since the iranian revolution there have been accusations that the baháʼís support israel because they send fund contributions to the baháʼí world centre which is located in northern israel. the donations are used in the baháʼí world centre for upkeep of the baháʼí properties, as well as the administration of the worldwide baháʼí community. the national spiritual assembly of the baháʼís of iran in a 1983 letter to the iranian government stated that while muslims were praised for sending money out of the country to iraq and jerusalem for the upkeep of their religious shrines, when baháʼís sent money for the upkeep of their own shrines it was considered an unforgivable sin.