MUHJ63-86/328/Execution of Two Members of the Kháníábád Spiritual Assembly
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| ←327 | Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Execution of two Members of the Kháníábád Spiritual Assembly |
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| 26 May 1982 |
[Page 543]To all National Spiritual Assemblies
328.1 WITH UTMOST SADNESS ANNOUNCE EXECUTION ON 16 MAY TWO MORE VALIANT SOULS CRADLE FAITH SA‘DU’LLÁH BÁBÁZÁDIH AND NAṢRU’LLÁH AMÍNÍ, MEMBERS SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY KHÁNÍÁBÁD VILLAGE NEAR TEHRAN. DEATH SENTENCE HANDED DOWN OVER TWO MONTHS AGO, HOWEVER EXECUTION POSTPONED WHILE INTENSE PRESSURE BROUGHT TO BEAR UPON TWO CONDEMNED BAHÁ’ÍS RECANT FAITH OBTAIN FREEDOM. THESE TWO STEADFAST FRIENDS WHO PREFERRED MARTYRDOM TO DENIAL FAITH WERE BURIED UNCEREMONIOUSLY WITHOUT FAMILY FRIENDS BEING INFORMED. AFTER SEVEN DAYS RELATIVES FORTUITOUSLY DISCOVERED EXECUTION THEIR LOVED ONES.
328.2 ALTHOUGH FEW BAHÁ’Í PRISONERS RELEASED, ARRESTS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. . . .
- UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
