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1980 13 Jul | The execution by firing squad of Dr. Faramarz Samandari as well as another Bahá'í by the name of Yadollah Astani, a reputable Tabriz merchant. Dr Samandari had been arrested on April 22nd along with a number of other Bahá'ís in Tabriz who had gathered to discuss what could be done about the Bahá'ís who had been expelled from government employment. Raised in Babol he had studied medicine in Tehran, completed his military service then left for England to study English and then Canada. After completing his studies in which he trained as an otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat specialist), he returned to Iran. His Canadian fiancee, Anita, followed and they were married in 1971. She and their three children, all under the age of seven, left Iran after the Revolution on the advice of the Canadian Embassy. He was 48 years old at the time of his execution and was considered one of the top microscopic ear surgeons in the world. He was an innovator who devised a new method of ear surgery for the treatment of deafness. The method, now used in a modernized form around the world, allows a surgeon to implant a small hearing aid behind the ear of a hearing impaired person in a way that cannot been seen. [Iran Wire] |
Persecution, Iran; Yadollah Astani; Dr. Faramarz Samandari; Tabríz, Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran | ||
1980 14 Jul | Two of the Bahá'ís arrested in Tabríz in April were executed. [BW18:256] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | ||
1980 14 - 30 Jul | Representatives of the Bahá'í International Community participated in the Second World Conference of Women in Copenhagen, Denmark and its preparatory conferences in Paris, New Delhi, Macuto (Venezuela) and Lusaka (Zambia). [Wikipedia; BIC History Second World Conference on Women]
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United Nations; Bahá'í International Community; - BIC statements; Copenhagen, Denmark; Denmark | ||
1980 27 Jul | The death of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in Cairo. (b.26 October, 1919 in Tehran).
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Reza Shah Pahlavi; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | ||
1980 29 Jul | Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away at his pioneer post in Athens, Greece. (b.16 June 1897) [BW18:613; VV52]
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Adelbert Muhlschlegel; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Athens, Greece; Greece | ||
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