Iran's Bahai Community Fear Rise In Persecution

July 2, 2010

Author: Kasra Naji

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10494631.stm

First there are the images of wooden beams on fire. Then buildings come into view, some without windows and doors, others reduced to rubble.

The shaky mobile phone footage posted on YouTube by Iranian human rights activists shows scenes of destruction filmed secretly from inside a car.

The activists say the footage shows the results of an attack on the properties of Bahai residents in Ivel, a village in northern Iran.