MUHJ63-86/300/Further Acts of Persecution in Iran

From Bahaiworks
Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Further Acts of Persecution in Iran
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. . . .
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