It is the ninth anniversary of Parvaneh and Dariush Foroohar's savage murder. They were an elderly couple, who had done nothing but to love Iran and to live for it through decades of political and social work. Little did they know that they would eventually die for Iran, too. Many people know about Foroohars' lifetime political activities. Very few people know that Parvaneh Foroohar was also a gifted poet. I came upon an artist's weblog last year, where he had composed an eerily beautiful song based on Parvaneh Foroohar's poem, Shab (night). It is a humble and touching combination of music and poetry. You can listen to the song in Ali Tehrani's "Daily Songs" website. When you read her poem, you will see how unfortunately accurately Parvaneh Foroohar had predicted the gruesome details of her sad death. Long live their memory.
چه غم آلوده شبي
شبي از دشنه و از دشمن پر
گرده ها زير فشار شب خم
سينه ها از غم شب خسته و زار
نه نسيمي، نه نواي مهري
نه اميدي، نه صداي پايي
شبي اينسان خاموش
شبي اينسان خونين
شبي اينسان ز كژانديشي پر
در كدامين تاريخ ، مي توان دیگر يافت
در همه خلوت اين شام سياه
وندرين ظلمت محض
به كدامين اميد، مي توان ديگر بود
به كدامين فرياد مي توان سينه سپرد
به چنين تيره شبي ، نتواني آويخت
ژنده پيراهن خويش
خشم طوفان مددي
رعد و بوران سببي
تا بميراني ديو، تا بسوزاني دد
و برآري خورشيد از دماوند بلند
زنده یاد پروانه اسکندری فروهر
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Deutsche Welle: For the last
by Anonymous1111 (not verified) on Fri Nov 23, 2007 07:47 AM PSTDeutsche Welle: For the last nine years, every year you try your hardest to hold the commemoration worthy of your murdered parents, and every year the Islamic Republic authorities put up more obstacles in your way, I simply want to ask you until when will you continue your persistence?
Parastoo Forouhar: UNTILL I AM ALIVE! I told the ministry of intelligence agents too, until I am alive I will continue to come to Iran and try to hold the commemoration ceremony for my parents. Every year I will try to keep their memories alive, and I am just a small player amongst many many people who share this effort with me. As my parents' daughter however, I take the first step. On this very day, many people have phoned me saying they have come all the way from other cities but we have not been allowed to get near the house and take part in the ceremony. Others have phoned saying we are in the nearby streets and although we can not come near the house, we will hang around, know that we are with you. All this shows that the memory of my parents will live on, and until I am around I will do my part.
Every year the Islamic Republic has put more restrictions on Parastoo Forouhar, the daughter of the murdered Iranian secular dissidents Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, to hold public commemorations on the anniversary of her parents's extra judicial murder. Last year, the authorities banned the commemoration from being held in a public place and the ceremony was held in Forouhars's home instead. Despite these restrictions, giant slides displayed images of the Forouhars to large crowds gathered outside their home and in the nearby streets.
This year, the authorities have put up physical barriers and fences, to stop anyone from going anywhere near the house. Even relatives and close friends have been prevented from entering the house.
Every year on the anniversary of the Forouhars, I remember a conversation I had with Arash Forouhar, the son of the late Forouhars, who was describing to me the events during the funeral of his parents, which was attended by tens of thousands of Iranians. During the funeral people were holding Iranian tri-colour flags but with a X in the middle instead of the Islamic Republic un-Iranian symbol now in the country's official flags, as a sign of protest. Just before laying the coffins to the ground, a working class woman with her chador wrapped around her waist and arm, stood in between the coffins and shouted 'People, do you know why there is no Sun and Lion (the true Iranian symbols that should be on our flag) on these flags that are draped over the coffins? Its because the Sun is inside this coffin, pointing to one coffin, and the Lion lies in that one'.
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Arab IRI killers
by Ridam too imam (not verified) on Fri Nov 23, 2007 04:55 AM PSTFuck Islam and the IRI and whoever likes them.
