MUHJ63-86/233/Release of Bahá’í Prisoners in Baghdad

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Release of Bahá’í Prisoners in Baghdad
20 August 1979

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

233.1 The following message has just been telexed by the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’í International Community office in New York:[Page 423]

HIGHLY GRATIFIED NEWS JUST RECEIVED ALL BAHÁ’Í PRISONERS BAGHDAD RELEASED AS PART GENERAL AMNESTY. WE OFFER THANKSGIVING BAHÁ’U’LLÁH HIS BOUNTIFUL GRACE ENABLING HIS STEADFAST FRIENDS DEMONSTRATE THEIR UNWAVERING LOYALTY HIS PRECIOUS FAITH.

233.2 The Universal House of Justice is sure that this news will delight the hearts of the friends.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,
DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT