296. Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran and Dáryún
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Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran and Dáryún
18 September 1981
To all National Spiritual Assemblies
296.1 RUTHLESS PERSECUTION DEFENSELESS COMMUNITY BAHÁ’ÍS IRAN FURTHER INTENSIFIED THROUGH RECENT EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUADS OF SIX STAUNCH MARTYRS, ONE IN TEHRAN ḤABÍBU’LLÁH ‘AZÍZÍ, FIVE IN DÁRYÚN NEAR ISFAHÁN, BAHMAN ‘ÁṬIFÍ, ‘IZZAT ‘ÁṬIFÍ, ‘AṬÁ’U’LLÁH RAWḤÁNÍ, AHMAD RIḌVÁNÍ, AND GUSHTÁSB THÁBIT-RÁSIKH. LAST FIVE WERE IMPRISONED FOLLOWING LARGE-SCALE SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON BAHÁ’ÍS IN THEIR HOMES AND ARREST OF SEVERAL OF THEM IN VILLAGES NEAR ISFAHÁN. FAMILIES MARTYRS WERE NOT INFORMED OF EXECUTIONS WHILE RELATIVES THOSE EXECUTED IN DÁRYÚN ALSO NOT PERMITTED CONDUCT BAHÁ’Í FUNERALS THEIR LOVED ONES, AND LAST THREE NAMED WERE BURIED UNCEREMONIOUSLY IN MUSLIM CEMETERY. NO ANNOUNCEMENT BY AUTHORITIES WAS MADE ABOUT EXECUTION LAST FIVE....
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