Opposition figures pledge to expose former minister's
murderers
BBC Worldwide Monitoring
Source: 'Neshat' web site, Tehran, in Persian 11 May 99
Text of report by Iranian newspaper 'Neshat' web site on 11th May:
Domestic News Desk: Three hundred and twenty five political and cultural
personalities have issued a statement marking the passage of 170 days since
the murder of [former labour minister] Daryush and [his wife] Parvaneh
Foruhar. The statement, in part, says: "Like-minded people of this
land, once again, raise their cry for justice against the ill-tempered
cowards, whose criminal deed has bereaved the Iranian nation. We are impatiently
waiting for the open trial of those who directed, planned and perpetrated
these horrific crimes."
The statement adds; "We the signatories of the statement pledge
to continue our efforts until our just demands are met. And if the judicial
authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran were to demonstrate negligence,
we would employ all our resources and means to expose the perpetrators
and instigators of these hideous crimes."
The following are some of the signatories : Ali Ardalan, Elaheh Amir-
Entezam, Abdolali Bazargan, Hermidas Bavand, Simin Behbehani, Mohammad
Rastenegar, Mohammad Reza Bateni, Habibollah Peyman, Mohammad Tavassoli,
Naser Takmil-Homayun, Gholam Abbas Tavassoli, Reza Ra'is- Tusi, Taqi Rahmani,
Fariborz Ra'is-Dana, Hashem Sabbaghian, Ahmad Sadr- Hajj-Seyyed-Javadi,
A' zam Taleqani, Shirin Emadi, Reza Alijani, Nezamoddin Qahhari, Kazem
Gerdavani, Ali Akbar Mo'infar, Hormoz Momayyezi, Parviz Varjavand, Hushang
Mahdavi, Seyyed Hamid Nuhi, Ebrahim Yazdi, Hasan Yusefi-Eshkevari.
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