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Date 1955-07-28, sorted by date, descending

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1955 28 Jul
195-
Seven Bahá'ís were stabbed and beaten to death by a mob in Hurmuzak, Iran. [BW18p391; Towards a History of Iran's Baha'i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.]
  • Several other Bahá'ís, including women, were beaten and injured; Bahá'í houses and property were damaged. [BW18:391]
  • See also M. Labíb, The Seven Martyrs of Hurmuzak.
  • See entry for 26 September, 2016.
  • * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Mobs; Hurmuzak, Yazd; Iran; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak
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