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Cover letter of report by special investigator on Shahroud events

Murders and execution

07 January 1945

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Fedros Shabrokh - Executed by hanging in Zahedan on 9th May 1986

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Rouhollah Taalim - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 9th December 1984

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Ali-Reza Niyakan - Died in prison in Tabriz on 11th November 1984

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Ahmad Bashiri - Executed by hanging in Karaj on 1st November 1984

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Ehsanollah Kasiri - Executed in Tehran on 27th June 1984

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Request for burial permission for Nosratollah Vahdat, executed in Mashhad

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Nosratollah Vahdat - Executed by hanging in Mashhad on 17 June 1984

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Jahangir Hedayati - Executed in Tehran on 15th May 1984

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Tahereh Arjomandi Siyavushi- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 18 June 1983

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Jamshid Siyavushi- Executed in Shiraz by hanging on 16 June 1983

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Kourosh Haghbin - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16 June 1983

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Abdol-Hosein Azadi – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

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Bahram Yaldaie – Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

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Bahram Afnan - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th June 1983

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Soheil Safaie – Executed in Tehran on 1 May 1983

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Jalal Hakiman- Executed in Tehran on 1st May 1983

01 April 1983

Adadollah (Aziz) Zaydi- murdered by gun shot in Miandoab on 1st April 1983

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Yadollah Mahmoudnejad - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 12 March 1983

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Touba Zaierpour- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 12 March 1983

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Appeal for justice by Keyhan Atefi to Inspector General

12 February 1983

Khabare Jonoub newspaper: twenty-two Baha’is executed in Shiraz

27 January 1983

Death certificate for Ghodratollah Rowhani, shot in Evin

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08 January 1983

Ettelaat newspaper: Hedayatollah Siavashi executed in Shiraz

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Khabar Jonoub newspaper reports execution of Hedayatollah Siyavushi in Shiraz

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Hedayatollah Siyavushi- Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 1st January 1983

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Goldaneh Alipour - Murdered in Sari, Mazandaran on 23 December 1982

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Hosein Nayyeri-Esfahani- Passed away while in detention in Isfahan on 29th November 1982

25 November 1982

Ettelaat newspaper: execution of a Bahai in Shiraz

23 November 1982

Khabar newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari

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Keyhan newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari in Shiraz

21 November 1982

Ziaollah Ahrari - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 21 November 1982

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Khabar-e Jonoub newspaper reports Ziaollah Ahrari's execution in Shiraz

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Khabar Jonoub (News of the South) newspaper report on execution of Habibollah Owji

16 November 1982

Habibollah Ouji - Executed by hanging in Shiraz on 16th November 1982

11 November 1982

Habibollah Ouji executed by hanging

18 July 1982

Keyhan newspaper reports execution of Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour and Mohammad Mehdi Golestani Fard

18 July 1982

Execution of Baha'i accused of being an Israeli spy

17 July 1982

Permission to bury body of Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour, executed by firing squad

15 July 1982

Abbas-Ali Sadeghipour - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 15th July 1982

11 July 1982

Four Baha'is executed in Qazvin

09 July 1982

Manouchehr Farzaneh-Moayyad - Executed in Qazvin on 9 July 1982

09 July 1982

Mohammad Mansouri- Executed by firing squad in Qazvin on 9 July 1982

09 July 1982

Jadidollah Ashraf- Executed in Qazvin by firing squad on 9th July 1982

09 July 1982

Mohammad Abbasi- Executed in Qazvin on 9th July 1982

09 July 1982

Manouchehr Vafaie- Murdered in Tehran on 9 July 1982

09 June 1982

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01 June 1982

Ataollah Haghani - Murdered in Tehran on 1st June 1982

16 May 1982

Sadollah Babazadeh - Executed by hanging in Khaniabad Tehran on 16 May 1982

16 May 1982

Nasrollah Amini- Executed by hanging in Khaniabad, Tehran on 16 May 1982

12 May 1982

Iran Rahimpour (Khormaie)- Executed by firing squad in Dezful on 12 May 1982

12 May 1982

Execution of Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie and Agahollah Tizfahm in Urmia

12 May 1982

Agahollah Tizfahm and Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie executed in Urumieh

11 May 1982

Badiollah Haghpaykar, Mahmoud Forouhar, and Eshraghiyeh Forouhar executed in Karaj

10 May 1982

Jalaliyyeh Moshtaiel Uskuie - Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 10th May 1982

