| ←415 | Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran |
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| 17 December 1984 |
To National Spiritual Assemblies
416.1 REGRETFULLY ANNOUNCE SAD NEWS EXECUTION OF SIX BAHÁ’Í FRIENDS IN TEHRAN: DR. RÚḤÚ’LLÁH TA‘LÍM FROM KIRMÁNSHÁH, MR. FÍRÚZ AṬHARÍ, MR. ‘INÁYATU’LLÁH ḤAQÍQÍ, MR. JAMSHÍD PÚR-USTÁDKÁR, MR. JAMÁL KÁSHÁNÍ, MR. GHULÁM ḤUSAYN FARHAND. THE LAST FIVE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED TO YOU AS AMONG THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH. FATE OF REMAINING 19 IN BALANCE. ALL EXECUTIONS TOOK PLACE ON ONE DAY, 9 DECEMBER. DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN AS NEITHER RELATIVES FRIENDS WERE INFORMED. FACT OF EXECUTIONS DISCOVERED 8 DAYS LATER. . . .
- UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
