End of Haim

Persia, too, has her Zionists. Last week Persia's leading Zionist, under sentence of death for five years, was marched out of jail and quietly hanged.

In May 1926, S. Y. Haim, Jewish member of the Persian Parliament and acting president of the Zionist Organization of Persia, was arrested for writing a letter to the League of Nations complaining of the treatment of Jews in Persia. Persia's Shah, Riza Pahlevi. who stands no nonsense, summoned Zionist leaders, ordered them to make a full retraction of their charges. Zionist Haim said that he would, on condition that persecution of Jews cease, that the Chief of Police be dismissed.

It was an unfortunate suggestion. The Chief of Police is a member of the royal family. Zionist Haim was charged with sedition, conspiracy, lese majeste, and sentenced to death. Through the years Jewish organizations all over the world have attempted to intercede on behalf of Mr. Haim.

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