10 May 1982

3 Baha'is executed in Karaj

10 May 1982

Execution of Badiollah Haghpaykar, Mahmoud Forouhar, and Ashrafieh Forouhar

10 May 1982

Agahollah Tizfahm - Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 10th May 1982

09 May 1982

Asking for cash and belongings left by Mahmoud Forouhar to be handed over to Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor's office in Karaj

08 May 1982

Mahmoud Forouhar- Executed by firing squad in Karaj, Alborz on 8th May 1982

08 May 1982

Eshraghieh Forouhar- Executed by firing squad in Karaj on 8th May 1982

08 May 1982

Badiollah Haghpaykar- Executed in Karaj on 8th May 1982

03 May 1982

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of one Baha'i and ten members of the Mujahedin Khalgh

02 May 1982

Azizollah Golshani executed in Mashhad

29 April 1982

Azizollah Golshani – Executed by hanging in Mashhad on 29 April 1982

17 April 1982

Execution of Ehsan Khayyami in Urumieh

12 April 1982

Ehsanollah Khayyami- Executed by firing squad in Urmia on 12th April 1982

02 April 1982

Askar Mohammadi - Murdered in Rahimkhan, Kurdistan on 2nd April 1982

April 1982

Baha'i prisoners in Urumieh in April 1982 - several of them were later executed

28 February 1982

Hosein Vahdat Hagh - Executed in Tehran on 28th February 1982

22 February 1982

Ebrahim Kheirkhah- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 22nd February 1982

13 January 1982

Eight members of Iranian National Baha’i Council executed

07 January 1982

Kayhan newspaper: Eight Baha’is executed

07 January 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper quoting Head of the Supreme Court of Justice: In the Islamic Republic of Iran no one is persecuted solely for their belief and religion

07 January 1982

Chief Justice: No one is tried for their belief or religion in Iran

04 January 1982

Ataollah Yavari- Executed in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Fathollah Ferdowsi - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Shiva Mahmoudi Asadollah-Zadeh - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4 January 1982

04 January 1982

Kourosh Talaie- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Shidrokh Amir-Kiya (Bagha) - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Khosrow Mohandesi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 4th January 1982

04 January 1982

Eskandar Azizi - Executed in Tehran on 4th January 1982

27 December 1981

Jalal Azizi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Death certificate of Jalal Azizi

27 December 1981

Kamran Samimi- Executed in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Mehdi Amin-Amin- Executed in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Ezzatollah Forouhi - Executed by firing squad in Tehran, on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Ghodratollah Rowhani - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Mahmoud Majzoub - Executed in Tehran on 27th December 1981

27 December 1981

Jinous Naimat Mahmoudi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 27 December 1981

27 December 1981

Sirous Rowshani - Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 27th December 1981

23 October 1981

Yadollah Sepehr-Arfa - Executed in Tehran on 23 October 1981

21 September 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: One Baha’i executed in Behbahan

11 September 1981

Ezzat Atefi - Executed in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Ataollah Rowhani - Executed in Daran, Isfahan, on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Goshtasb Sabet-Rasekh – Executed by firing squad on 11 September 1981

11 September 1981

Ahmad Rezvani - Executed by firing squad in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

11 September 1981

Bahman Atefi – Executed in Daran, Isfahan on 11th September 1981

31 August 1981

Islamic Republic newspaper reports execution of Forouhar Mohammadi, who it says had Baha'i tendencies

31 August 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Habibollah Azizi sentenced to death

29 August 1981

Habibollah Azizi – Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 29th August 1981

09 August 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar and Nematollah Katebpour-Shahidi executed by firing squad

05 August 1981

Hosein Rastegar-Namdar- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 5th August 1981

03 August 1981

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of 9 Baha'is in Tabriz

29 July 1981

Abdol-Ali Asadyari- Executed by the firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Hosein Asadollah-Zadeh- Executed in Tabriz on 29 July 1981

29 July 1981

Habibollah Tahghighi - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Mehdi Baheri- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Manouchehr Khazei- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29 July 1981

29 July 1981

Masrour Dakheli - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Esmail Zehtab - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Parviz Firouzi- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

29 July 1981

Allah-Vardi Misaghi - Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 29th July 1981

27 July 1981

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar and Nematollah Katebpour-Shahidi executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Kayhan newspaper: two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

26 July 1981

Nematollah Katibpour-Shahidi- Executed by firing squad in Kashmar on 26 July 1981

26 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtavar- Executed by firing squad in Kashmar, Khorasan on 26th July 1981

26 July 1981

Kamaloddin Bakhtarvar and Nematollah Kateb Pour executed in Kashmar

09 July 1981

Accusations by Hamedan's Islamic Judge against the 7 Baha'is executed in Hamedan

05 July 1981

Baha’i Community of Iran: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd on false charges

25 June 1981

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Four Baha’is executed

24 June 1981

Yadollah Poustchi- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 24 June 1981

24 June 1981

Varqa Tebyanian (Tebyani) - Executed in an unusually cruel manner in Tehran on 24 June 1981

24 June 1981

Badiollah Farid- Executed in Tehran on 24th June 1981

23 June 1981

Bozorg Alavian- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

23 June 1981

Kayhan newspaper: Four Baha’is executed in Tehran

23 June 1981

Farhang Mavaddat - Executed in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

23 June 1981

9 executed in Tehran, including 3 Baha'is, Farhang Mavaddat, Hashem Farnoosh, Bozorg Alavian

23 June 1981

Hashem Farnoush - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23rd June 1981

22 June 1981

Bozorg Alavian's last letter to his wife before his execution

17 June 1981

Crimes of 7 Baha'is executed in Hamadan, according to the Sharia Judge

15 June 1981

Keyhan newspaper's report on execution of seven Baha'is in Hamadan

15 June 1981

Seven Baha'is executed in Hamadan

15 June 1981

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Hamedan

15 June 1981

Iran Tribune newspaper: Baha’is, executed in Hamedan, had been tortured

15 June 1981

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Hamedan

15 June 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Hamedan

14 June 1981

Naser Vafai - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Mohammad (Sohrab) Habibi - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

14 June 1981

Firouz Naiemi - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Hosein Khandel - Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Seven Baha’is executed in Hamedan

14 June 1981

Members of the Local Assembly of Hamadan who were executed on 14 June 1981 after nearly a year in prison

14 June 1981

Mohammad-Bagher (Soheil) Habibi- Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

14 June 1981

Hosein Motlagh- Executed in Hamadan on 14th June 1981

14 June 1981

Tarazollah Khozein- Executed by firing squad in Hamadan on 14 June 1981

13 June 1981

Note by Dr Naser Vafaie before execution

13 June 1981

A note by Naser Vafaie before his execution

05 May 1981

Ghodsiyyeh Vahdati, setnced to life imprisonment; Yadollah Vahdati, Satar Khoshkhoo, and Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh executed by firing squad

05 May 1981

Execution of 3 Baha'is accused of espionage

02 May 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Three Baha'is executed in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Keyhan newspaper on execution of three Baha'is in Shiraz

02 May 1981

Khabare Jonoub newspaper: Three Baha’is executed

02 May 1981

Yadollah Vahdati, Satar Khoshkhoo, and Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh executed by firing squad in Shiraz

01 May 1981

Permission to bury the remains of Sattar Khoshkhou

30 April 1981

Yadollah Vahdat- Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30 April 1981

30 April 1981

Ehsanollah Mehdi-Zadeh - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30th April 1981

30 April 1981

Sattar Khoshkhou - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 30th April 1980

21 April 1981

Malake Afagh Iranpour’s letter to Prosecutor General about disappearance of her husband, Alimorad Davoudi

12 April 1981

Report by Iran News about execution of three Baha'is

18 March 1981

Accusations against Mehdi Anvari Nafti and Hidayatullah Dehghani, executed in Shiraz

18 March 1981

Report by Keyhan about execution of two Baha'is in Shiraz

18 March 1981

Mehdi Anvari and Hedayatollah Dehghani executed in Shiraz

17 March 1981

Hedayatollah Dehghani - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 17th March 1981

17 March 1981

The Baha’i community of Tehran writes to the President, seeking justice and equal rights

17 March 1981

Letter of Baha’i community of Iran to Government Officials: "Authorities’ silence about the execution of Baha’is is cruel"

16 March 1981

Mehdi Anvari - Executed by fire squad in Shiraz on 16th March 1981

10 March 1981

Enghelab Islami newspaper: Revolutionary court is not authorised to confiscate or execute

10 February 1981

Nouraniyyeh Yarshatir –Murdered in Tehran on 10 February 1981

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Public Prosecutor of Tehran about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Head of Supreme Court about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prosecutor General about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Speaker of Parliament about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prosecutor General about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Prime Minister about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to the President about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

