MUHJ63-86/323/Six Martyrdoms, More Arrests Resulting from Fresh Outburst of Persecutions

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Six Martyrdoms, More Arrests Resulting from Fresh Outburst of Persecutions

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10 May 1982

[Page 540]To all National Spiritual Assemblies

323.1 AFTER BRIEF LULL AND RELEASE FEW BAHÁ’Í PRISONERS, FRESH OUTBURST PERSECUTIONS AGAINST MEMBERS DEFENCELESS COMMUNITY IN CRADLE FAITH CLEARLY EVIDENT.

323.2 HEARTS GRIEVED ANNOUNCE THAT SINCE EARLY APRIL SIX STAUNCH BELIEVERS HAVE OFFERED THEIR LIVES ALTAR SACRIFICE. ALL MERCILESSLY EXECUTED SOLELY DUE THEIR ADHERENCE BELOVED FAITH, BUT OUTWARDLY ON BASIS TRUMPED-UP ACCUSATIONS.

323.3 THEIR NAMES ARE:

1. MR. ‘ASKAR MUḤAMMADÍ OF RAḤÍMKHÁN VILLAGE IN BÚKÁN, KURDISTÁN, WHO WAS ASSASSINATED AT HIS HOME IN EARLY APRIL BY REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS AFTER INTRODUCING HIMSELF AS BAHÁ’Í WHILE THEY WERE SEARCHING HOUSES THAT AREA FOR WEAPONS.
2. MR. IḤSÁNU’LLÁH KHAYYÁMÍ OF URÚMÍYYIH, WHO WAS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD ON 12 APRIL AFTER INTENSE BUT UNSUCCESSFUL PRESSURE TO RECANT HIS FAITH.
3. MR. ‘AZÍZU’LLÁH GULSHANÍ OF MASHHAD, KHURÁSÁN, WHO WAS HANGED ON 29 APRIL. COURT VERDICT CLEARLY BASED HIS AFFILIATION FAITH AND BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES. NEWSPAPER KAYHÁN REPORTS VERDICT COURT REFERS TO HIM AS A HERETIC, WHICH IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT PROVES BAHÁ’ÍS ARE BEING KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION.
4. MR. BADI‘U’LLÁH ḤAQQ-PAYKAR OF KARAJ NEAR TEHRAN, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LOCAL ASSEMBLY, WHO WAS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD ON 8 MAY.
5. AND 6. MR. MAḤMÚD FARÚHAR AND HIS WIFE ISHRÁQÍYYIH, HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND EDUCATED ACTIVE BELIEVERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL ASSEMBLY, WHO WERE ALSO EXECUTED IN KARAJ ON 8 MAY.

323.4 FURTHER, MANY PROMINENT BAHÁ’ÍS, INCLUDING 23 MEMBERS LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES IN VARIOUS PARTS COUNTRY ARRESTED IN RECENT WEEKS. . . .

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