Baha'is of Iran The Bahá'í community of Iran is the country's largest non-Muslim religious minority. This collection of essays presents a comprehensive study of the social and historical development of the Bahá'í community, and its role in shaping modern Iran.

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On a December day in 1973, Anisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas heard a knock at the door of the Baghdad home she was visiting. She opened the door to greet two men from the Iraqi Al-Amn security force, who immediately placed her under arrest. Her crime: being a member of the Bahá’í Faith, a religious minority in her native Iraq.

Over the next six years, Anisa—along with other members of the Bahá’í community who were arrested at that time—would spend three years in Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison and a further three years in Al-Rashaad prison before her release in 1979. During her years of incarceration, Anisa would rely on her faith to meet the myriad challenges of prison life. Day after day, she and her fellow-prisoners experienced levels of cruelty and injustice that most would find unthinkable. Separated from her husband, who was being held in the men’s prison, and from her children who were without both parents, Anisa was sustained through her darkest days by the steadfast devotion and sacrificial love of her family, and by the strength and solidarity offered by her fellow Bahá’í prisoners.

Anisa’s story is one of patience, courage, and steadfastness in the face of religious prejudice and state-sponsored oppression, and it is a reminder to us all of the resilient strength of the human spirit.

A Cry from the Heart Why is the largest religious minority in Iran denied legal status and human rights? Are these innocent victims important to a world struggling to survive? A Cry from the Heart gives powerful evidence and frank replies.

Our Story Is One

Through a collection of thirty narrative paintings, Maryam Safajoo portrays haunting episodes and shares detailed accounts from those directly impacted by or witnesses to persecution, repression, and injustice. This compelling book sheds light on the agonies endured by Bahá’ís in Iran – their sole crime steadfast adherence to a faith promoting equality of women and men, universal education, and the unity of humankind. Paintings are accompanied by written text in English and Persian.