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| 16 July 1980 |
To the Bahá’ís of the World
254.1 WITH HEARTS LADEN WITH SORROW YET FILLED WITH PRIDE AND ADMIRATION ANNOUNCE MARTYRDOM IN CRADLE FAITH OF YADU’LLÁH ÁSTÁNÍ AND FARÁMARZ SAMANDARÍ RESPECTIVELY CHAIRMAN MEMBER LOCAL ASSEMBLY TABRÍZ. THESE TWO HEROIC SOULS, TOGETHER WITH BAHÁR VUJDÁNÍ OF MAHÁBÁD, GHULÁM-ḤUSAYN A’ẒAMÍ OF SANGSAR AND MÍR-ASADU’LLÁH MUKHTÁRÍ OF BÍRJAND, WHO DURING PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ALSO SUFFERED CRUEL MARTYRDOM, HAVE JOINED RANKS THEIR NOBLE FOREBEARS HEROIC AGE. BAHÁ’Í WORLD WITNESSING WITH AWE AND WONDER VALIANT BELIEVERS CRADLE FAITH, WORTHY HEIRS OF DAWN-BREAKERS, ONCE AGAIN BEARING SUCCESSIVE WAVES OF REPRESSION AND HARASSMENT, ARRESTS AND KILLINGS, AND CONFISCATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTIES.
254.2 MAY FOLLOWERS MOST GREAT NAME, INSPIRED BY PRODIGIOUS ACTS HEROISM THEIR LONG-SUFFERING BRETHREN IRAN, ARISE, WITH RENEWED CONSECRATION AND VIGOUR, WIN FRESH VICTORIES, REWARD SACRIFICES, COMPENSATE DISABILITIES, CHEER LONGING HEARTS STAUNCH STEADFAST BELIEVERS HOMELAND BAHÁ’U’LLÁH.
- UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
