Nat Yogachandra

(Tuesday, March 3, 2015)  This morning the Prime Minister of Israel while giving a speech to US Congress said, " Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted, no matter what it says about permitting verification of the terms of any accord designed to prevent it from getting such weapons." And he continued " The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons ." Well, I have no comments to what political leaders have to say.  But one thing for sure, in Iran, education is a crime. Education is a right to every citizen in a country. And is not a crime. But in the case of Islamic Republic of Iran, it is not true. Iran is violating the most basic human rights of its Baha’i citizens; and, when young Baha’is aren’t allowed to study or enroll in a college, it’s a crime. Since 1979, the government of Iran has systematically sought to deprive young members of the non - Muslim religious minorities including the members o...

I along with my friends around the world are greatly concerned about the fate of the members of the Baha’i community in Iran, especially the seven Baha’i leaders who were imprisoned in 2008 and are currently threatened with execution. These are innocent and just good people. Baha’i marriages are not recognized and they are deprived of the right to attend Iranian universities. The Iranian government is well aware that it is a fundamental principle of the Baha'i Faith that it’s followers strictly refrain from involvement in any partisan political activity, whether local, national, or international. They know very well that Baha’is are loyal to the elected governments and do not campaign for any political parties. Therefore, the arrest of ten Baha'is in early January, a full week after the Ashura demonstrations, and the claims that Baha'is were behind the recent anti-government turmoil have come as a complete surprise to the Baha'i community around the world. We are sh...