MUHJ63-86/301/Grave Developments in Iran

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Grave Developments in Iran
5 November 1981

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

301.1 FOLLOWING GRAVE DEVELOPMENTS REPORTED FROM IRAN:

  1. REFERENCE OUR CABLE 26 MAY 1981 WORK ON BUILDING ROAD DESIGNED RUN THROUGH SITE BAB'S HOLY HOUSE SHIRAZ BEING ACTIVELY RESUMED.[1] RECENT REPORT INDICATES WORK STEADILY PROGRESSING APPROACHING SACRED PRECINCTS.
  2. OFFICE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BROKEN INTO PAPERS FILES REMOVED.
  3. SIX MEMBERS LOCAL ASSEMBLY TEHRAN SUMMARILY ARRESTED WHILE IN SESSION. COUPLE IN WHOSE HOME MEETING WAS HELD HAVE ALSO BEEN DETAINED.
  4. GOVERNMENT IRAN HAS RECENTLY INSTRUCTED ITS CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVES EVERYWHERE COMPILE LIST BAHÁ’ÍS RESIDING AREAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND HENCEFORTH REFRAIN FROM EXTENDING PASSPORTS IRANIAN BAHÁ’ÍS. . . .
UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE


Notes[edit]

  1. The message of 26 May 1981 (no. 282) reported the obliteration of the House of the Báb. For more about its seizure and demolition, see messages dated 10 May 1979 (no. 225), 9 September 1979 (no. 235), and 19 November 1979 (no. 241).