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Mokhtar Hosseini and Leila Alavi at the Australian Baha'i Temple
Leila Alavi killed with scissors, police reveal, as estranged husband refused bail.

Mr Monty said Mr Hosseiniamraei followed the Baha'i faith and they were married at the Australian House of Worship on Sydney's northern beaches in 2011.
Ms Alavi was "like an angel with a bright smile", Mr Monty said.

"This is just a tragedy and we are all in shock. I looked to her as a sister. She was the most adorable person you could come across."

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(A CRY FROM THE HEART from a Persian Baha’i: Ahmad Karimpour’)
“Dear Friends,
I read your letter dated 20/08/02 with disgust and have decided to respond to you in English and set the record straight concerning the violation of my human and Baha’i rights and your continued coercive and intimidatory behaviour.


Your initial correspondence to this servant contained false and inaccurate allegations. You failed to conduct an independent enquiry and find out the merits of the case presented to you. You recorded as factual the rumours forwarded to you by a number of ill-intentioned and attention-seeking individuals, some of whom are regarded as the “learned!”. You accepted the unsubstantiated gossips of wrong-doers and did not bother to hear my side of the argument. On this count you have failed in one of the basic teachings of our beloved faith: the Independent Investigation of the Truth.
Roman Catholic Priests
You demanded from me, to recant my alleged association with an organisation I know nothing about and threatened me with sanctions of I did not comply. Though I objected to your bias and prejudice so clearly evident from the tone of your letter, I drafted a short reply and complied with your wishes. I did so purely out of my love for Baha’u'llah and the martyrs of the Faith, whom I had the pleasure of knowing.

Yet in your most recent reply, you once again threaten me with sanctions even though I have complied with your every request. I take refuge in God from your harassments. Your tactics of thought control, inquisition, violation of my individual rights (innocent until proven guilty), intimidation, threats and sanctions are in complete violation of the role and function of a Spiritual Assembly as foretold by Abd’ul Baha and Shoghi Effendi. Your actions resemble the 14th century Inquisition by the Roman Catholic priests.
George Orwell ( 1903 –1950 )

Your continued harassment of this servant on false charges, have drawn a wedge in our family and resulted in the desertion of the Faith by my daughter – something even the mullahs were incapable of doing.

You have demonstrated to be a puppet in the hands of a few un-elected evil individuals with fancy titles. Persons who can say what they like and commit what wrong-doings they can without being questioned. I ask you, to whom shall we turn to, if these individuals one day rape our children? Why are they above the law?

Anyone who questions their evil methods and intentions, is labelled a “covenant breaker” and cast out of the Faith. Disagreement with them is seen as “trying to build a following” or “campaigning against the covenant”. Free speech and expressions of opinion are stifled through the imposition of a soviet style conformity with the system. One is persecuted for thinking independently and threatened with sanctions. Big Brother is watching every where and George Orwell’s 1984 is re- lived before our very eyes.
Pauline Hanson

In the mean time “Entry by Troops” becomes “Desertion by Troops” and even the thought-police are not able to halt the un-precendented desertions from the faith that we are witnessing today. In attempting to impose their vain imaginings on individuals, the racist policies of Apartheid and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party are practiced in disguise. Justice and equality amongst the Bahai’s has given way to the creation of a new class of clergy with unlimited powers to silence any signs of independent thinking or free enquiry.

For the record, I wish to state the following:

1 – If you intend to cast me out of the faith (and yet have no solid reason for doing so), feel free to let me know. My daughters and I will happily resign en masse and grant your wish.

2 – If this event takes place, I reserve my full rights as an Australian citizen and a free individual to raise my case and demand justice through other sources / authorities.

You can never control my heart and faith“. . . . .


“I make a clear distinction between the Faith of Baha’u'llah and the evil intentions of those who seek leadership positions within the Baha’i administration. Oppression will always be evident in the light of history.

