Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                       RESOLUTION 19-H.F.No. 1800 
 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, harassment, the disappearances of family members, 
job discrimination, seizure of bank funds, destruction of 
personal property, and torture; and 
    WHEREAS, current reports show that over 100 Baha'is and 
Baha'i religious leaders have been executed by the government of 
Iran; and 
    WHEREAS, the continued harrassment and murder of Baha'is 
demonstrates that the government of Iran has launched a 
conscious effort to destroy the Baha'i community; 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 community 
by the Iranian authorities; and 
    WHEREAS, the government of Iran has outlawed the 
administrative institutions of the Baha'i faith in Iran and 
continued to severely persecute its adherents; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that it condemns 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 Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is directed to transmit certified copies of 
this memorial to the President of the United States, the 
President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the 
Speaker and the Chief Clerk of the United States House of 
Representatives and to Minnesota's Senators and Representatives 
in Congress. 
    Approved April 25, 1984