MUHJ63-86/344/Intensification of Oppression of Iranian Bahá’ís

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Intensification of Oppression of Iranian Bahá’ís

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18 November 1982

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

344.1 CRUEL SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION LONG-SUFFERING IRANIAN FRIENDS HAS REACHED NEW LEVEL INTENSITY. DWINDLING SOURCES THEIR LIVELIHOOD FURTHER SEVERELY CURTAILED. DISMISSAL FROM JOBS, CANCELLATION TRADE LICENSES, CONFISCATION PRIVATE PROPERTIES UNABATED. HOMELESS THOUSANDS THROWN [Page 567]ON MERCY RELATIVES FRIENDS. DOORS SCHOOLS CLOSED TO INCREASING NUMBER CHILDREN. FRESH BLOOD WANTONLY SPILLED AFTER LULL EXECUTIONS.

344.2 WITH HEAVY HEARTS ANNOUNCE ḤABÍBU’LLÁH AWJÍ, ENTHUSIASTIC ACTIVE BELIEVER, HANGED SHIRAZ 16 NOVEMBER. RECENT EVIDENCE CONFIRMS MARTYRDOM SOME TIME AGO OF TWO STEADFAST UPHOLDERS CAUSE: YADU’LLÁH SIPIHRARFA‘ EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD TEHRAN, MANÚCHIHR VAFÁ’Í MURDERED IN HIS HOME TEHRAN BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANT WHO ATTACHED NOTE TO BODY GIVING AS REASON FOR DASTARDLY DEED INNOCENT VICTIM'S BAHÁ’Í BELIEF. . . .

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE