MUHJ63-86/393/Execution of Three by Firing Squad

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Execution of Three by Firing Squad

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13 April 1984

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

393.1 FURTHER OUR MESSAGE 10/11 APRIL JUST RECEIVED DISTRESSING NEWS EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD IN EVIN PRISON TEHRAN FOLLOWING BELIEVERS:

393.2 MR. KÁMRÁN LUṬFÍ, 32 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, IMPRISONED 5 MAY 1983

393.3 MR. RAḤÍM RAḤÍMÍYÁN, 52 YEAR OLD BUSINESSMAN, IMPRISONED 5 MAY 1983

393.4 MR. YADU’LLÁH ṢÁBIRÍYÁN, 60 YEAR OLD PRINTING PRESS MANAGER, IMPRISONED 9 FEBRUARY 1982

393.5 SINCE EXECUTIONS NOT ANNOUNCED AND BODIES UNCEREMONIOUSLY BURIED WITHOUT FAMILIES RELATIVES BEING INFORMED, EXACT DATE EXECUTIONS UNKNOWN. FEARFUL OTHER BAHÁ’Í PRISONERS RECEIVED SAME FATE.

393.6 NOW ESTABLISHED FACT THAT GHULÁM-ḤUSAYN ḤASANZÁDIH-SHÁKIRÍ WAS ALSO EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD INSTEAD OF DYING MYSTERIOUSLY IN PRISON AS REPORTED. . . .

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE