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Featured in: Our Story Is One: The Persecution of Baha'is in Iran

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Our Story Is One: The Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

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June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since 10 Baha’i women were hanged in Shiraz. Their only ‘crime’ was their refusal to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity, justice, and truthfulness. This collection highlights Baha’i Blog content relating to the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran.

Prayer for Iran – Shohreh Shahrezaei – مناجاتی برای ایران – شهره شاهرضایی

January 17, 2023, in Music > Recording Artist, by

This video features a Bahaʼi prayer revealed by Abdu’l-Baha for Iran. The prayer is chanted by Shohreh Shahrezaei, the video editing and arrangement were by Babak Yousefi, and Hedieh Shailoo was its photographer.

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In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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Do you have this prayer in English, whether official or non-official. I just like to know what the translation is….

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Ben Roohi

Ben Roohi (April 4, 2023 at 6:56 AM)

Hi Ben, Unfortunately, the words of this prayer in English, whether officially translated or provisionally translated, are not know to us at this time. You might wish to comment on Shohreh’s video directly on YouTube for further information.

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Sonjel Vreeland

Sonjel Vreeland (April 4, 2023 at 2:15 AM)

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