These tragic, swiftly succeeding events have stirred the Bahá’í
world to its foundations. Counter measures were immediately taken,
and more than a thousand appeals were addressed by national and local
assemblies as well as groups in all continents of the globe to the highest
authorities in Persia, including the
Sháh, in the hope of stemming the
tide of persecution threatening to engulf the entire Persian Bahá’í
Community. Furthermore, a wide-spread campaign of publicity was
initiated in expectation that its repercussions would exert a restraining
influence on the perpetrators of these monstrous acts. An appeal was
moreover lodged with the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
and the President of the Social and Economic Council, copies of which
were delivered to the representatives of the member nations of the
Council, to the Director of the Human Rights Division, as well as to
non-governmental organizations with consultative status. More recently,
President Eisenhower, who, as reported in the press, was the
first to make mention of the attacks launched against the Faith, was
appealed to by the American National Spiritual Assembly as well as by
all groups and local assemblies throughout the United States, to
intervene on behalf of the victims of these persecutions.
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