MUHJ63-86/273/Assassination of Dr. Manúchihr Ḥakím, Chairman of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly

From Bahaiworks
Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Assassination of Dr. Manúchihr Ḥakím, Chairman of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly
13 January 1981

[Page 474]To National Spiritual Assemblies

273.1 PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED TRAGIC NEWS JUST RECEIVED OF ASSASSINATION IN HIS CLINIC OF PROFESSOR MANÚCHIHR ḤAKÍM DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIAN EMINENT PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY TEHRAN AND FOR SUCCESSIVE DECADES INTERMITTENTLY MEMBER CHAIRMAN NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY IRAN. SPIRIT COURAGE DEDICATION WITH WHICH THIS MOST RECENT MARTYR DISCHARGED SACRED RESPONSIBILITIES ON SUPREME NATIONAL BAHÁ’Í INSTITUTION CRADLE FAITH WORTHY EMULATION BAHÁ’Í ADMINISTRATORS AND FRIENDS EVERY LAND. DEEPLY DISTURBED THIS LATEST OMINOUS SIGN GATHERING CLOUDS FRESH CALAMITIES HARD-PRESSED FRIENDS IRAN. . . .

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