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By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:42:00 +0000

I totally agree with Niaz.
We are privileged to be witnesses of such a phenomental flow of declarations and statements of heartfelt support, pouring in one upon another in such a short span of time from governments, parliaments, NGOs, Institutes, ethnic and other groups, both from Iran and abroad.

Hadn’t the Iranian Judiciary decided to release the news of the trial of the seven Bahá’í leaders, the plight of the long-suffering Bahá’í community wouldn’t have reached the whole world.

The long-awaited emancipation of the Bahá’í Faith in Iran is drawing near.
God is Glorious.

By: Niaz

Niaz — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:05:10 +0000

I am one of the translators of Iran Press Watch into Spanish and I’ve just had the great honour and privilege of translating this impressive statement. As a Baha’i and as a human being, I feel impelled to express my deepest gratitude to the authors of such a brave, sincere, and touching statement. You are, from now on, included in my list of most admired heroes.

By: Nazenine Khabirpour

Nazenine Khabirpour — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:34:54 +0000

I am ever so grateful to our kurdish brothers and sisters.

May God blees you.

By: Jeanne Farr

Jeanne Farr — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:09:05 +0000

The honor deserved by these courageous Kurdish Iraninans will fall on all Kurds, around the world. It seems this is not the first time we have seen such selfless support from our Kurdish friends. God bless their souls.

“Once arrived at the Persian frontier, Jamshid and Muhammad-’Ali were handed over to Kurdish chiefs to be sent on to Tihran. The Kurdish chiefs could see that the prisoners were innocent men, kindly and well-disposed, who had fallen a prey to their enemies. Instead of dispatching them to the capital, they set them free. Joyfully, the two hastened away on foot, went back to Bahá’u'lláh and found a home close by Him in the Most Great Prison.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, Memorials of the Faithful, p. 120)

Well is it with that learned man whose head is adorned with the crown of justice, and whose body glorieth in the ornament of honesty.

(Abdu’l-Baha, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 45)

By: Margie D. Bulkin

Margie D. Bulkin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:19:54 +0000

I am a 5th generation American Baha’i. My great great grandmother, embraced the Baha’i teachings while living in Los Angeles in 1912. She was a woman free to choose, practice, and promote her faith. I am the beneficiary of her convictions. I am so moved by the outspoken and eloquent truths that this letter proposes in defense of the Baha’is who have stood courageously in the face of persecution in Iran for over 150 years.

By: sb

sb — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:59:21 +0000

I simply LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Kurds.
Thank you for this wonderful statement.

The statement by the Kurdish Press was shared with my Baha’i community last night, which gathered to say prayers for the seven prisoners. Many of my community members have themselves experienced persecution, imprisonment, and torture before fleeing Iran.

Hearing the Kurdish statement was an amazing ray of hope for them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By: Dan LaBerge

Dan LaBerge — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:45:50 +0000

I am a Canadian Bahai .
Thank you , authors of this letter .
Justice will be served in the next life if not in this one .

By: Becky Hillman

Becky Hillman — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:55:33 +0000

This is one of the most phenomenally moving letters I have ever read. May God forever bless and protect the writers of this letter and all the Kurdish peoples.

Becky