On June 22, the Baha’is of Eival learned that non-Baha’is in their village are collecting signatures to destroy, level and clear the houses of the Baha’is living in the villages. Some of the Baha’is approached the local administration office but were turned away as Iranian officials stated that the reports are unfounded. On the next day, the Baha’is again approached the local office, a police station in Telmadareh and also went governor’s office in the Mazandaran province capital in Sari. All authorities stated that the reports were false and accused the Baha’is of breaking the law by approaching them.
Eival village entered a state of quarantine for 48 hours and Baha’i families were violently barred from their homes. Following this the demolition of the Baha’i houses began. According to an eyewitness, a few men with trucks demolished and leveled around fifty houses of Baha’is in the village.
The following footage of the aftermath of the destruction was obtained by HRA-IRAN:
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26 June, 2010
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shahin mohajer
3 July, 2010
In one part of the world we see people holding signs of “No to Racism” against race, RILIGION and Nationality, and in another part “Iran” we see people, with the support of the government, destroying people houses for nothing except their belief! It is a shame that while the world is advancing in every way, we see Iran and its so called Moslems taking steps that makes there future generations embarrassed of them,,,,my hart and prayers goes to all the Baha’is of Iran