12 January 1981

Manouchehr Hakim- Assassinated in Tehran on 12th January 1981

17 December 1980

Behrouz Sanaie - Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 17th December 1980

17 December 1980

Wife and husband, Shikkar Sahragard and Mohammad Hosein Masoumi murdered in Brijand

17 December 1980

Husband and wife murdered by masked attackers in Birjand

23 November 1980

Shikkar-Nisa Masoumi- Murdered in Nuk, Khorasan on 23rd November 1980

23 November 1980

Mohammad-Hosein Masoumi- Murdered in Nuk, South Khorsan on 23rd November 1980

16 November 1980

Baha’i community ask Head of National Police for protection

12 November 1980

Letter by Baha’i community of Iran: Another Baha’i is sentenced to death

09 November 1980

Reza Firouzi- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 9th November 1980

11 September 1980

Kayhan newspaper: One Baha’i executed in Tabriz

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Ettelaat newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Yazd

09 September 1980

Mizan newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Jomhouri Islami newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Yazd

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed by firing squad in Yazd

08 September 1980

Ali Motahhari- Executed by firing squad in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Letter from Baha’i community to Ministry of Justice: Execution of seven Baha’is in Yazd was cruel

08 September 1980

Azizollah Zabihian- Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Jalal Mostaghim- Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Nourollah Akhtar-Khavari – Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Abdol-Vahhab Kazemi-Manshadi- Executed by the firing squad in Manshad on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Mahmoud Hasanzadeh - Executed in Yazd on 8th September 1980

08 September 1980

Fereidoun Faridani - Executed by firing squad in Yazd 8th September 1980

September 1980

Members of the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) who replaced members of the first NSA after they were arrested in September 1980

21 August 1980

Hosein Naji – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Yousef Ghadimi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran since 21 August 1980

21 August 1980

Yousef Abbasian Milani - Kidnapped and disappeared in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Kambiz Sadeghzadeh – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Manouher Ghaem-Maghami- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Heshmatollah Rowhani – Abducted and missing in Tehran since 21st August 1981

21 August 1980

Bahiyyeh Naderi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran since 21 August 1980

21 August 1980

Ataollah Mogharrabi- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Abdol-Hosein Taslimi – Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Houshang Mahmoudi - Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

21 August 1980

Ebrahim Rahmani- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 21st August 1980

16 August 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Four Baha’is arrested in Abadeh

15 August 1980

Zabihollah Momeni – Executed in Tehran by firing squad on 15 August 1980

30 July 1980

Yadollah Mahboubiyan – Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 30 July 1980

23 July 1980

Parviz Bayani- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 23 July 1980

19 July 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Azarbaijan

16 July 1980

Allegations against Yadollah Astani and Faramarz Samandari, who were executed in Tabriz

16 July 1980

Mohammad Dadash-Akbari- Executed in Rasht on 16 July 1980

16 July 1980

Ettelaat newspaper: two Baha’is executed in Tabriz

15 July 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Baha’is executed in Isfahan and Tehran

15 July 1980

Jomhouri Islami: Two Baha’is executed in Tabriz

14 July 1980

Faramarz Samandari- Executed by firing squad in Tabriz on 14th July 1980

14 July 1980

Yadollah Astani – Executed in Tabriz by firing squad on 14 July 1980

27 June 1980

Yousef Sobhani- Executed in Tehran on 27th June 1980

18 June 1980

Bagher Samandari and Yadollah Astani executed by firing squad in Tabriz

10 June 1980

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of Yousef Sobhani

06 June 1980

Hasan Esmailzadeh – Murdered on 6 June 1980 in Sanandaj

18 May 1980

Mir-Asadollah Mokhtari - Murdered in Andaroun, Khorasan on 18 May 1980

07 May 1980

Badiollah Yazdani, Ali-Akbar Moini, and Gholam-Hosein Azami executed by firing squad in Tehran

07 May 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Seven Baha'is executed

06 May 1980

7 people executed by firing squad in Tehran

06 May 1980

Gholam-Hosein Azami - Executed by the firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

06 May 1980

Badiollah Yazdani- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

06 May 1980

Ali-Akbar Moieni- Executed by firing squad in Tehran on 6th May 1980

06 May 1980

Kayhan newspaper: Four Baha’is executed

23 February 1980

Bamdad newspaper: Dr Berjis was killed following Rafiei’s contact with Rasoulzadeh

05 February 1980

Attack on Habibollah Panahi in Urumieh

04 February 1980

Habibollah Panahi - Assassinated in Tabriz on 4th February 1980

03 January 1980

Rouhi Roushani- Abducted and missing in Tehran since 3 January 1980

1980

Members of the National Assembly of Iran and Local Assembly of Shiraz - Shiraz 1980

1980

Group photo of the members of the Baha'i National Assembly of Iran and the Local Assembly of Tehran in 1980 - most of them were executed

16 December 1979

National Organisation of Iranian Academics condemns destruction and looting of Baha'i properties in Shiraz

09 December 1979

Bamdad newspaper: Azamatollah Fahandej executed in Shiraz

08 December 1979

Azamatollah Fahandej - Executed by firing squad in Shiraz on 8th December 1979

28 November 1979

Bamdad newspaper: Ezatollah Fahandej sentenced to death

13 November 1979

Baha’i community ask Prosecutor General to take action about kidnapping of Mohammad Movahed and Dr Davoudi

12 November 1979

Malake Afagh Iranpour’s letter about disappearance of her husband, Alimorad Davoudi

11 November 1979

Alimorad Davoudi - Kidnapped and disappeared in Tehran on 11th November 1979

28 October 1979

Ali Sattarzadeh - Murdered by gun-shots in Bukan, Mahabad on 28th October 1979

27 September 1979

Bahar Vojdani – Executed by firing squad in Mahabad on 27th September 1979

September 1979

A wounded Baha’i mother, with her children around her - families from the villages of Boyer Ahmad, Yasuj and Kata, forced to leave their homes, taking refuge in a tent near Isfahan.

June 1979

Wounded Baha’i woman at the refugee tent near Isfahan - with other women forced to leave their homes in the villages of Boyer Ahmad, Yasuj and Kata

24 May 1979

Mohammad Movahhed- Abducted and disappeared in Tehran on 24th May 1979

12 May 1979

Ali-Akbar Khorsandi - Executed by hanging in Tehran on 12th May 1979

02 April 1979

Hosein Shakouri- Murdered by gun shots in Urmia on 2nd April 1979

09 January 1979

Haji Mohammad Azizi – Attacked and beaten by the mob, passed away as a result of his injuries on 9 January 1979

06 January 1979

Etelaat newspaper report about attack on Baha'is in Shiraz

01 January 1979

Khosrow Afnani- Murdered in Miandoab, East Azerbaijan on 1 January 1979

1979

Ebrahimi Ma‘anavi - Gone missing in Hesar, Khorasan, in early 1979

01 January 1979

Mir Parviz Afnani - Murdered in Miandoab on 1 January 1979

14 December 1978

Sefatollah Fahandej Saadi- Murdered in Shiraz on 14 December 1978

14 December 1978

Avad-Gol Fahandej- Murdered in Saadie, Shiraz on 14th December 1978

December 1978

Shir-Mohammad Dastpish- Murdered in Boyer-Ahmad in December 1978

13 August 1978

Ziaollah Haghighat- Murdered in Jahrom, Fars on 13 August 1978

26 July 1978

Behnam Majidi - Murdered in Abbas Abad, Karaj on 26 July 1978

1978

Ahmad Esmaili – Allegedly murdered in Faghih Hasanan, Bushehr on 15th August 1979

16 May 1977

Masked assailants attack brother and sister with knives in Gorgan

13 May 1977

Rouhollah Teimouri-Moqqadam, murdered at his home in Fazilabad, Gorgan on 13 May 1977

02 March 1970

Baha’i meetings must be stopped

03 January 1956

Sahar newspaper: Murder of seven Baha’is in Hormozak

07 August 1955

Shadegan newspaper: Government orders Baha’is to be dismissed in all ministries

07 August 1955

Shadegan newspaper: government officials are investigating the murder of seven Baha’is in Hormozak

28 July 1955

Members of Amiri family, murdered in a mob attack in Hormozak, Yazd - 1955

30 May 1955

Complaint by protesters to Koushkak events who have staged a sit-in at Abadeh Telegraph Office

10 May 1955

Kayhan newspaper: Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s views on fighting against Baha’ism

11 April 1955

Murderers of seven Baha’is in Hormozak will be released with financial aid

26 September 1953

Rahman Koulayn Mamaghani- executed on 26 Sep 1953.