You have failed to be the “loving shepherds” you are meant to be. Choosing to play politics and please the un-elected few is in direct contravention of what you are elected for. “

 Regards,
 Ahmad Karimpour Perth – WA
 26/08/02


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One More High Level Baha’i Scam :
 
(Please read the following news item with background that the Baha’i Faith officially proclaims that “ purpose of Core activities of Baha’is is  to assist in the transformation and betterment of society.")

Recently 5 individuals tied to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia were booked by Australian Law Enforcement authorities for drug trafficking. Three of these individuals have since been sentenced and decision on the two is pending. 

The three sentenced individuals are:

1) Erfan Isfahani (member of the National Teaching Committee & Youth Year of Service Committee)

2) Arash Kalani (member of the National Teaching Committee member & Youth Year of Service Committee)

3) Sahba Yazdani


These individuals were trafficking MDMA pills as well as a new illegal substance on the streets known as ICE and other assorted narcotic pills.

Erfan Isfahani and Arash Kalani were regular representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia and were proceeding on its travel teaching campaigns to the Solomon Islands (and other assorted Micronesian islands) as representatives of Australian National Youth Committee. Baha’is openly prosletyze their cult at these locations (perhaps with drugs as added attraction). Both Erfan and Arash have been convicted by courts in the state of the Western Australia for narcotics trafficking and supply, including the sentence of supply to minors.

Sahba Yazdani was convicted twice with his appeal overturned. He was the lead supplier. An Australian Federal Police sting operation, in joint cooperation with the State of Western Australia Police, revealed that Mr Yazdani was the regions drug kingpin, representing a shadowy figure whose identity he refuses to disclose. Fire arms as well as
illegal drugs were found in his house and vehicle.

Sahba Yazadani is noted to have made hefty contributions to the Baha'i National Fund and to the Baha'i International Fund. Obviously all these hefty contributions to the Baha'i funds were from his occupation as a drug dealer. Neither the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia nor the Baha'i International Community have to date returned or surrendered to Australian law enforcement officials such contributions.
 Strangely, Baha’is do not accept funds from non-Baha’is – why should they, when loads of money is available through illegal short-cuts? Also, if they accept funds from Non-Baha’is they would be expected to give audit details. Life is simpler and more manageable with Baha’i funds. 
 
Unexplainably, Michael Curriotti - the solicitor for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia - was the attorney representing Sahba Yazadani during his trial. Questions abound as to the identity of the shadowy lead kingpin figure of this Baha'i drug ring, which Yazdani refuses to give, and rumours abound that he/she is a Baha'i living in Sydney.! 
 
Apparently the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia knows who this individual is, but are playing dumb to law enforcement authorities, misleading them in their investigation, refusing to give disclose identity of this individual.

My suggestion to the Australian Federal Police is that to learn the identity of this individual they must question the Baha'i body itself including its attorney, Mr Michael Curiotti. Also, the Authorities should realize why the Baha’I Faith is banned in about a dozen countries and why they have been driven from their own country – Iran.
While baha'i cultists on USENET can maliciously accuse sincere individuals and bonafide spiritual communities who use Ayahuasca (a substance technically not illegal in Australia and now protected by the United States Supreme court in a recent ruling), for being drug addicts and drug traffickers, they are hypocritically silent about the cases of bona fide drug abuse and illegal narcotics traffic by members and authorities of their own community.

Furthermore, the Baha'i authorities enrich their coffers from the monies of court convicted drug pushers speaks volumes about the corruption of this abusive and corrupt Stalinist cult.

Here is one more shady cult exposed. Hollow words on virtues and development of children and youth ultimately lead here. It is high time that a full-fledged enquiry is initiated on activities of this cult. Also, an alert be sounded in Australia, including its neighbouring islands to citizens to be vigilant about the Baha’i Faith initiatives.

May the Lord protect us from any deviation, whatsoever, Amen.

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Talk/talk.religion.bahai/2006-06/msg00237.html



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Fifth Case:

Mr Bluett is a 25 year-old man who has completed his Law Degree at the University of NSW and has now completed his registration training at Port Moresby. He reports that he was married for a twelve-month period and he and his wife are now separated since May 2007.

ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED OFFENCES

Mr Bluett is able to give a coherent account of him during the time period surrounding the offences. He acknowledges his responsibility for his behavior and agrees that the alleged behavior was inappropriate. He reports that he and his family are of the Bahai religion. The cornerstone of tins religion is that followers do not engage in pre-marriage sexual activities. He reports that he has been studying law at the University of NSW for the past six years. He reports that whilst studying he was lonely at that time period and did develop intimate friendships with different women with whom he was sexually active. In November 2005, he went to India for the sole purpose of finding a wife. He met his wife Sharmila Sharma at a Bahai conference in Sikkim in India. He reports that he and his wife then returned to Sydney. He completed his final year of law at end of year 2006.

He reports his wife found out about his pre-marital sexual activities and chastised him about not informing her of this behavior prior to her agreeing to marry him. He reports that this caused him emotional pain as well leading to conflict between the couple. He denies that he was using drugs or any illicit substances during the time period surrounding the offences or that he was taking psychiatric medication or suffering from any major psychiatric symptoms such as psychotic symptoms during mat time period. 

FULL FACTS FROM POLICE RECORDS
The accused person, Sean David BLUETT, has been involved in an intimate relationship with Sharmila SHARMA since the 7th of May 2006 when they were married in an arranged marriage in Sikkim, India where SHARMA previously resided.

On the 15th of May 2006 BLUETT and SHARMA travelled to Australia where they moved in together into BLUETT'S home at unit I0/S1S Anzac Parade Maroubra.

In October 2006 SHARMA was granted a two year spousal visa. BLUETT is an Australian citizen, having lived in Australia for the past six years while he studies law at the University of NSW.

According to SHARMA, BLUETT often travels to Papua New Guinea to visit his mother and study.
About 7.00am on Sunday the 6th of May 2007 SHARMA was lying on the couples bed with BLUETT having a conversation regarding their relationship and the women BLUETT had spent time with in Papua New Guinea.

BLUETT ALLEGEDLY TOLD SHARMA to "shut up"

About 7.00am on Tuesday the 8th of May 2007 SHARMA came out of the couple's ensuite bathroom and into their bedroom where she was yelled at by BLUETT for talking to a friend, Mrs. Bahia ZEIN about her relationship with BLUETT.

BLUETT abused SHARMA and questioned her going to Mrs. ZEIN about him. BLUETT allegedly stood up in front of SHARMA and put one of his hands on the top of her head forcing her backwards into a cupboard.

She got away from BLUETT and went into the bathroom to wash her face. As SHARMA dried her face BLUETT approached her, pulled her into the bedroom and threw her on the ground.


SHARMA began yelling for help, however the windows were closed and the bedroom door was locked. BLUETT put his hands over SHARMA'S face so she could not yell.

BLUETT came into the lounge-room and began abusing SHARMA for around an hour.

On the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th of May 2007 SHARMA was at Maroubra Junction doing shopping when she decided she wanted to report BLUETT to the Police. She contacted Mrs. ZEIN who  attended Maroubra Police Station with her and she made a statement.

At the time of reporting this incident to Police SHARMA was visibly upset and crying while making a statement.
Police took photographs of numerous injuries of Sharma including a large bruise on her upper left thigh wild numerous bruises on both her arms.

SHARMA has informed Police that she is extremely frightened of BLUETT, wishes to end their relationship, does not want him to approach her or contact her and is afraid that he will assault her and possibly kill her.
About 9.30pm on Wednesday the 9th of May 2007 Police attended unit 10/808 Anzac Parade Maroubra to speak with BLUETT.

Police knocked on the front door several times with no response, however could hear a males voice inside. Police heard a window or door at the rear of the unit being opened and then closed. Police announced themselves and requested the resident to open the front door.

BLUETTS mother Kaitv opened the front door and informed them BLUETT was not home.

