Human Rights Situation in Iran  Madam Chair, Ahmadinejad's Iran, and I use that term to distinguish it from the Iranian people who are themselves the targets of massive domestic repression, has emerged as a clear and present danger to international peace and security, to regional and Middle East stability

Human Rights Situation in Iran   on it. The speakers have gone on at length regarding the threat of Iran against Israel, which is very real. I believe that people understand that very clearly. The Ahmadinejad regime, through its leader, has repeatedly made threats in different locations around the world, which have disturbed

Human Rights Situation in Iran   Corps to a list of terrorist entities and to amend the State Immunity Act. One of the groups within Iran about which we have received regular reports is members of the Baha'i faith. Left unprotected by the Iranian legal system, the 300,000 members are singled out for particularly

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, I want to commend my hon. colleague on his excellent speech and the work he does in the committee. The member stated very clearly what is faced by a lot of the minority groups in Iran, whether it be the Baluchis, the Baha'is, or some of the minority Christian

Human Rights Situation in Iran   or the 1850s, obviously in years pre-dating the creation of the state of Israel, which resulted in its being there. That does not imply in any way that Baha'is are incapable of being loyal citizens of Iran. It does not imply any particular point of view on behalf of the Baha'is, whether

Human Rights Situation in Iran   a challenge to authoritarian rule in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and, most recently, in Iran. Tonight this debate is focusing on the events that are unfolding in Iran and concerns that are arising in regard to the treatment of those who are protesting. When protests were taking place

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, does the parliamentary secretary know what the government's actions and plans are relating to the persecuted Baha'i community in Iran. As he knows, there are certain actions that the United Nations can take? Since the 1980s, over 200 Baha'i members have been

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, the member has highlighted exactly what I have been talking about. The Baha'i community are Iranian citizens. The government is suppressing its own citizens. Suppressing the Baha'i is suppressing Iran's own citizens. This is how bad the government is. That is why we

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, I want to emphasize one aspect that I talked about a couple of times earlier tonight and that is the persecution of the Baha'i community in Iran. I have a Baha'i community in my riding that is a very peaceful, loving, open society with an open religion. The people

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, I want to thank the hon. member for highlighting the persecution the Baha'is face in Iran. As far as we are concerned, the Baha'i in Iran are Iranian citizens. Like any other Iranian citizens, it is deplorable that their human rights have been taken away

Human Rights Situation in Iran  Mr. Chair, I was happy to hear the member talk about the Baha'is. I recall being in Israel in 1979 and visiting the Baha'i Temple in Haifa, which is the world headquarters for the Baha'is. There is some very disturbing information about how the Baha'is are treated in Iran. Two

Human Rights Situation in Iran   the Baha'i but, as the parliamentary secretary said, all the other citizens of Iran who do not agree with the government.

Religious Freedom  Mr. Speaker, since the 1979 revolution, authorities in Tehran have condemned Iran's 300,000 Baha'is as apostates. Twenty years ago, the Ayatollah drew up a secret blueprint to destroy the Baha'i by expelling its followers from universities and denying them employment. That led

Religious Freedom  Mr. Speaker, the ruling Iranian regime continues its unrelenting attack on human rights against its own citizens. While seven leaders of the Baha'i community remain in prison in Iran on trumped up charges dating back over three years, we have reported another case before us

Foreign Affairs committee  . When Roman Catholic priests in China are forced to go underground, that causes us real concern. When the ecumenical patriarch has real challenges in Turkey, that causes us real concern. When the Baha'i community in Iran—which has an abysmal and regrettably deteriorating human rights