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THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on November 27, 1984 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , randen , 1,4cPeak, Schroder , Torlakson.
NOES: None .
ABSENT: None .
ABSTAIN: None .
RESOLUTION NO. 84/ 713
SUBJECT:
Support of Baha' i )
Faith in Iran. )
WHEREAS more than one hundred and seventy members of the Baha' i Faith
have been brutally executed by Iranian authorities since the 1979 Islamic revolution;
and
WHEREAS many Baha'is in Iran have disappeared and others have been tortured,
persecuted, and deprived of their fundamental rights to personal property-and employ-
ment; and
WHEREAS an edict issued by Iran' s Prosecutor General on August 29, 1983
has far-reaching implications that threaten the lives of over three hundred thousand
Baha' is residing in Iran and places the future practice of their faith in jeopardy
by dismantling the administrative structure of the Baha'i religion; and
WHEREAS these actions for the first time establish an expressed national
policy which lays the legal foundation for executions, arrests , the confiscation of
property, denial of jobs and pensions, expulsion of Baha'i children from schools,
and other pressures which may be brought to bear by Iranian authorities on Baha'is;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of.Contra Costa that the Board holds the Government of Iran responsible for upholding
the rights of all its nationals, including the Baha' is , and condemns the recent
decision taken by the Government of Iran to destroy the Baha' i faith by labeling as
"criminal acts" all Baha'i teachings and organized religious activities, including
the attempts by Baha ' is to elect their own local and national leaders, to meet in
assemblies, to communicate among themselves, and to work for volunteer committees.
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the President
of the United States:
A. to work with appropriate foreign governments and the allies of the
United States in forming an appeal to the Government of Iran concering
the Baha' is;
B. to cooperate fully with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf
of the Baha'is and to lead such efforts whenever it is possible and
appropriate to do so; and
C. to provide, and urge others to provide, for humanitarian assistance
for those Baha' is who flee Iran.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supero ri oon the da shown.
ATTESTED: W man
Orf '�7�Cj��L
PHIL BATCHELCR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
Orig. Dept.: County Administrator BY
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cc: President Ronald Reagan , Deputy
Senators Alan Cranston and Pete Wilson
Congressmen George Miller and Ron Dellums
Clifford Mays, Chair, Baha'i Public Info Svc.
.31.1 W. 19.th. St . Antioch. 9.4509 00 177
RESOLUTION NO . 84(713