Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1955-07-28, descending — sort earliest first

date	event	tags	firsts
1955 28 Jul [195-]	Seven Bahá'ís were stabbed and beaten to death by a mob in Hurmuzak, Iran. [BW18p391; Towards a History of Iran's Baha'i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.] Several other Bahá'ís, including women, were beaten and injured; Bahá'í houses and property were damaged. [BW18:391] See also M. Labíb, The Seven Martyrs of Hurmuzak. See entry for 26 September, 2016.	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Mobs; - Persecution; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Hurmuzak, Yazd; Iran