Húshang Mahmúdí
Húshang Mahmúdí | |
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| Born | February, 1927 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | c. 1980 |
| NSA member | Iran ???? - 1980 |
Húshang Mahmúdí (February, 1927 - c. 1980) was a Persian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran. He was abducted following the 1979 Revolution in Iran and is assumed to have been martyred.
Background[edit]
Mahmúdí was born into a Bahá’í family in Tehran in 1927 and he was raised in the city and completed a law degree at Tehran University after finishing school.[1] He married Zhínus who he had met through Bahá’í youth activities in Tehran in October 1947 while studying at university.[2]
By 1951 the Mahmúdí's had two children and they pioneered to Kirman in 1955 but returned to Tehran in 1956. They had three children by 1961 and that year they pioneered to Narmak and helped establish a Local Spiritual Assembly before returning to Tehran in 1967. They pioneered again to Gawhar-Dasht in 1971 and helped raise another Local Spiritual Assembly.[3]
In his professional career Mahmúdí established a photography and film-making business and he produced several Persian children's television and radio programs. He also made documentaries about the history and holy sites of the Bahá’í Faith and he was appointed the director of the Audio-Visual Institute of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran.[1]
At some point Mahmúdí was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, serving as of 1978, and as the political situation in Iran was deteriorating he had to return to Tehran from Gawhar-Dasht to serve the community in 1978.[3] On August 21, 1980, he was abducted at an Assembly meeting and was never seen again.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://iranbahaipersecution.bic.org/archive/houshang-mahmoudi-abducted-and-disappeared-tehran-21st-august-1980
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 781. View as PDF.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 781. View as PDF.
