Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:56 pm
Dr Khatereh Eghdamian counts herself fortunate to call
New Zealand home. The Iranian-born advisor on human rights,
Associate at Oxford House Research and Associate at the
Centre for Religion and Global Affairs, was granted refuge
here after escaping a regime intent on persecuting Baha'is,
the largest non-Muslim religious minority in the country.
Eghdamian believes the recent intensification of persecution
signals the implementation of a larger plan by the Iranian
government to increase pressure on the community. The
current campaign includes raids on Baha’i homes and
baseless arrests of Baha’is. “So far, dozens of Baha'i
homes have been raided by authorities in Baharestan,