Back Muna Mahmudnizad AZ Mona Mahmudnizhad German Mona Mahmudnizhad EO Mona Mahmudnizhad Spanish مونا محمودنژاد FA Mona Mahmudnizhad French מונא מחמודנז'אד HE Mona Mahmudnizhad Italian モナ・マフムードニジャード Japanese Mona Mahmudnizhad Dutch
Mona Mahmudnizhad | |
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| مونا محمود نژاد | |
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| Born | September 10, 1965 |
| Died | June 18, 1983 (aged 17) Shiraz, Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Known for | Execution for membership in the Baháʼí Faith |
Mona Mahmudnizhad (Persian: مونا محمود نژاد, September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Baháʼí who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, on the grounds of being a member of the Baháʼí Faith.[1][2][3] The official charges ranged from "misleading children and youth" to being a "Zionist", as the Baháʼí World Centre is located in Israel.[4]
The nonprofit Mona Foundation focusing on girls' education was named after her in 2001.
- ^ Affolter, Friedrich W. (2005). "The Specter of Ideological Genocide: The Baháʼís of Iran" (PDF). War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. 1 (1): 59–89. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007.
- ^ "Iran reportedly executes 16 Baha'is in secret". The New York Times. Reuters. June 20, 1983.
- ^ Mullins, Sandy (2007). "Mona Mahmudnizhad". Bella Online. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ^ NOEL GRIMA (August 3, 2008) 'Mona's Dream' may be directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, perhaps not in Malta Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Malta Independent