Open Letter from Iranian activists in Iran
The following text is translated from Farsi by About Iran. Certain
metaphorical sentences have not been directly translated.
May 10, 1999
Dear Compatriots:
One hundred seventy bitter days have passed since the silencing of two
shining stars of freedom and liberty of the Iranian nation. In the meantime,
the culprits are still free, the wheels of justice are still immobile,
and the nation is still waiting [for answers]!
The great cruelty with which this shameful crime was inflected upon
[Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar] , two brave and self sacrificing commanders
of this ancient country, has severely harmed the hearts and minds of the
freedom loving men and women of our culture loving country, and everyone,
young and old, expects justice [for them].
Like [the Persian ancient epic figure] Siavosh, whose [innocent] blood
[was spilled] and has been steaming all over the large plains of Iran for
thousands of years, Dariush and Parvaneh's blood was also shed on the tulip
fields of the same plains. Every spring, the renewed growth of the [red]
tulips, reminds us of their innocent blood which was shed on the soil by
vampire type [criminals] in the darkness of a cold Autumn night [in November
1998].
The decent Iranian nation has [always] sought justice for the brave
[and martyred] children of this divine land and they shall continue to
do so. It is our belief that divine hands shall, sooner or later, avenge
these victims and expose the demonic criminals in their disgrace to the
world.
Although the governing authorities have repeatedly called for exposing
those responsible for this horrendous crime and for implementing justice,
their promises have not yet been kept and our great nation is still waiting!
The people of this land who empathize [with this cause] seek justice
for the unjust assassination of these two freedom loving, prolific and
brave children of Iran and for other [assassinated] dissidents and literary
writers. We, once again, plead for the implementation of justice and the
disclosure of the disgraced and sinister criminals who have bereaved
and made mournful the Iranian nation. We impatiently await the formation
of an open trial for prosecuting and revealing those who plotted, ordered
and carried out these horrendous crimes.
We, the signatories of this statement, reiterate that we shall continue
with our efforts and endeavors until we obtain these just demands. In
the event that the Islamic Republic's judiciary and enforcement offices
[further] postpone the implementation of justice, the people of Iran will
be rightful in undertaking their entire resources and capabilities to expose
the commanders and implementers of these savage assassinations.
Singed By:
Ali Ardalan, Mohandes Fraydoun Aghasi, Dr. Saeed Al-Agha, Mehrdad Arfa-Zadeh,
Mohandes Bamdad Arfa-Zadeh, Dr. Mohammd Abol-Hasani, Dr. Mostafa Akhlaghi,
Hamid Asefi, Akbar Akhavan, Farzaneh Eskandari, Dr. Mahmoud Emami, Abbas
