Fidrus Shabrukh
Fidrus Shabrukh (March, 1945 - May 9, 1986) was a Persian Bahá’í who was martyred in Iran.
Biography[edit]
Shabrukh was born into a Bahá’í family, being descended from one of the Letters of the Living,[1] in Zabul in 1945.[2] He completed his education in Zabul then moved to Zahidan where he established a print shop and served on the Local Spiritual Assembly. He was arrested in 1980 due to him serving on the Assembly in the wake of the Iranian Revolution and imprisoned for one year.[1]
In September 1983 Shabrukh was arrested a second time and held in Evin prison in Tehran then transferred to a prison in Zahidan in May 1985 where he was severely tortured before being sentenced to death. He wrote his will and testament while imprisoned in which he noted he was being executed because he had refused to recant his faith.[1] He was executed by hanging on May 9, 1986, and his wife was not informed he had been executed until she attempted to visit him a week later. His body was released to his family and he was buried in accorance with Bahá’í law.[2]
