Bahaismiran:

 The people of Sa’dieh locality of Shiraz city observed a horrible crime by warrant officer Sefatullah Fahandej on Azar, 22, 1357. Shooting on the roof of his house, he murdered and injured several people of Sa’di locality, shiraz.

     The following documents left by SAVAK and the report from gendarmery of Fars Province to the ministry of state narrate the adventure of murdering and injuring of dozens of people in Sa’di locality, Shiraz city.

     The First document:

     To: 312 and 314

     Telephone gram No: 15.2194007 [Telephone gram]

     “Some people from Sa’di locality, Shiraz intrigued by three bigoted religious people called Einullah Fahandej, Gholam Hussein Fahandej offspring of Khajeh Avaz Ali and Amin Fahandej offspring of Niyaz attacked the Baha’i cemetery at 3:00 p.m. dated 1357/9/22. They destroyed the lands. They attacked the Baha’i houses and assemblies at 6:00 P.M. The Baha’is defended themselves and shot towards them and killed 11 bigoted religious people and 30 people were seriously injured. A Baha’i was shot and killed by the police. Today morning, some Baha’i bigoted religious people’s house to be modifier, too. Meanwhile, the recent situation of injured people and the names of murdered ones will be announced subsequently.

     Reporter: Javan

     The speaker of telephongram text: Aghajaniyan

     Receiver of telephone gram: Qasempey

     The second document:

     The report by gendarmerie of Shiraz narrates that There was a fighting between Muslims and Baha’is at 6:30 P.M. 1357/9/22. There were religious differences. Some Baha’is shot from the roofs of their houses and killed several Muslims from Sa’di locality and injured some. One of those people who shot was warrant officer Fahandej who was then killed by the agents of military governor’s office. Additionally two people called Shahram Fahandej and a soldier were captured. There were 13 murdered people (12 Muslims and a Baha’i) and 15 injured people who have been hospitalized in Sa’di and Namazi hospitals. Again, the Muslims of Sa’di village who have been estimated as 5000 people attacked the Baha’i houses and made 100 Baha’i houses fire. During this event some weapons were seized. The result of the next measures will be subsequently reported.

     Historical analysis of the event:

1)   The event was important due to several reasons:

2)   The time of happening:

     Azar, 22, 1357 was coincident with Moharram, 12, 1399 A.H. That is, two days after the demonstration of millions of Iranian people in the tenth of Moharram across Iran. On this historical day, the Iranian people took part in the unique demonstration against the Pahlavi regime and asked for the Pahlavi government to be precipitated.

     In a hurried reaction to this expansive demonstration, SAVAK planned many tricks to prevent the expansion of freedom movement which was anti-Colonial and anti-arrogant. Maybe, SAVAK was trying to deviate the direction of campaign against the king towards fighting between Baha’is and Muslims.

     The place of crime:

     Shiraz city as the birthplace of “Seyyed Ali Muhammad Bab has a special position among Baha’is. For this reason, some followers of the cult consider Shiraz city as the Baha’i center. Also, Baha’is pay more attention to Shiraz city because Seyyed Ali Muhammad Bab’s house known as Beytul Hekmat was located there. Consequently, making sectarian conflicts in Shiraz could provide civil war during the revolution periods.

     Results:

     It can generally be said that during the Islamic movement against the Iranian king, a revolutionary movement could be succeeded based on the religious and Islamic thoughts using people’s presence in the scene of society led by a wise source of religious authority for the first time in the world. The massacre of Muslims in Sa’di locality of Shiraz city on Azar, 22, 1357; that is, two months before the victory of the Islamic revolution didn’t end in a deviated war due to the awareness of the religious leaders in Shiraz city.

     Footnotes:

-       Islamic revolution book narrated by SAVAK documents, the 20th book, p. 146.

-       Ibid, p. 147.

-       Chamankhah, Leyla, Baha’ism and the Pahlavi regime, Negah Mo’aser publication, second edition, 1391, p. 149

-       Ibid, p. 159.