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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/960989-Remembering-36-Years-Later
Rated: 18+ · Book · Spiritual · #2170111
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#960989 added June 18, 2019 at 12:43pm
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Remembering 36 Years Later
Fiḍál (Grace), 14 Núr (Light) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, June 18, 2019

On June 18, 1983, 36 years ago today, ten women were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, because they were Baha'is. Ranging in age from 17 to 57, they were each ask to recant their faith before the executioner put the noose around their necks. Each one refused to deny their faith, and each was hanged--one at a time while the others watched. With radiant acquiesce, they accepted their fate knowing that their souls would ascend into the Abha Paradise to be with Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God.


Let us repeat the names of the dead,
Martyrs will not be silenced.

Izzat Janami - 57
Ru’ya Ishraqi - 23 was Izzat's daughter
Nusrat Yalda’i - 46
Tahirih Siyavushi - 32
Mashid Nirumand - 28
Zarrin Muqimi - 28
Akhtar Sabet - 25
Shahin Dalvand - 25
Simin Sabiri - 24
Mona Mahmudnizhad - 17
Tuba Zairpour, 56, is another woman who gave her life for her faith. Mrs. Zaipour was hanged on March 12, 1983.

Jane Toth remembered all of these women in her 2017 article series The Women The Hanged  Open in new Window.

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