Kamran Samimi
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Kamran Samimi | |
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| Born | December 30, 1925 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | December 27, 1981 (aged 55) Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Occupations | English language professor, member of Baháʼí Faith National Spiritual Assembly |
| Known for | Execution for leadership in the Baháʼí Faith |
| Spouse | Farideh Samimi |
Kamran Samimi (Persian: کامران صمیمیl) (December 30, 1925 – December 27, 1981) was an Iranian English language professor and a translator. After moving to Jakarta, Indonesia, for 16 years, he returned to Iran in 1974. A follower of the Baháʼí Faith, he became a member of its National Spiritual Assembly in Iran. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, state-sanctioned persecution of Baháʼís escalated, and he was executed in 1981.[1][2][3][4]
Kamran Samimi was born in November 1926 to a Baháʼí family. In 1942, Kamran,[1] who was 19 years old at that time, went to India (Hindustan- Persian name for India) to continue his education. There he met Shirin Samimi and they got married. After a while, he returned to Iran and founded a foreign language institution. In 1955, along with his family, he went to Indonesia to assist and support the Baháʼí community that was there for 16 years.[1] During the time that he was there, Kamran was an interpreter of the Iranian Embassy in Jakarta, and for some time he was a university professor. He was also a member of the Jakarta Local Spiritual Assembly. After returning to Iran, the National Spiritual Assembly appointed Kamran as a member of the Legal Board to defend the rights of the Baháʼís. In the summer of 1981, when a number of members of the Baháʼí National Assembly were abducted and disappeared, he was elected as one of the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
