Iran reportedly executes 16 Bahai in secret (The New York Times – 6/20/1983)

The New York Times, June 20, 1983 Copyright 1983 The New York Times Company The New York Times )une 20, 1983, Monday, Late City Final Edition SECTION: Section A; Page 9, Column 2; Foreign Desk LENGTH: 161 words HEADLINE: AROUND THE WORLD; Iran Reportedly Executes 16 Bahais in Secret BYLINE: Reuters DATELINE: LONDON, June 19 BODY: Sixteen members of the Bahai faith condemned to death in Iran on espionage charges have been executed in secret, a Bahai official said here today. Saturday hight in prison:atShiraz, the six men were executed The previous They included 10 women who were hanged Bahal official, Mary Hardy, said. She added that night Mr. Reagan said moré than 130 Bahais, members of a sect formed in the 19th century and regarded by many Iranians as heretical, had been kiIled &e the Iranian revolution began. “Our information has come from inside Iran,” said Miss Hardy, who is national secretary of the British Bahais. “It is the largest number of Bahais killed at one time and we are horrified, especially at the idea of 10 women hanged for their faith.” BP000269