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Date 1944-08-08, sorted by date, descending

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1944 8 Aug
194-		 Three Bahá'ís were murdered in Sháhrúd, Iran, after three weeks of anti-Bahá'í agitation. Many Bahá'í houses were attacked and looted. [BW18:389]
  • The murderers confessed, were put on trial and were acquitted. [BW18:389, Towards a History of Iran's Baha'i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.]
    		•  * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Other; Court cases; Human rights; Iran; Shahrud, Iran
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