416. Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran

416

Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran

17 December 1984

To National Spiritual Assemblies

416.1 REGRETFULLY ANNOUNCE SAD NEWS EXECUTION OF SIX BAHÁ’Í FRIENDS IN TEHRAN: DR. RÚḤÚ’LLÁH TA’LÍM FROM KIRMÁNSHÁH, MR. FÍRÚZ AṬHARÍ, MR. ‘INÁYATU’LLÁH HAQÍQÍ, MR. JAMSHÍD PÚR-USTÁDKÁR, MR. JAMÁL KÁSHÁMÍ, MR. GHULÁM ḤUSAYN FARHAND. THE LAST FIVE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED TO YOU AS AMONG THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH. FATE OF REMAINING 19 IN BALANCE. ALL EXECUTIONS TOOK PLACE ON ONE DAY, 9 DECEMBER. DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN AS NEITHER RELATIVES FRIENDS WERE INFORMED. FACT OF EXECUTIONS DISCOVERED 8 DAYS LATER....

Universal House of Justice

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