Second Reflection

that for Baha’u’llah the ultimate form of tyranny is the unity of these two forms of despotism, namely the clerical theocracy. For the last 160 years, Iranians have persecuted the Baha’is for their belief in the words of Baha’u’llah. It is only now that most of the Iranians intellectuals are realizing the need for both spiritual and political democracy, unaware of the fact that this glorious sociological insight was first offered by Baha’u’llah for the emancipation and development of Iran.