| ←233 | Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Effects of Bahá’í Actions on the Situation in Iran |
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| 20 August 1979 |
To National Spiritual Assemblies
Dear Bahá’í Friends,
234.1 Since writing to you on 15 June on behalf of the Universal House of Justice about events and persecutions in Iran, several developments have transpired, and we have been asked to share the information set forth below with you.
234.2 The cumulative effect of the cables sent by Local Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world, as well as the issuance and quiet circulation of open letters directed to the public in Iran by the National Spiritual Assembly of that country, refuting the false allegations made against the Bahá’í Community, seem to have produced, among others, the following results.
- 234.3 1. The Iranian press has stopped its daily vituperation against the Bahá’ís.
- 234.4 2. The official government explanation for the seizure of properties belonging to the Bahá’í Community, including the Holy Places, is that these have been seized in order to protect them.
- 234.5 3. Individual government officials, contacted by representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, have expressed personal sympathy with the Bahá’ís; however, they seem incapable of effectively helping the friends in their present plight. . . .
- With loving Bahá’í greetings,
- DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT
