HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 85-198 - Memorializing Congress and President to Continue Efforts to Halt Persecution of Bahai in Iran - CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 85-198
A Resolution memorializing Congress and the President to
continue their efforts to halt the persecution of the
Baha ' i minority in Iran .
WHEREAS, the Baha ' i community in Iran is experiencing
persecution, harrassment and disappearance of family members, job
discrimination, seizure of bank funds, destruction of personal
property and torture; and
WHEREAS, current reports show that over two hundred Baha ' is
and Baha' i religious leaders have been executed by the government
of Iran ; and
WHEREAS, the continued harassment and murder of Baha' is
demonstrates that the government of Iran has launched a conscious
effort to destroy -the Baha' i corrununity; and
WHEREAS, both the United States government and the United
Nations Human Rights Commission have protested the persistent
violations of human rights directed against the Baha ' i comimun i ty
by the Iranian authorities; and
WHEREAS, despite the above-mentioned resolutions, the
government of Iran has outlawed the administrative institutions
of the Baha' i Faith in Iran and continued to severely persecute
its adherants;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, condems the persecution of the Baha' is
and urges the Congress and the President of the United States, to
continue their efforts to halt the persecution of the Baha' i
community in Iran.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Eden
Prairie, Minnesota, transmit certified copies of this memorial to
the President of the United States, the President and Secretary
of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the
United States House of Representatives and to Minnesota' s
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
--
Gary eterson, Mayor
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