20 October 1952

Preliminary report by Governor of Rafsanjan on events in Hasanabad village

11 October 1952

Detailed report to Minister of Justice on events in Hasanabad (in Rafsanjan)

09 October 1952

A crowd of four thousand attack Baha'is in Hasanabad village, near Rafsanjani on Ashura

09 October 1952

Complaint to Interior Minister, following destruction and looting of Baha'i properties in Rafsanjan

13 April 1952

Why was Abbas Khandani, who is thought to be a Baha'i, and has criminal record allowed to broadcast a religious talk on radio

30 November 1951

Mohammad Kayvani murdered in Najafabad

31 October 1951

Eye-witness account of Mohammad Kayvani's murder

28 October 1951

Mohammad Kayvani murdered in Najafabad

24 October 1951

Tension in Najafabad, following Mohammad Kayvani's murder

22 October 1951

Complaints rom Baha’is of Najafabad about the murder of a Baha’i and attacks on the Baha'i community

21 October 1951

Mohammad Kayvani murdered in Najafabad

21 October 1951

Attack on Baha'is and murder of Mohammad Kayvani in Najafabad

21 October 1951

Attack on Baha'is and murder of Mohammad Kayvani in Najafabad

March 1951

Bahram Rawhani- executed in Taft, Yazd Iran on March 1951

13 September 1950

Report by Iran's Chief of Police on reactions to acquittal and release of the men accused of murdering Dr Berjis

24 April 1950

Following the murder of Dr Berjis Interior Minster has ordered provincial governors not to allow Baha'i gatherings and publicity

11 April 1950

Police informs Prime Minister that no replies have been sent to letters by Baha'i institutions about the murder of Dr Berjis

05 April 1950

Prime Minister tells government departments that letters by Baha'i institutions are not officially recognised, and should not be answered

02 March 1950

Prime Minister's reply to Ayatollah Faiz about murder of Dr Berjis

27 February 1950

Instructions requested from Prime Minister regarding punishment for murderers of Dr. Berjis

25 February 1950

The men accused of murdering Dr Berjis have been transferred to central prison in Tehran

23 February 1950

Prime Minister's reply to the complaint letter by Ayatollah Faiz to the Shah

21 February 1950

Interior Minister expresses concern to Prime Minister that following the murder of Dr Berjis, Baha'i institutions are writing directly to government departments, appearing as official entities

21 February 1950

Interior Minister's report to Prime Minister on some reactions to the murder of Dr Berjis

17 February 1950

Friday Prayer Imam of Golpayegan calls for Baha'is to be curbed and Kashan prisoners to be released

13 February 1950

Demand for murderers of Dr Berjis to be punished

08 February 1950

Following up on investigation of the murder of Dr Berjis

02 March 1948

Sarvestan Baha'is appeal to Prime Minister

07 February 1948

A crowd of two thousand people from Ardestan were planning to attack the Baha'i neighbourhood

20 January 1948

Prime Minister orders investigation into murder of Baha'is in Sarvestan

19 January 1948

Letter to Prime Minister from National Assembly regarding murder of Baha'is in Sarvestan

14 January 1948

Report of mob attacks on Bahai's and killings in Sarvestan

12 January 1948

Letter to Prime Minister regarding murder of Habibollah Houshmand and others

15 August 1947

Newspaper comment on religious tensions in provincial cities

11 July 1947

Bahman newspaper's account of the murder of Engineer Shahidzadeh

11 July 1947

Bahman newspaper report: How Engineer Shahidzadeh was murdered? The hidden Imam's miracle

06 July 1947

Engineer Shafizadeh has drowned in sea and an autopsy has been carried out

June 1947

Akhbar Amri magazine: Evidence of torture on Abbas Shahidzadeh’s body

02 April 1947

Police chief report to PM about written death threats sent to two Baha’is in Zanjan

17 November 1946

Special representative sent to investigate murder of a 6-year old boy

17 November 1946

Prime Minister informed that the eight defendants, accused of murdering a six-year old boy have been freed on bail

08 October 1946

Jahan-e Pak newspaper: Book on Shahroud events, “Truth which need to be told” published

26 August 1946

Letter by Governor of Khorasan to Prime Minister on Birjand events

12 August 1946

Report by Justice Minister on religious unrest in Zabol, Zaheda, and Brigand to Governor of Khorasan province

