Mr. Rowhani's family learned that he had actually been executed when they were called to pick up the body. From the rope marks on his neck it appears that Mr. Rowhani was executed by hanging. Elected assemblies which normally govern the community were disbanded by Iranian Government order in 1983. All cemeteries, holy places and community properties were seized soon after the 1979 revolution. Many individual properties have been confiscated.
Denial of education limits economic opportunities and impoverishes the community.