5 April 1992
To selected National Spiritual Assemblies
It is with deep distress that we inform you that news has reached us today of the execution of Mr. Bahman Samandari at Evin Prison in Tehran probably shortly before Naw-Rúz. He was among the four friends arrested for meeting in his home about four years ago but who were released from several months of imprisonment following a global campaign in protest. Details concerning the execution are being sought. . . .
Universal House of Justice
(‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1986-2001’)