A Call to Stop the Persecution of Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran

'A Call to Stop the Persecution of Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran

"In an open letter dated March 9, 2009, scholars and academic specialists in the fields of Middle Eastern and Iranian studies call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to put an end to human rights abuses against Baha’is in Iran."

Signatories

 * Ervand Abrahamian, City University of New York
 * Janet Afary, University of California, Los Angeles
 * Gholam R. Afkhami, Foundation for Iranian Studies
 * Reza Afshari, Pace University
 * Hamid Akbari, Northeastern Illinois University
 * Payam Akhavan, McGill University
 * Abbas Amanat, Yale University
 * Camron Michael Amin, The University of Michigan-Dearborn
 * Said A. Arjomand, State University of New York, Stony Brook
 * Muriel Atkin, George Washington University
 * Sussan Babaie, Independent Scholar
 * Ali Banuazizi, Boston College
 * Shahzad Bashir, Stanford University
 * Nasser Behnegar, Boston College
 * Mansour Bonakdarian, University of Toronto (Mississauga)
 * Michael E. Bonine, University of Arizona
 * Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Syracuse University
 * Charles E. Butterworth, University of Maryland
 * Houchang E. Chehabi, Boston University
 * Paul M. Cobb, University of Pennsylvania
 * Dick Davis, Ohio State University
 * Khalil Dokhanchi, University of Wisconsin at Superior
 * Fred M. Donner, University of Chicago
 * John L. Esposito, Georgetown University
 * Farideh Farhi, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
 * Willem Floor, Independent Scholar
 * Latifeh Hagigi, University of California, Los Angeles
 * Nader Hashemi, University of Denver
 * Hormoz Hekmat, Foundation for Iranian Studies
 * Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University
 * Mehrangiz Kar, Harvard University (Law School)
 * Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Maryland
 * Farhad Kazemi, New York University
 * Stephen N. Lambden, University of California, Merced
 * Kate Lang, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
 * Todd Lawson, University of Toronto
 * Loren Lybarger, Ohio University
 * Denis MacEoin, Independent Scholar
 * Afshin Marashi, California State University, Sacramento
 * Lenore G. Martin, Emmanuel College
 * Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware
 * Ann Elizabeth Mayer, University of Pennsylvania
 * Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia
 * Margaret Mills, Ohio State University
 * David Morgan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Negar Mottahedeh, Duke University
 * Roy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University
 * Parvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State University
 * Sholeh A. Quinn, University of California, Merced
 * Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California, Irvine
 * Thomas M. Ricks, Independent Scholar
 * Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 * Sunil Sharma, Boston University
 * Nader Sohrabi, Columbia University
 * Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson, University of Minnesota
 * Mark L. Stein, Muhlenberg College
 * Kamran Talattof, University of Arizona
 * Georges Tamer, The Ohio State University
 * Mohamad Tavakoli -Targhi, University of Toronto
 * Nayereh Tohidi, California State University, Northridge
 * Frances Trix, Indiana University
 * A. L. Udovitch, Princeton University
 * Farzin Vahdat, Vassar College
 * Fereydun Vahman, University of Copenhagen
 * Margit Warburg, University of Copenhagen
 * Madeline C. Zilfi, University of Maryland