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The Center wrote in a statement on April 23 that the Behesht-e Zahra Organization\u2019s Security Office, which oversees the cemetery, reportedly threatened Baha\u2019is trying to use their section of the cemetery. This most recent policy of authorities is part of a broader decades-long government repression of Baha\u2019is, including destroying and desecrating Baha\u2019i cemeteries and restricting Baha\u2019is cultural rights; for instance, according to the Baha\u2019i International Community\u2019s UN Office in Geneva, authorities expropriated the Baha\u2019i cemetery in Tehran in 1981, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bic.org\/sites\/default\/files\/srculturalrights-0416.pdf\u0022\u003Edemolishing\u003C\/a\u003E more than 15,000 graves.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/siminfa\/status\/1384778345708204036?s=20\u0022\u003ESimin Fahandeg\u003C\/a\u003E, the Baha\u0027i International Community UN Representative in Geneva, the recent prohibition intends to coerce Baha\u2019is to bury their deceased in the area of the Khavaran cemetery that is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/legacy\/backgrounder\/mena\/iran1205\/iran1205.pdf\u0022\u003Ebelieved\u003C\/a\u003E to be the site of mass graves for political prisoners that Iranian authorities summarily and extrajudicially executed in 1988. On April 25, 79 family members of those executed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/persian\/iran-56878594\u0022\u003Ewrote an open letter\u003C\/a\u003E protesting authorities attempt to destroy the burial site that could be integral to prospects of investigation into this serious crime. Authorities have refused to acknowledge the killings and fully disclose the fate and whereabouts of the victims, and they \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde13\/8049\/2018\/en\/\u0022\u003Ehave repressed\u003C\/a\u003E families who seek accountability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIranian authorities have long persecuted Baha\u2019is. Iranian \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran\u0022\u003Elaw\u003C\/a\u003E denies freedom of religion to Baha\u2019is and discriminates against them in numerous forms. 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