MUHJ63-86/307/Execution of Eight Members of the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly
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| 29 December 1981 |
To National Spiritual Assemblies
307.1 WITH HEAVY HEARTS INFORM FRIENDS THROUGHOUT WORLD EIGHT MEMBERS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IRAN ARRESTED 13 DECEMBER WERE EXECUTED 27 DECEMBER. THEY ARE:
- MR. KÁMRÁN ṢAMÍMÍ
- MRS. ZHÍNÚS MAḤMÚDÍ
- MR. MAḤMÚD MAJDHÚB
- MR. JALÁL ‘AZÍZÍ
- MR. MIHDÍ AMÍN AMÍN
- MR. SÍRÚS RAWSHANÍ
- MR. ‘IZZATU’LLÁH FURÚHÍ
- MR. QUDRATU’LLÁH RAWḤÁNÍ
307.2 [Page 512]FAMILIES NOT NOTIFIED OF ARRESTS, TRIAL, EXECUTIONS. BODIES BURIED UNCEREMONIOUSLY IN BARREN FIELD RESERVED BY GOVERNMENT FOR INFIDELS. INFORMATION DISCOVERED FORTUITOUSLY. GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TOTALLY SILENT, UNCOOPERATIVE.
307.3 THIS HEINOUS ACT CAUSES US FEAR THAT MEMBERS PREVIOUS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND TWO AUXILIARY BOARD MEMBERS WHO DISAPPEARED AUGUST 1980, AS WELL AS TWO OTHERS WHOSE WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN OVER TWO YEARS, HAVE SUFFERED SAME FATE. NAMES THESE HEROIC DEDICATED SERVANTS BLESSED BEAUTY ARE:
AUXILIARY BOARD MEMBERS
- DR. YÚTSIF ‘ABBÁSÍYÁN
- DR. ḤISHMATU’LLÁH RAWḤÁNÍ
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
- DR. ‘ALÍMURÁD DÁVÚDÍ
- MR. ‘ABDU’L-ḤUSAYN TASLÍMÍ
- MR. HÚSHANG MAḤMÚDÍ
- MR. IBRÁHÍM RAḤMÁNÍ
- DR. ḤUSAYN NAJÍ
- MR. MANÚCHIHR QÁ’IM MAQÁMÍ
- MR. ‘AṬÁ’U’LLÁH MUQARRABÍ
- MR. YÚSIF QADÍMÍ
- MRS. BAHÍYYIH NÁDIRÍ
- DR. KÁMBÍZ ṢADIQZÁDIH
MEMBER LOCAL ASSEMBLY TEHRAN
- MR. RÚḤÍ RAWSHANÍ
PROMINENT TEACHER
- MR. MUḤAMMAD MUVAḤḤID
307.4 EXEMPLARY CHARACTER THESE SELFLESS GLORIOUS SOULS SOURCE INSPIRATION TO BAHÁ’ÍS OF WORLD. WHILE NOT ABLE WIN CROWN MARTYRDOM LIKE PERSIAN BRETHREN, VALIANT DETACHED FRIENDS EVERY LAND UNDOUBTEDLY ARE ENDEAVOURING EVINCE SAME SPIRIT FOLLOW SAME PATH CONSECRATION DEDICATION GOD'S HOLY FAITH. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT SANCTIFIED BLOOD OF THESE DESCENDANTS DAWN-BREAKERS WILL SERVE STRENGTHEN BODY CAUSE GOD THROUGHOUT GLOBE, PRODUCE UNPRECEDENTED VICTORIES TO COMPENSATE LOSSES SUSTAINED CRADLE FAITH. . . .
- UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