Afkhami, Mohandes Manuchehr Ehteshami, Retired Brigadier General, Azizollah
Amir-Rahimi, Mehdi Eslami, Dr. Abbas Ansari, Hamid Ahrari, Elaheh Amir-Entezam,
Hossein Arabi, Farhad Amir-Ebrahimi, Abbas Entekhab, Hadi Amiri, Alireza
Afshari, Niaz Ariya, Azam Akbar-Zadeh, Hossein Afshar, Ahmad Ariyanfar,
Dr. Davood Hermidas Bavand, Dr. Behrouz Boroumand, Mohandes Abdolali Bazargan,
Simin Behbahani, Mehdi Beheshti, Mohandes Abolfazel Bazargan, Mohammad
Bastenegar, Mohandes Morteza Badiee, Dr. Rahmatollah Borhani, Safa Bitaraf,
Mansour Babaie, Farhad Behgoo, Dr. Torabali Baratali, Mohammad Reza Bateni,
Dr. Saeed Bashirtash, Ali Akbar Behmanesh, Forough Bahmanpour, Maryam Bahmanpour,
Asghar Badbar, Mohandes Mohammad Behzadi, Dr. Habibollah Payman, Hassan
Parsa, Taghi Parsa, Dr. Mahmoud Pishbin, Zabiollah Poorfar, Abbas Poorazahari,
Aziz Poorhamid, Dr. Mohammad Pedram, Mohandes Mohammad Tavasoli, Dr. Nasser
Takmil Homayoun, Dr. Gholamabas Tavasoli, Mohandes Majid Toolaei, Hadi
Tofangchi, Dr. Abbas Tajdini, Rahim Torabi Nejad, Maryam Nadi, Mohandes
Mostafa Tanha, Ali Janani, Dr. Ali Akbar Jalali, Dr. Nasrollah Jamshidi,
Dr. Behiyeh Jilani, Parisa Jafari, Anahita Jafari, Seyed Hossein Jafari,
Mohammad Jabarooti, Abolfazel Hakimi, Mohammad Hossein Hajiian, Manuchehr
Haidari Monfared, Nemat Haj Ramezani, Majid Hakimi, Dr. Seyfollah Hassan
Zadeh, Abdolkarim Hakimi, Mohandes Saeed Hejazi, Mohandes Haj Ghasemali,
Hossein Khashayar Doost, Mohammad Hossein Khotanifar, Mohammad Khalilnia,
Mohandes Heshmatollah Khozoei, Mohammad Khalili, Mohammad Khaleghi, Moharam
Khalil-Zadegan, Khalil Khalilpoor, Gholamreza Khosh Kholg, Shahram Kheiyltash,
Mohandes Hooshang Kheyr Andish, Rasoul Dadmehr, Dr. Habib Davaran, Abdollah
Daysana, Dr. Mahmoud Delasani, Jamal Doroodi, Dibamehr, Ali Akbar Darvishiyan,
Abbas Daneshgar, Hossein Darvish, Hossein Zoka, Abdollah Radnia, Abdollah
Rahimi, Mansour Rasouli, Bahman Rezakhani, Dr. Reza Rais-Toosi, Dr. Hossein
Rafie, Hossein Razi, Taghi Rahmani, Dr. Fariborz Rais-Dana, Mohandes Mohsen
Raftiyan, Asghar Rezaei, Ahad Rezaei, Dr. Ali Rashidi, Javad Rahbari Nia,
Majid Rezaei, Jahangir Razavi, Alireza Rejaei, Dr. Manuchehr Rafei, Dr.
Seyfollah Rezaei, Dr. Ahmad Ali Rejaei, Mohandes Kourosh Zaeim, Ali Zarinehbaf,
Hosseinzad Issa, Hassan Zarafshan, Mehdi Zamani, Ahmad Zeydabadi, Mohandes
Mahmoud Zandiyan, Mehdi Zamatkesh, Dr. Yadollah Sahabi, Mohandes Ezzatollah
Sahabi, Khosrow Seyf, Seyd Mohammad Hassan Sadat Ghosheh, Alireza Sarikhani,
Seyed Mohammad Sajjadi, Badri Saeedi, Abbas Sarv-Alishahi, Nabi Soltani,
Nasrin Sotoodeh, Haj Ali Gholi Soozani, Iraj Salamat, Mansour Soroush,
Dr. Ahmad Sepehri, Seyed Hossein Sakaki, Dr. [], Dr. Ahmad Saei, Ali Asghar
Sadei, Mohammad Ali Safari, Reza Gholi Saloor, Hossein Solaymani, Hossein
Shah Hosseini, Mossa Shaikzadehgan, Dr. Ahmad Shayegan, Mohandes Hossein
Shahveissi, Hasanali Shahbazi, Homayon Shahnavaz, Javad Sharafedin, Ali
Shoja, Abbas Shahsavari, Manuchehr Shojaeyan, Mohandes Shaghafi, Mohandes
Hashem Sabaghian, Ahmad Sadr Haj Seyd Javadi, Hasanali Sarem Kalali, Dr.