Police got in their vehicle and searched for BLUETT, locating him in Boyce Road, an adjacent Street. At that time BLUETT was wearing a red jumper and grey track pants.
BLUETT was arrested and cautioned before being handcuffed with his hands behind his back.
BLUETT was taken to Maroubra Police Station where he was entered into custody and informed of his part 9 of LEPRA.
At Maroubra Police Station BLUETT was given the opportunity to be interviewed, however he declined to participate in any type of interview.

BLUETT was then charged with the matter now before the court.

Facts Created by: CON JOSHUA HASHAM
Date: 09/05/2007

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Fourth Case:


He is involved in many cases.

He  was charged for deception for living in two places with two different names for gaining financial advantages

Mehrab Khani's name is in the Tasmanian Collection Service Trade Gazette for owing money to tradesmen/businesses who have done work for him.

 People seem to have trouble finding Mehrab Khani because he is listed under several addresses. For the record, he lives at 178 Brisbane Street, Hobart. 

There are 3 summons by Hobart City Council against Mehrab Khani .

Soheil Mehrab-Khani  is an Opportunist

Tony Jacobs lives at 176 Brisbane Street, next to Soheil Mehrab Khani.
Soheil Mehrab Khani

Here in his own words are the problems he has had to endure:

1)  Mr. Khani's driveway was not wide enough for his purpose so he cut off part of my front fence with a chain saw and erected this pillar to support his metal gates.

2)  He constructed cement base wholly inside my property to support the pillar and gates. I later found a workman putting render on it. He said Mr. Khani had told him I had given express permission for him to work on it.

3) Using my new fence as boxing he built his property up to 25cm above natural ground level at the street.


4) My property extends about halfway across his rear. Whilst the fence was down Mr. Khani took the opportunity to cut down bushes and shrubs well inside our property. On one occasion he dumped old fence timber on top of a flower bed of my wife's notwithstanding that empty spaces were available nearby.

A letter to Mr. Khani seeking remedial action was ignored so we engaged a builder to put in terracing. A Summons was issued against him for costs and damages.

One of the claims by his Solicitor was that Mr. Khani had found some Hobart fences in the wrong place. Apparently this meant he thought he could take what he liked. He had measured his boundary in my presence. He has undoubtedly encroached.

Compulsory Conciliation Conference had only gone about 2 minutes when there was an extremely violent psychotic outburst by Mr. Khani. The Magistrate's hearing was interrupted by about 6 outburts by Khani. As the Magistrate was ruling in my favour he stormed out of Court directing a loud tirade at me. I got the money.
Mr. Khani has since tried to sell the property but the Agents declined to continue to act because the pillar is in my property.

I've since had a tirade of abuse from him, attacks on me when in motor vehicles and a lot of spitting from the footpath and over the fence. These have been interspersed with damage to the side fence by kicks and bare hands.


For more details:
Visit: http://developerkhani.blogspot.com/
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Third Case:

A 16-year-old Perth boy who encouraged girls to perform sex acts on a webcam then posted them on Facebook did not know it was illegal, his lawyer says.

The teenager was due to be sentenced in the Perth Children's Court on Monday but Judge Denis Reynolds adjourned the matter to consider whether or not to send the boy into detention for his crime.

The boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, pleaded guilty to several child exploitation offences committed between October 17, 2010, and January 24, 2011.

The charges include encouraging a child over the age of 13 and under the age of 16 to do an indecent act, attempting to procure a child aged over 13 and under 16 to do an indecent act, and distributing child exploitation material, namely a digital file.

The court heard on Monday that the boy created a Facebook account in the name of a known bully and used the account to threaten the girls into exposing themselves and performing sex acts on a webcam, which he then posted on Facebook for their friends to see.

The boy's lawyer, Annie O'Neill, told the court her client knew his actions were wrong based on his Baha'i faith, but did not know it was illegal.

Ms O'Neill said it was "horrifying" how easy it was for young people to gain access to pornographic material online at a time when they were just beginning to explore their sexuality.

"My client is still very young indeed," she said.

