Sirous Roshani

Sirous Rowshani (born in 1925 – executed in 1981) was an Iranian physician and anesthesiologist. He was persecuted many times for his Baháʼí Faith before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Although he was under scrutiny, he continued to work in a hospital. After the revolution, Sirous was threatened twice by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, part of the ongoing state-sanctioned persecution of Baháʼís, and in the winter of 1981 he was executed by firing squad, under the pretext of having committed espionage.

Early life Sirous Rowshani was born to a Baháʼí Faith family in 1925 in Tabriz.

Arrest Sirous Rowshani, who had survived several assassination attempts by the fall of 1981, was detained on December 13, 1981, at the second session of the Baha'i Faith along with Kamran Samimi, Jinous Mahmoudi, Mahmoud Majnoob, Jalal Azizi, Mehdi Amin Amin, Ezzat Forouhi and Ghodrat Rouhani.

Execution Sirous was executed by firing squad less two weeks after his arrest, on December 27, 1981, along with seven members of the second Baha'i congregation.

Writing and music In addition to his medical expertise, Sirous was well versed in artistic fields such as literature, poetry, and music. He was familiar with Persian traditional string music instruments such as setar and santur. While he played he read lyrics and sang songs.

In addition to a poetry book which Sirous had written, he produced several volumes of books such as Barge Sabz (Green Leaf), Hayate Baha'I (Life of Baha'is), Gorg Dar Lebas (Wolf in a dress) and Ayame Dar Beh Dari (Nomadic Days).