Amir-Husayn Nadiri
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| Born | May 13, 1934 Yazd, Iran |
| Died | September 28, 1987 Tehran, Iran |
| NSA member | Iran 1982 - 1983 |
Amir-Husayn Nadiri (May 13, 1934 - September 28, 1987) was Persian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran. He was martyred along with fellow Assembly member Ardishihr Akhtari in the wake of the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
Background[edit]
Nadiri was born into a Bahá’í family in Yazd in 1934 and he completed his schooling in the city. He moved to Tehran where he studied at Tehran University and he then moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he completed a postgraduate degree in Hygiene and Nutrition.[1]
In 1955 Nadiri returned to Iran and began working for the Ministry of Health in Kermanshah and in 1963 he was transferred to Tehran where he got married in 1969. In the early 1970's he studied accounting and began working as a professor of accounting.[1]
Around 1979 Nadiri was dismissed from his professorship due to being a Bahá’í. In 1980 he was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tehran and in 1982 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran shortly after the entire membership was martyred and he served until the revolutionary government outlawed Bahá’í administration.[1]
On September 11, 1984, Nadiri was arrested in a park in Tehran and he was imprisoned until 1987 when he was executed in Tehran on September 28. His body was never recovered by his family.[1]
References[edit]
- "Two Bahai leaders reported executed". The Spokesman-Review. October 3, 1987.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help); Check date values in:|archivedate=(help) - "Iran Is Said to Have Executed 2 Members of Baha'i Religion". The New York Times. October 3, 1987. Archived from the original on November 10, 2009.