Ms O'Neill said her client took "full responsibility" for his actions and was remorseful, especially because he had been bullied in the past and knew what it felt like.

He also had the support of his Iranian migrant parents, who were ashamed and embarrassed by their son's behavior and took immediate steps to ground him and ban him from using the computer, Ms O'Neill said.

The boy's mother wept in court while he sat quietly with his head down during proceedings.

Judge Reynolds said the matter needed "careful consideration" and adjourned the matter to May 27.



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Second Case:

BEHROUZ FOROUGHI
Mr Foroughi is 43 years old. He was born in Iran on 7 January 1964. He had limited education in Iran and India. He and his family belong to Bahai faith. He entered Australia on a refugee visa in 1988, having held some casual employment in Iran before his arrival in Australia.
 He commenced gambling in Adelaide in 1991 where he learned to play roulette. He moved to Sydney in about 1991-1992 where he commenced work as a house painter. 
 In 1995, Mr Foroughi commenced his own business, Bendix Painting & Decorating. Later, he carried on business through a company known as Design Decorating & Maintenance Pty Limited. In the same year, he started gambling at Star City’s temporary premises at Pyrmont. He continued gambling in 1997 at Star City’s permanent casino which opened in that year.
Mr Foroughi agreed under cross examination that he found gambling exciting and that he spent his winnings on dinner parties and sex with prostitutes.
On 17 May 2004, Mr Foroughi lost $12,000 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. The following day, 18 May 2004, he lost approximately $15,000 at the Star City Casino in Sydney. The voluntary exclusion order was made on that day.
Within a few weeks of the making of the voluntary exclusion order, that is to say, by early June 2004, Mr Foroughi returned to the casino in breach of the order. His sworn evidence as set out in his affidavit was:
"Initially, I went back to the Casino to see whether the Exclusion Order would work and whether the Casino staff would stop me from going back into the premises. I was very scared that the Casino staff would catch me. But nobody noticed me and I was not caught so I returned a few more times. On these occasions I bet small amounts of money, just $1,000.00 or $2,000.00, on Roulette."
He went on to depose in the following paragraphs of his affidavit that he was "very surprised" that no one from the casino stopped him and he went back many times, gambling very large amounts of money.
A schedule annexed to the affidavit sets out 65 dates on which Mr Foroughi claims to have entered the casino between 11 June 2004 and 28 January 2006. According to the schedule, Mr Foroughi suffered losses on 63 of the 65 occasions, ranging from $1,000 to $73,000. The only winnings referred to in the schedule were $700 on 27 January 2006 and $200 on 28 January 2006.
The total amount of losses particularised in the schedule was $612,095. However, Mr Foroughi gave evidence of various other estimates of his losses which I will refer to later.
On 7 November 2005, Mr Foroughi filed an application and statement of claim in the Federal Court claiming damages and other relief against Star City. The statement of claim pleaded claims for misleading and deceptive conduct and the other causes of action referred to above, based upon Star City’s failure to detect Mr Foroughi and remove him from the casino on approximately 40 occasions commencing 11 June 2004.
 On 23 November 2005, Ms Virginia Baker, who holds the position of Responsible Gambling Manager for Star City, sent a memo to the Casino’s Security Managers and Surveillance Managers about Mr Foroughi’s claims. She requested that Mr Foroughi’s photograph be placed on a "persons of interest" board, also known as the "hot list", to assist staff to prevent him from entering the casino.
In spite of the hot list posting, Mr Foroughi’s unchallenged evidence is that he entered the casino on 16 December 2005 and gambled large amount of money on the roulette tables. Indeed, so large was his betting that he claims he was offered the facilities of "the high rollers’" room. He claims to have suffered losses totalling $100,000 on 16 December 2005 and 17 December 2005.
On 28 January 2006, Mr Sasko Bujaroski, a senior security officer of Star City, detected Mr Foroughi in the casino. Mr Bujaroski recognised Mr Foroughi as an excluded patron and took steps to have him removed from the premises. Mr Ador Palad, an inspector employed by the Casino Control Authority, spoke with Mr Foroughi and arranged for a security officer to escort him from the casino.
On 20 April 2006, Mr Bujaroski again detected Mr Foroughi in the casino in breach of the voluntary exclusion order. Mr Bujaroski then approached Mr Foroughi with Mr Winston Lau, a Casino Control Authority inspector, who arranged for Mr Foroughi to be escorted from the premises.
In his written application for a voluntary exclusion order, Mr Foroughi requested that Star City make the order and acknowledged that Star City would not consider revoking the order until it had stood for at least 12 months.
The application contained an acknowledgment by Mr Foroughi that the order did not place any obligation, duty or responsibility on anyone except himself. It contained the following express undertaking:
"I undertake that I will, during the period of voluntary exclusion:
- consider myself a self excluded person; and
- recognise that it is my responsibility and I undertake not to enter or gamble within the gaming areas at Star City, being the main gaming floor and the Ende vour Room; and
- seek and continue to seek the assistance and advice of a qualified and recognised problem gambling counsellor."
The application also contained an express release and indemnity in favour of Star City from and against all liabilities incurred by it by reason of Mr Foroughi’s breach of the voluntary exclusion order.
When the application was signed, Mr Foroughi was provided with a notice containing further information about the order and a list of organisations which offered counselling services for problem gamblers.
The voluntary exclusion order was expressed to have been made under s 79 of the Casino Control Act. It stated that Mr Foroughi was prohibited from entering or remaining on the premises of Star City while the order remained in force and that it so remained from 18 May 2004 until it was revoked by Star City.
The order also stated that s 85 of the Casino Control Act provides that it is lawful for the person in charge of the casino:
"using no more force than is reasonable in the circumstances to prevent you from entering or to remove you from the casino while this order is in force."

