Muhammad Báqir Habíbí
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Muhammad Báqir Habíbí (July 12, 1932 - June 14, 1981) was a Persian Bahá’í who served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hamadán. He was martyred following the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
Biography[edit]
Habíbí was born into a Bahá’í family in Hamadán in 1932. He actively taught the Faith in his youth and was expelled from his high school for doing so however he was able to complete his secondary schooling in another high school. After graduating he pioneered to Malayer for two years and then Sangestan, however he received several death threats and had his home looted prompting the Local Spiritual Assembly of Sangestan to advise him to return to Hamadán.[1]
After returning to Hamadán Habíbí established a store and was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly. After the 1979 Revolution in Iran he was arrested and imprisoned for a few weeks and tortured but later released. He visited Tehran in 1980 and in August while he was absent Revolutionary Guards visited his store which his brother was managing in his absence and requested the addresses of several Bahá’ís. He intended to return to Hamadán after this but was advised against doing so by the Local Spiritual Assembly. [1]
On November 3, 1980, Habíbí was arrested by Revolutionary Guards at his daughters home in Tehran, however it was a case of mistaken identity as the Guards thought he was an Army Colonel. He was about to be released however a Guard recognized him and he was instead transferred to a Hamadán prison. He was severely tortured before being executed on June 14, 1981, alongside six other members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hamadán.[1]
