MUHJ63-86/421/Execution of Rúḥu’lláh Ḥaṣúrí in Yazd; Confirmation of Death of Rustam Varjávandí in Prison

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 Execution of Rúḥu’lláh Ḥaṣúrí in Yazd; Confirmation of Death of Rustam Varjávandí in Prison

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29 January 1985

[Page 655]To all National Spiritual Assemblies

421.1 JUST RECEIVED NEWS EXECUTION YAZD, RÚḤU’LLÁH ḤAṢÚRÍ, 35 YEARS OLD. HE WAS SHOT IN PRISON. NEWS DEATH IN PRISON TEHRAN RUSTAM VARJÁVANDÍ 15 SEPTEMBER CONFIRMED. THIS BRINGS TO 178 NUMBER THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR FAITH. SINCE 3 SEPTEMBER 16 BAHÁ’ÍS HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HAVE DIED IN PRISON, 101 IMPRISONED AND 79 RELEASED, SOME OF WHOM HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED IMPRISONED. TOTAL NUMBER NOW IN PRISON, AS FAR AS CAN BE ASCERTAINED, IS 707. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE DISMISSED OR THEIR PENSIONS STOPPED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH ARE NOW BEING SUMMONED BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COMPELLED PAY BACK ALL THE SALARIES RECEIVED FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN DECADES, FAILING WHICH THEY WILL BE IMPRISONED. CAUSE MANY RECENT IMPRISONMENTS IS INABILITY TO PAY BACK SALARIES BAHÁ’ÍS HAD RECEIVED WHILE LAWFULLY EMPLOYED BY GOVERNMENT. . . .

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE