I have made Australia home for nearly 40 years. I was born in Canada. I have many Iranian friends who have also made Australia home and they appreciate this country even more than me. One reason for their tremendous appreciation is illustrated in the following post which I trust will be of interest to readers here at The Forum.-Ron Price, Tasmania

Nazi-like Iranian Cabal Charges Bahais With Spreading Corruption On Earth: A Historical Context

In Iran’s Goebbels-style show trial of 12 January 2010 in Teheran, a Nazi-like cabal has charged seven Bahá'ís with spreading corruption on earth. This ridiculous charge against members of a peaceful religious community lends credence to the view that Iran is in the process of intensifying its official and systematic quasi-genocidal pogrom to exterminate the Bahá'í Faith from Iran. This threat of genocide is part of a process that has been an on-again-off-again exercise in Iran for more than a century and a half.

To add a little more on that trial of 7 Baha'is in Teheran...

The charges against these seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran are so ludicrous that if it were not for the severity of the consequences related to their trial, the charges would be laughable. Yet no one is laughing. That's because the knavish Nazi-like Iranian cabal of religious clerics has charged Bahá'ís with Mofsed fel-Arz. In English this translates as spreading corruption on earth.

The penalty in Iran for this crime is death. It's not very funny when the possible consequence is murder by hanging. There are other charges against the seven according to accounts in government-sponsored news media. These charges include: espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, the establishment of an illegal administration, cooperation with Israel, sending secret documents outside the country, acting against the security of the country, and Mofsed fel-Arz.

The penalty in Iran for this crime is death. It's not very funny when the possible consequence is murder by hanging. There are other charges against the seven according to accounts in government-sponsored news media. These charges include: espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, the establishment of an illegal administration, cooperation with Israel, sending secret documents outside the country, acting against the security of the country, and Mofsed fel-Arz.

“The international Bahá'í community finds these charges completely outrageous given that these seven people have been held purely because of their religious beliefs. The charges are also in total denial of their legitimate human rights and in contradiction of any natural and humane community standards," said Diane Ala'i, the Baha'i International Community's representative to the United Nations in Geneva.

Dear BC,

Thank You for sharing your story.
There are so many people that make up
the rich diversity of this country who
were driven by a compulsion or necessity
to leave their home country. Each story
is compelling - yours especially so.
My heart goes out to you.

I hope that you will find happiness here.