In Iran, Baha'i faith is mostly frowned upon for the following reasons:
1- It is viewed as a cult. Whether some people feel offended by the word 'cult' or not, that is how most Iranians see them. You can also see the testimonies of people on /r/exbahai for more info.
2- Historically, the leaders have flourished under the protection of Iran's greatest foes. Their founder Baha'u'lah was a convicted felon wanted by Muhammad Shah of Qajar and his successor Nasir al-din Shah. He was arrested for collaborating with others to assassinate Nasir al-din Shah and was put on death row but released under pressure from the Russian government who was at war with Iran. To this day, they are protected by the Israeli government and they frequently lobby against Iran through American senators. Another one of their leaders was awarded a title of knighthood for his service to the British government while at the same time Iran was being raped by the British.
3- The majority of Iranians are Shia Muslims. Baha'is claim that through Baha'ism, the prophecies of Shia Islam have been fulfilled about the Mahdi. In reality no prophecy in this regard has been fulfilled and Bah'u'llah had to resort to forging Islamic traditions to make it look like some prophecies had been fulfilled. This attitude resulted in the strong reaction of Shia scholars, which Baha'u'llah mostly responded with hatred and profanities like calling them donkeys: “Protect yourself so that from the donkey enemies, those with large turbans do not turn you away from (Baha'ism)...” (Baha’u’llah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, vol. 2, no. 83, p. 504)
4- They hide the violent face of their founder and claim he was a peaceful person. This is while historically he had collaborated in all forms of violent acts like collaborating to assassinate the Shah of Iran, participating in civil wars, giving orders to hit people in the face, and even throwing his own followers on the ground and kicking them in the head.
Furthermore, Baha'i was essentially born out of Babism. Babism was a 19th century ISIS that one Baha'i leader described with these words:
“The utterance of the [book or religion] of Bayan (the Bab's religion) in the day of the appearance of his Highness A'la (meaning the Bab) was to behead, burn the books, destroy the monuments, and massacre [everyone] but those who believed [in the Bab’s religion] and verified it,” Abdu’l-Baha, Makatib, vol. 2, p. 266.
Baha'u'llah the founder of the Baha'i faith praised these vicious orders by this statement:
“I [swear by] He who in His hand is my soul and my essence, a single letter from the Bayan is dearer to me than everything that is in the heavens and the earth,” Asad-Allah Fadil Mazandarani, Asrar al-athar khususi, vol. 5, p. 333.
5- They single out Iran in almost everything like calling out prosecution and etc while they turn a blind eye to whatever happens to Baha'is and non-Baha'is alike in countries that are politically allied with the west.
6- Baha'ism is not a simple religious entity where you keep your beliefs to yourselves. It is an organization where the adherents are required by their beliefs to participate in all matters of the cult in an organized matter taking orders in a hierarchical form from the highest in rank, the Universal House of Justice, down to the Local Spiritual Assemblies.
Any organization, in any country, must first obtain the necessary legal approvals in accordance with that countries laws for it to be able to start its activities. Baha'is have received no approvals whatsoever and their organizational activities are all illegal in Iran. Interestingly, the Israeli government does not allow them to have any activities in Israel and Baha'is happily oblige and never protest. Their persecution in Israel is so harsh that they are not even allowed to live in Israel (only allowed a short few day visit to visit their holy cites, and only IF the Universal House of Justice allows them), yet they never ever protest to this. This hypocritical behavior makes matters even worse for them in Iran because they are obviously making themselves a tool of the western governments against Iran by this attitude.
7-Another point that must be considered in this regard is the fact that Baha'is have formed a government within a government. You see, they have absolute obedience to the UHJ, the headquarters located in Israel. The orders of the UHJ have precedence over the laws of the Iranian government (although they claim the contrary). No government will tolerate such a behavior.
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