January 23. On this date in 2012, Maryam Valapour gave a talk at the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa titled "Applying Bahai Principles to Address Current Ethics and Policy Debates in Organ Transplantation."

 

January 23. On this date in 2012, Maryam Valapour gave a talk at the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa titled "Applying Bahai Principles to Address Current Ethics and Policy Debates in Organ Transplantation."

On September 13, 1968, an individual wrote the Universal House of Justice "making inquiry about instructions which may apply to organ transplants such as the heart or kidney." The Universal House of Justice replied "We have not come across anything specific in the writings on transplants of hearts and other organs or regarding the time of death, and the Universal House of Justice does not wish to make any statements on these points at this time."