You Can't Stop My Love - Baha´s in Iran

They lived in the poorest neighborhood of their city. It was the kind of place you'd avoid if you could. But these children had no choice. They were born into misery and would probably die there. Then, one day, things changed. A group of people seemed to care. They came out of nowhere and they showed up every weekend. Unfailingly, their cars would appear on the horizon by 8:30 am. They'd park on the dirt road, next to the cadavers and burned tires. They'd come and spend a few hours with the children. They'd play games with them, exercise them, sing songs, read stories and help with school work, arts and crafts. Nobody really knew why they did what they did. But it didn't matter, because life was never the same again. It was colorful, happy and hopeful. For those few hours, every weekend, the children felt loved and not forgotten. They dared to articulate dreams and they began to take care of themselves and their desolate environment. Things were good. But then again, maybe things were too good. Because one fateful day, those people didn't show up again. Had they stopped caring? Had they found other children? No. They had been arrested. They had been imprisoned for coming to see these very children every week. For this, the court had said, constituted "an offense relating to state security"...
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[pinabarryscott1]

Thank you for your video. No one can stop our love for our Faith! We will always be Baha'is! Nothing anyone can due to stop our love! GOD BLESS!

[PeterJDeer]

Seriously, "Breezes of Confirmation" is what they called anti-regime Propaganda?

I want to hear their logic on this, this has to be priceless.

Beautiful video, by the way, one of the best I've seen on the matter. I hadn't realized before that they actually used that as their excuse.

[neolefty]

I really love this video. It's very touching and reminds me of how I felt when I was a young teenager and heard about Mona, the 16 yr old Iranian Baha'i who was executed for teaching Baha'i children's class. Many emotions, but mostly a deep conviction that it's is essential to honor her life with my own efforts.