Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Humphries, I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the reference by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief to a confidential document which shows that Iranian authorities continue to identify and monitor the lives of Baha’ís living in Iran;

(b)

recognises the right of all people to worship freely without fear of persecution;

(c)

expresses its concern that the Government of the Islamic Republic is monitoring the activities of the Baha’í community in Iran and that Iranian newspapers and radio stations have been conducting an intense anti-Baha’í campaign, similar to those that occurred in 1955 and 1979 in the lead up to Government campaigns of persecution against the Baha’í community; and

(d)

calls on the Government of the Islamic Republic to cease its monitoring of the Baha’í community and to desist from any campaign of persecution against Iranian Baha’ís.

Question agreed to.