Abolhassan A’lami Eshtehardi
- Sharia Judge, Hamadan (Hamadan Province) (January 1970 - Unknown)
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- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Hamedan (Hamadan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to life
- Description
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On 10 June 1981, Eshtehari issued the death sentence to seven members of Hamedan’s Bahai Holy Circle, on charges of collaboration with the former regime, espionage for Israel and propagation of the Baha'i faith. These seven members were Hossein Motlagh, Suhrab Habibi, Soheil Habibi, Hossein Khandel, Tarazallah Khazin, Nasser Vafaie, and Firouz Naimie. They were executed on 14 June 1981. The members of the Baha’i Holy Circle are elected by the members of Bahai community at local, national and international levels, to govern the affairs of the Baha'i community.
- Sources
Execution of the Baha'is of Hamadan: Zhinous’s Memories of the Seven Martyrs, Iran Press Watch, 6 September 2016 http://iranpresswatch.org/post/10792/execution-of-the-bahais-of-hamadan-zhinouss-memories-of-the-seven-martyrs/
Execution of the Seven Baha’is in Hamadan; “Judgment Day in the Eyes of Bahireh”, Iran Press Watch, 1 September 2014 http://iranpresswatch.org/post/10856/execution-of-the-seven-bahais-in-hamadan-judgment-day-in-the-eyes-of-bahireh/
Charges of the seven members of Hamedan’s Holy Circle, Kayhan newspaper, 15 June 1981, p13
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