Báb's house

The house of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran, is considered a holy place to Baháʼís.

[2] After major renovation in 1903, under the guidance of Abdu'l-Bahá, the house became the main Baháʼí holy place in Iran.

In 1955 in the midst of a series of persecutions of Baháʼís, which took place across Iran led by Mohammad Taghi Falsafi, the building was severely damaged.

[4][3][5] Following the demolition, in a letter dated 1 October 1979, Iran’s Baháʼí National Spiritual Assembly expressed their grievance over the house’s destruction.

[5] Members of the National Spiritual Assembly who wrote this letter were kidnapped the following year and are presumed killed.