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23 October 1981 |
[Page 508]To all National Spiritual Assemblies
300.1 FOLLOWING NEWS FURTHER ACTS PERSECUTION INFLICTED BRETHREN IRAN JUST RECEIVED:
- — IN URÚMÍYYIH, ÁDHIRBÁYJÁN TWENTY-SIX BAHÁ’ÍS SUMMARILY ARRESTED, FIVE OF WHOM ARE WOMEN.
- — IN BÍRJAND, KHURÁSÁN HOUSES ALL LOCAL BELIEVERS RANSACKED FORCING FRIENDS DESERT THEIR HOMES AND FLEE FOR SAFETY.
- — IN TEHRAN HOME PROMINENT BELIEVER OCCUPIED ALL HER FURNITURE CONFISCATED. LISTING OF ITEMS ALLEGEDLY FOUND IN HOUSE FALSELY INCLUDES ARMAMENTS DRUGS.
- — FRIENDS IRAN LIVING IN ATMOSPHERE CONSTANT FEAR THEIR PROPERTIES AND LIVES. . . .
- UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE