The Bahá’í Writings

417. Execution of Dr. Farhád Aṣdaqí after Four Months of Torture; Death of Two Bahá’ís in Tabríz after More than Two Years’ Imprisonment

Messages from the Universal House of Justice– 1963–1986, The Third Epoch of the Formative Age · The Universal House of Justice · 88 words

417

Execution of Dr. Farhád Aṣdaqí after Four Months

of Torture; Death of Two Bahá’ís in Tabríz after

More than Two Years’ Imprisonment

18 December 1984

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

417.1 FURTHER OUR TELEX 17 DECEMBER WE SORROWFULLY ANNOUNCE NEWS EXECUTION BY HANGING OF DR. FARHÁD AṢDAQÍ ON 19 NOVEMBER AFTER FOUR MONTHS IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE. MR. ḌÍYÁ’U’LLÁH MANÍ‘I-USKÚ’Í AND MR. ‘ALÍ-RIḌÁ NÍYÁKÁN DIED IN TABRÍZ PRISON 13TH AND 11TH NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS IMPRISONMENT. CAUSE DEATHS NOT ESTABLISHED.

Universal House of Justice