118 National Spiritual Assemblies cabled the
Secretary-general of the United Nations, as did thousands of Local Assemblies,
Baha'i groups and isolated centres. It
was estimated that some 10-15,000 cables reached him, protesting the execution
of seven Baha'is in Hamadan.
(From a Summary prepared by the Baha’i International
Community and accompanied a letter from the Universal House of Justice to the
Baha’is of the World, 26 January 1982; ‘Messages from the Universal House of
Justice 1963-1986’)