Mr. Speaker. the Bahais in Iran have suffered tremendous pressure and persecution at the hands of the Moslem fundamentalist regime in that country. Recently. I joined with other members of the Foreign Affairs Committee in writing to the President to urge his support for maximum humanitarian assistance to those Bahais fleeing as refugees from Iran and to direct our representatives to appropriate international fora to express our moral outrage over this situation. In addition. I feel that the United Nations should send special representatives to Iran to investigate the persecution of the Bahais. An article by Georgie Anne Geyer. which appeared in the November 16 Washington Times. reports on the tragic situation that exists in Iran and on the arrests murders. and religious persecution that suggests a genocidal campaign by the Iranian regime against the members of the Bahai faith.
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