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The destruction of the National Bahá’í Center in Tehran, Iran occurred during the height of a wave of persecutions against the Bahá’ís of Iran in 1955. As part of these persecutions, Bahá’ís were targets of mob violence; Bahá’í properties were destroyed, Bahá’í centres were looted, Bahá’í cemeteries desecrated, Bahá’ís were killed, some hacked to pieces, Bahá’í women were abducted and forced to marry Muslims, and Bahá’ís were expelled and dismissed from schools and employment. | ||
