Chronology: Date 1979-1

date	event	tags	firsts
1979 Oct	The first Bahá'í summer school for Quechua-speakers was held in Cachaco, Imbabura, Ecuador. [BW17:170]	First summer and winter schools; Cachaco, Ecuador; Ecuador	first Bahá’í summer school for Quechua-speakers in Ecuador
1979 Oct	In Iran, Bahá'ís in the ministries of education, health and social administration were dismissed from their jobs. [BW18:255]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; - Persecution, Education; Iran
1979 24 Oct	The publication of the compilation Inspiring the Heart by the Universal House of Justice. This compilation was published as a book by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom in 1981. [Messages63-86p430]	Inspiring the Heart (compilation); * Publications; - Compilations; Universal House of Justice; - Bahá'í World Centre; United Kingdom
1979 Nov	Bahá'í meetings were prohibited in Shasavár, Iran. [BW18:255]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Shasavar, Iran; Iran
1979 11 Nov	Dr 'Alímurád Dávúdí, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, was kidnapped in Tihrán and presumed to be dead. [BW18:254, 294]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; NSA; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1979 11 Nov	Starting just months after the revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran were disappeared. Only years later was it learned that they had been tried in a sham trial by a revolutionary court on charges of espionage, had been sentenced to death, and had been executed by firing squad. [Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; NSA; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1979 21 Nov	The assets of three smaller institutions owned by the Bahá'í community, the Vahhaj, Matla and Huqúq companies, institutions that had served as holding companies for various types of funds and properties, were formally confiscated as well as those of the Trustees Company and the Children's Savings Company, (Shirkat-i Nawnahalan) in verdicts handed down by the Central Islamic Revolutionary Court, Branch 1. [Bahá'í Teachings 4 Oct 2012; BW18:252; Documentation (Page 3 and 5)] The Bahá'í Hospital, the Missaghie Hospital, in Tehran was confiscated. See the documentation (page 7) for the list of charges against it.	Persecution, Iran; Vahhaj Company; Matla Company; Huquq Company; Trustees Company; Childrens Savings Company; Nawnahalan; Missaghie Hospital; Iran
1979 Dec	Work on the demolition of the House of the Báb in Shíráz was resumed and the building almost razed to the ground. [BW18:255] Several attempts had been made to demolish the House and several times they had to stop because there were freak accidents where people were hurt or killed in trying to knock it down. Finally it was completely demolished during the night in December. [OFM69] See video Sacred Space - 40 Years Since the Destruction of the House of the Báb. Wikipedia The Báb's House. After the authorities demolished the House of the Báb, they decided to construct a Islamic religious center on that site. Ironically the new structure was named "Bayt-al-Mahdi" or "The House of the Mahdi (Promised One)". [The House of the Báb, Shiraz, Iran] A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith p315 says, "A road and a public square were later built over the site."	Báb, House of (Shiraz); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Shíráz, Iran; Iran
1979 Dec	'Azamatu'lláh Fahandizh was executed in Tihrán. [BW18:255]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1979 Dec	The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from which all civil rights stem and which did not give recognition to the Bahá'í Faith, was adopted by referendum. [BI11] See Mess63-68p462. See Constitutional Coherence and the Legal Status of the Bahá'í Community of Iran by Salim A. Nakhjavani.	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Human rights; - Persecution; Constitutions (general); Iranian constitution; Human Rights; Iranian revolution; Iran
1979 29 Dec	Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in Quito, Ecuador. (b. 4 April 1923 in 'Abdu'l-'Azím) [BW18:486, 651] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii] For his obituary see BW18:651–9. See BWNS353 for news of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his passing in Quito. See also Dr Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh by Írán Furútan Muhájir. See Bahá'í Chronicles. For stories about Dr Mahájir see Bahá'í Memories. See Academic Wikipedia. See Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity by Richard Francis. A photo. See as well LoF455-461. The 25th anniversary of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir's death was marked in Ecuador by a Growth and Victories conference and graveside ceremony, including a talk by his daughter Gisu Mohadjer Cook. BWNS353]	Rahmatullah Muhajir; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Quito, Ecuador; Ecuador; `Abdu'l-Azím, Iran; Iran
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