Persecution of Baha'is is a golden opportunity for teaching - The UHJ

In 1982, the Universal House of Justice wrote that 'the effect of these developments (i.e. the persecutions in Iran) is to offer such golden opportunities for teaching and further proclamation as can only lead, if vigorously and enthusiastically seized, to large scale conversion and increasing prestige'. Internal documents relating to the subject of the Iranian persecutions indicate that the dominant concern of the movement is not so much the issue of human rights as the possibility of further publicity. This is particularly evident in the latest development, namely the production of a rather tasteless pop video based on the arrest interrogation and execution of a teenage Baha'i girl hanged in Shiraz in 1983. The video has been put on the market in several countries, along with a single record and an L.P., as part of a 'major proclamation' known as the 'Mona Project', whose aim is to get the Baha'i message across to young people.

-Denis MacEoin

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537908608580587