N U N T I L C O N D I T I O N S S T A B I L I Z E D I N !%IT C O U N T R Y . -

1 9 . A C T I O N R E Q U E S T E D : C O N S U L A T E N E E D S D E P T ' S ~ I I D A N C ~ I M M E D I ~ T E L Y ON HOW T O R E S P O N D T O n n , : h A N I A N * S I N Q U I R Y A P O U T S P Z C I A L I N S T R U C T I O N S ON I N A N I A N M I N O R I T I E S WHO A P P L Y AT T H I S P O S T F O R

I ~ ( J E N T OR T O U R I S T V I S A S T O T H E U S AND WHO A R E I @ I T A B L E T O D E N O N S I R A T E T H E I R I N T E N T I O N T O R E T U R N 1 1 0 I R A M IN T H E . NEAR FUTURE.

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