Bahai Executions in Iran (The Washington Post – 6/20/1983)

          
          The Washington Post, June 20, 1983
          Copyright 1983 The Washington Post
          The Washington Post
          June 20, 1983, Monday, Final Edition
          SECTION: First Section; Around The World; A16
          LENGTH: 85 words
          HEADLINE: Bahai Executions in Iran
          BYLINE: From news services and staff reports
          DATELINE: NEW YORk
          BODY:
          Iranian authorities have hanged 10 women belonging to the Bahai faith, bringing the
          total number of Bahais executed by Iran during the past week to 16, a Bahai
          spokesman said.
          The women, ranging in age from 18 to 54, had refused to recant their faith, said
          Gordon Knight of the Bahai community in New York.
          in Iran reported that the 10 women--including
          rela ives ffc iir of th six men ha iged Thursday--were executed Saturday in the
          southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
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