Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani
Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani
محمد رضا هاشمی گلپایگانی
4 Jan 1947
Najaf
Male
PhD in biomedical engineering
No
Alive
17 Dec 2020
- Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (1985 - 1994)
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of Bahai’s right to education (25 Feb 1991) read more
- Institution
- Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to education, Right to freedom of expression, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination, Right to work
- Description
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As a Member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, he was responsible for preparing and signing a secret memorandum on 25 February 1991, in order to deprive Baha'is of their right to education, and other human rights. The document bans the Baha'is from continuing their education or public service employment if they reveal their religion.
- Sources
The 1991 memorandum on “The Baha’i Question”, Bahai World News Service,
“Confidential Iran memo exposes policy to deny Baha'i students university education”, Bhahais World News Service, 27 August 2007
https://news.bahai.org/story/575/
“Dozens of Iranian Baha’i students banned from education due to their faith”, Iran HRM, 22 September 2019
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of Bahai’s right to education (25 Feb 1991) read more
- Member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (1984 - present)
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.