413. Execution of Member of Disbanded Iranian National Spiritual Assembly and of Bahá’ís from Karaj and Mashhad
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413
Execution of Member of Disbanded
Iranian National Spiritual Assembly and of Bahá’ís
from Karaj and Mashhad
8 November 1984
To all National Spiritual Assemblies
413.1 WITH SORROWFUL HEARTS WE ANNOUNCE EXECUTION OF THREE MORE BAHÁ’ÍS IN IRAN, MR. AḤMAD BASHÍRÍ, MEMBER NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISBANDED 29 AUGUST 1983, MR. YÚNIS NAWRÚZÍ-ÍRÁNZÁD, MEMBER LOCAL ASSEMBLY KARAJ.
413.2 THESE TWO EXECUTED BY HANGING AND THE THIRD, MR. FÍRÚZ PURDIL, AN ENGINEER FROM MASHHAD DETAILS OF WHOSE EXECUTION NOT YET KNOWN. IT IS CERTAIN THAT MR. BASHÍRÍ IN HIS FIFTEEN MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT SUFFERED CRUEL INHUMAN TORTURES DESIGNED TO OBTAIN FALSE DECLARATION FROM HIM IMPLICATING DISBANDED BAHÁ’Í ADMINISTRATION IN IRAN AS ESPIONAGE NETWORK. HIS ENDURANCE, STEADFASTNESS, LIKE THAT OF HIS HEROIC FELLOW BELIEVERS, THWARTED INFAMOUS DESIGNS. MR. BASHÍRÍ AND MR. NAWRÚZÍ-ÍRÁNZÁD ALONG WITH MR. SHÁPÚR MARKAZÍ PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WERE INCLUDED IN LIST BAHÁ’ÍS ALREADY CONDEMNED TO DEATH. THIS CAUSES GRAVE CONCERN FATE REMAINING VALIANT SOULS LANGUISHING IN PRISON....
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