MUHJ63-86/292/Execution of Auxiliary Board Member and Seven Assembly Members in Tabríz; Abduction of Two Teenage Girls

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Execution of Auxiliary Board Member and Seven Assembly Members in Tabríz; Abduction of Two Teenage Girls

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30 July 1981

[Page 502]To all National Spiritual Assemblies

292.1 WITH HEAVY-LADEN HEARTS ANNOUNCE NEWS JUST RECEIVED NINE HEROIC FRIENDS EXECUTED TABRÍZ BY FIRING SQUAD ONE OF WHOM AUXILIARY BOARD MEMBER AND SEVEN MEMBERS LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY:

MASRÚR DAKHÍLÍ

ḤUSAYN ASADU’LLÁHZÁDIH

ALLÁH-VIRDÍ MÍTHÁQÍ

MANÚCHIHR KHÁḌÍ‘Í

‘ABDU’L-‘ALÍ ASADYÁRÍ

ISMÁ‘ÍL ZIHTÁB

PARVÍZ FÍRÚZÍ

MIHDÍ BÁHIRÍ

ḤABÍBU’LLÁH TAḤQÍQÍ

292.2 TWO TEENAGE GIRL STUDENTS. . . . ABDUCTED FROM SCHOOL BY TEACHERS IN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. PARENTS UNABLE DETERMINE FATE DISAPPEARED CHILDREN. TEACHERS CLAIM GIRLS CONVERTED ISLAM REFUSE MEET BAHÁ’Í PARENTS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNCOOPERATIVE.

292.3 GRIEVED AT RUTHLESSNESS RAPIDITY WITH WHICH PRECIOUS LIVES DISTINGUISHED VIRTUOUS MEMBERS COMMUNITY BEING SNUFFED OUT, THEIR HONOR VIOLATED, THEIR HOMES POSSESSIONS PLUNDERED. WE PRAY BAHÁ’U’LLÁH BEHALF ENTIRE BAHÁ’Í WORLD ATTAIN GREATER CAPACITY SERENELY BEAR WEIGHT ORDEALS, WITNESS EARLY DELIVERANCE HIS PERSECUTED LOVERS CRADLE FAITH FROM SHACKLES REPRESSION BIGOTRY, AS PROMISED HIS SACRED WRITINGS.

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