11 August 1946

Report by Birjand Notary Office forwarded to Prime Minister

06 August 1946

Minister of Interior's report to Prime Minister on events in Birjand

08 July 1946

Minister of Interior's report to Prime Minister on events in Birjand

01 July 1946

Police Chief's report to Prime Minister and Minister of Interior on events in Birjand

30 June 1946

Farda newspaper: Murderers of Shahroud Baha’is acquitted

30 June 1946

Detailed report of events in Birjand by Chief of Notary Office, who saw what happened

30 June 1946

Report of attacks on Baha’is in Birjand

25 June 1946

Azadegan newspaper: Murderers of Shahroud Baha’is acquitted

19 June 1946

Public Prosecutors Statements in relation to incident of Shahroud

20 November 1945

Interior Minister reports to Prime Minister on the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

19 October 1945

Government inspector's report on the murder of 3 Baha’is in Shahrood

14 September 1945

Finance Minister reports disturbances in Shahroud, in which four people have been killed, including Head of the Tobacco Company, Asadollah Naderi

27 August 1945

Prime Minster orders Interior Minster to investigate the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

27 March 1945

Indictment for the murder of Asadollah Naderi has been prepared and sent to the central criminal court

06 January 1945

Report of investigation commissioned by Minister of Justice into the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Sharoud

1945

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to the Shah in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to Prime Minister and the Parliament

10 December 1944

Fatemeh Naderi complains to Prime Minister that over four months since the murder of her son, Assadollah Naderi, the culprit has not yet been arrested and punished

12 November 1944

Cover letter of three Telegrams from Delhi forwarded to Prime Minister

11 November 1944

Report of investigation into disturbances in Shahroud

02 October 1944

List of houses and shops set on fire and looted in Shahroud

02 October 1944

Prime Minister asks Justice Minister's view about accusations that Ministry officials did not take any action to stop events of Shahroud

19 September 1944

A Baha'i murdered in Shahroud

14 September 1944

Prime Minster has received a letter from Baha'i community about events in Shahroud

13 September 1944

Palace orders Prime Minster to investigate the murder of Asadollah Naderi in Shahroud

20 August 1944

Report by Interior Minister on investigations and security measures in Shahroud

14 August 1944

Report on tensions in Shahroud

26 March 1944

Telegram to Prime Minster's office from Damghan, warning about risk of unrest and attack on Baha'is

1944

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to Prime Minster (Mohammad Saed) in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to the Shah and Parliament

07 May 1927

Letter from Reza Shah’s Court Minister to Friday Prayer Imam of Khoy about Mirza Ali Akbar Ardebili’s departure from Ardebil

31 March 1927

Letter from the Local Assembly of Ardebil to Local Assembly of Tehran about killing of Amin-ol-Olama

July 1869

Mirza Bozorg, known as Badi, in prison with chains around his neck, before he was tortured and executed

1869

Mirza Ali-Mohammad Varqa and his son, Rouhollah, Haji Iman of Zanjan, and Mirza Hossein of Zanjan, executed in 1896

29 December 1848

Naseriddin Shah Orders Babis to be Annihilated in Iran

Threat of death and destruction against Baha'is in Gorgan

Telegram on measures by Ministry of Interior, following Birjand events

Baha’i community of Iran complain to the President that a mob have set fire on members of a Baha'i family in Birjand

Telegram by the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma to the Parliament in protest against events in Shahroud, copied to the Shah and Prime Minister

Attack on Baha'i houses in Birjand, shots fired by security forces, one dead and several injured

Members of the second National Assembly after the revolution - seven of them were executed in December 1981

Murderer gets reduced sentence because the victim was a Baha'i

Azizollah Golshani executed in Mashhad

Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran: Four more Baha’is executed

London Kayhan newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Tehran

Seven Baha'is executed in Tabriz

Dr Berjis's wife informs Prime Minister that her husband has been murdered

Law and order restored in Birjand

Nourollah Fallah requests Justice Department to investigate murder of his son, Shervin Fallah

Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor comments on UN criticism of human rights violations and persecution of Baha'is in Iran

Stirring people in Semnan to fight against Baha'is

Reasons claimed by Islamic revolutionary court in Tabriz for execution of Yadollah Astani and Dr Faramarz Samandari

Kayhan newspaper: Three Baha'is executed

Members of the second National Assembly after the revolution - all except one were executed in December 1981

Do you still refuse to get involved in politics despite all this killing?

Ferdowsi Magazine: Investigate the assassination of Dr Berjis

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