Iran

ایران
 Iran
Delegates at the Iranian National Convention, 1968.
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Location of Iran
National AssemblyIran
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[2] 87,923,432
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source 300,000 [1] 
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 254,068
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The Bahá'í Faith in Iran is the country's second-largest religion after Islam and the birthplace of the three central figures of the religion – The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.[3] Since its inception the religion has had involvement in socio-economic development beginning by giving greater freedom to women,[4] promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern,[5] and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics.[4]

from the official website of the Bahá'í International Community, The History of Bahá'í Educational Efforts in Iran.

The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the Universal House of Justice dated 20 October 1983 was released.[6] Bahá'ís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the Bahá'í teachings, in which they could become involved in the social and economic development of the communities in which they lived. World-wide in 1979 there were 129 officially recognized Bahá'í socio-economic development projects. By 1987, the number of officially recognized development projects had increased to 1482.

The history of persecution of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran is described in the Persecution of Bahá'ís article, specifically:

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References[edit]

  1. Baha'i World News Service
  2. "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. International Religious Freedom Report 2004 – Iran, United States State Department, 2004, accessed on 6 February 2009 Note this counts Ahl-e Haqq and Alevism as part of Islam
  4. 4.0 4.1 Momen, Moojan. "History of the Baha'i Faith in Iran". draft "A Short Encyclopedia of the Baha'i Faith". Bahai-library.com. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  5. Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi (1997). "Education of women and socio-economic development". Baha'i Studies Review. 7 (1).
  6. Momen, Moojan; Smith, Peter (1989). "The Baha'i Faith 1957–1988: A Survey of Contemporary Developments". Religion. 19: 63–91. doi:10.1016/0048-721X(89)90077-8.


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