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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Foroughi v Star City Pty Limited
BEHROUZ FOROUGHI v STAR CITY PTY LIMITED
NSD 2137 OF 2005

JACOBSON J
27 SEPTEMBER 2007
SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY
NSD 2137 of 2005
BETWEEN:
BEHROUZ FOROUGHI
Applicant
AND:
STAR CITY PTY LIMITED
Respondent


JUDGE:
JACOBSON J
DATE OF ORDER:
27 SEPTEMBER 2007
WHERE MADE:
SYDNEY



THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The application be dismissed.
2. The applicant pay the costs of the application.
3. The cross-claim be dismissed.
Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.



REASONS FOR JUDGMENT


Introduction and overview

1 Mr Behrouz Foroughi is a problem gambler. According to expert evidence called on his behalf, he is also a pathological gambler, although this diagnosis is disputed by an expert called by the respondent, Star City Pty Limited.

2 On 17 May 2004 and 18 May 2004, Mr Foroughi suffered substantial losses while playing roulette at Melbourne’s Crown Casino and at Star City’s casino at Pyrmont. Following his losses on 18 May 2004, Mr Foroughi requested that Star City ban him from the casino. Provision is made in s 79(3) of the Casino Control Act 1992 (NSW) for a casino operator to give an order, known as a voluntary exclusion order, made on the person’s voluntary application, prohibiting the person from entering or remaining in a casino. Star City made such an order against Mr Foroughi on 18 May 2004.

3 Mr Foroughi’s voluntary exclusion order was made on a form of application signed by him and witnessed by an employee of Star City. He stated in the application that he recognised that it was his responsibility not to enter the gaming areas and he undertook not to do so. He also undertook to seek assistance and advice from a qualified counsellor in problem gaming. He sought no such assistance until he consulted a solicitor in connection with the commencement of these proceedings.

4 Notwithstanding his express undertakings, Mr Foroughi claims to have entered Star City’s casino on 65 occasions between June 2004 and January 2006 and to have suffered gambling losses on those occasions amounting to many hundreds of thousands of dollars. He now seeks to recover his claimed losses from Star City under various causes of action.

The hearing before Justice Peter Jacobson continues …


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