Siavosh Sehat, Javad Sahebi, Hodi Saber, Mozafar Safari, Mahvash Salehi,
Manuchehr Sabooni, Mohandes Kayvan Samimi, Vida Saremi, Ahmad Samimi, Mehdi
Sarraf, Dr. Ghasem Salehkhoo, Mahamoud Sooresrafil, Mohandes Shirin Sooresrafil,
Mohandes Ahmad Sianati, Ali Ashraf Zarghami, Fraydoun Zarghami, Azita Zahirian
Moghadam, Azam Taleghani, Mohammad Taneghi, Dr. Hooshang Talle, Hooshang
Tabatabie, Mohandes Yousef Taheri, Akbar Tahmasebi, Dr. Hessam Taleghani,
Mohandes Ali Akbar Taheri, Maziyar Talebi, Reza Alijani, Mahmoud Omrani,
Shirin Ebadi, Homa Abedi, Mohandes Mohammad Jafar Emadi, Ahmad Asgari Rad,
Mohandes Ali Ezzat Zadeh, Mohandes Hossein Ezat Zadeh, Dr. Seyed Ali Asghar
Gharavi, Dr. Hassan Farid Alam, Dr. Ghafar Farzdi, Retired Major General
Naser Farbod, Dr. Abolghasem Foroozan, Roozbeh Farahani Poor, Razan Faribakolahi,
Esmail Fazelpoor, Amir Fatahieh, Alireza Farhadi, Amir Falamarzi, Mohandes
Saeed Firoozi, Sadegh Farrokh, Mohandes Mostafa Fazeli, Naser Fakhr Soltani,
Dr. Nezamedin Ghahari, Dr. Abdolhossein Ghasemi, Hojjat Ghiasi, Mostafa
Ghasemi, Esmail Ghavam Shahidi, Hassan Ghadyani, Dr. Manuchehr Kayhani,
Dr. Kazem Kardavani, Morteza Kazemian, Nasser Kamilian, Amir Kaviyani,
Nasser Kellari, Hossein Ketabnevis, Mohandes Ali Asghar Golsorkhi, Kaveh
Goharin, Mahmoud Gorgin, Fatemeh Govaraei, Fraydoun Gedabloo, Kousha Golzar,
Kayvan Golzar, Hassan Lebaschi, Abbas Lotfipoor, Masoud Ladani, Reza Lavasani,
Ali Lotfi, Morteza Lasani, Esmail Lasani, Abdollah Lasani, Azzizollah Lasani,
Mohandes Ali Akbar Moeinfar, Morteza Mashhadi, Dr. Mohammad Motaghi, Dr.
Mostafa Mallaz, Hassan Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, Assad Mousavi, Mohandes Nezamedin
Movahed, Abbas Sogooei, Mohandes Iraj Momeni, Mohammad Mohammadi Ardehali,
Retired Brigadier Nasser Mojallali, Seyed Javad Modarshahi, Esmail Moftizadeh,
Masoud Monyan, Fazlollah Mashayekh, Mohandes Bahaman Milani, Hormoz Momayezi,
Mohandes Mohsen Mohagheghi, Khosrow Mansourain, Hadi Motameni, Hamid Monazah,
Hossein Madani, Saeed Madani, Dr. Manuchehr Mohebi, Dr. Mashallah Madihi,
Mehran Mir Abdolbaghi, Mohammad Modaress, Sadegh Madani Mosavi, Marzieh
Mortazi Langeroodi, Farzin Mokhber, Dr. Fazlollah Mostafavi, Samad Maleki,
Mostafa Mostafavi, Zia Mesbah, Mostafa Meskin, Mohandes Gholamreza Masmoui,
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, Abolfazl Shams Shahshahani, Ali Asghar Moeinfar, Dr.
Kazem Mostafid, Vahid Mirzadeh, Simin Mokhber, Mohammad Reza Montazer Haghighi,
Akbar Masoum Beygi, Mehrdad Mirsanjari, Nastaran Mousavi, Professor Ahmad
Merhdad, Jamshid Mir Emadi, Hashem Monfared, Dr. Asghar Minoo, Mohammad
Malek Khani, Professor Sadegh Maserat, Hossein Mojtahedi, Mostafa Mousavi
Doost, Mohandes Bahram Namazi, Mohammad Hassan Naeiniyan, Khosrow Najar-Zadeh,
Mohandes Esmail Nateghi, Amir Nasiri, Mohandes Seyed Hamid Noohi, Seyed
Mehdi Nateghi, Mahmoud Nekorooh, Majid Niyarami, Mohandes Ali Akbar Nooshin,
Fakhrolsadat Noorbakhsh, Mohandes Mahmoud Naimpoor, Mohandes Reza Nakhashb,
Dr. Ali Akbar Naghi Poor, Dr. Parviz Varjavand, Dr. Hassan Vahab Aghaei,
Mojtaba Varshokar, Hamid Varasteh, Dr. Mohammad Vafaei, Dr. Hadi Hadizadeh,
Parviz Homayouni, Mohandes Alireza Hendi, Dr. Abdolreza Hooshang Mahdavi,
Bahedin Hatefi, Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi, Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari, Haj Mohammad
Hassan Yeganeh, Lotfollah Yousef Ghahari.
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