حنایت به نا م اسلام...
hajiaghaThu Nov 22, 2007 05:23 PM PST
//hajiagha.tripod.com
آیت اله واعظ طبسی به رهبر نامه می نویسد و در خواست قتل کفار را می خواهد تا فتوا حمع کند ...رهبر گرو ه اله کرم را به همراه اسلامی و فلا حیان.....قرار شد به یزدی رئیس قوه قضا ئیه هم اطلا ع بدهند تا بعد ها پیگیری نشود بچه های سازمان اطلا عات دم درب منزل فروهرها می ر وند و می گو یند یک باز حوئی و حستحوی منزل آمده اند نامه قو قضا ئیه هم همرا هشن بوده چهار نفر شن برای حستحو وارد منزل می شوند و دو نفر شان دم درب منزل نگهبانی می دهند.....فروهر حاضر نمی شود با آنها گفتگتو ومتن ناهه رهبری را امضاع کنند ..با چپی دورگردن فروهر او را می خواهند کنترل کنند و چون فشار ها نتیحه نمی دهد ووقت هم نیست با ورد کردن چقو درقلب فروهر......خانم فروهر که می خواهد از این حریان فرر و کمک به خواهد خفه شه و با چاقو به قتل می رسد.....با عحله مها حمان از منزل خارح می شوند گویا همسا یه ها کنحکاو میشوند......رهبر و فلا حیان و یزدی قوه قضائیه قول می دهند حریان را خاموش گه دارند گویا در منزل فروهر چیزی را حای می گذارندو....
کات منفی حکو ت ایران ...نبودن آزادی انتخا بات....نبودن عدالت در دستگا ه ها حکومتی.....شکنحه و آار و ند ا نی کردن بی مورد.....دخالت در امور کشور های دیگر مانند عراق.......مذهبی نمودن حا معه و دخالت مذهبی ها در امور کشوری......بی توحهی به زنان و آزادی های فردی
In 1979, right after the criminal Khomeini and the subversives
by Anonymous^2 (not verified) on Thu Nov 22, 2007 05:19 PM PSTcame to power, a great many patriotic Iranians were brutally murdered by the hands of the so-called revolutionaries. Foroohar as one of the cabinet members of the Bazargan, Khomeini's front man, was guilty to the murder of many innocent people.
I shed no tears for these collaborators of the Khomeini!
Don't shed any tears for Dariush Foroohar
by Iran Doost (not verified) on Thu Nov 22, 2007 04:40 PM PSTIt is UNTRUE that he had done nothing!!!!!
Dariush Foroohar was instrumental in bringing about the revolution and whether he liked it or not, his hands were bloodied with the blood of those who have lost their lives during the revolution in Iran.
He was a misguided opportunist who would have done anything to achieve his objectives and I shed no tears for him.
But his murderers should face justice, even though they were commrades at one stage and shared the same goals as him.
Justice
by Kamangir on Thu Nov 22, 2007 05:05 AM PSTThose who so viciously killed this elderly couple, are still ruling Iran. One day they will be brought to justice for this and many other crimes they've commited.
A Revolution "Eats" Its Children
by Shae'r (not verified) on Thu Nov 22, 2007 05:02 AM PSTParvaneh and Dariush ..
Loving Their Country ..
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"Passionate" For Justice and Freedom ..
"Idealistic" In Their Greatness of Iran ..
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Patiently Awaiting a "Brighter" Day ..
The "Iran" That Their "Hearts" Throbbed For ..
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Never Forgetting That "Greatness" Had A "Price" ..
That, That "Price" Could Be The Life of Its "Children" ..
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The "Blood" That Soaked The "Carpet" ..
A Sacrifice To The "Gods" of "Greatness" ..
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A Great Iran Sheds The Blood Of Its "Heros" ..
As A "Lamb" is Sacrificed To The "Gods", So Are Those of Our "Heros" ..
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God Almighty "Accept" these Sacrifices As Our "Offerings" ..
The Blood of "Martyrs" Atones For Our "Sins" ..
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Knowing "Full Well" That At All Times ..
The "Greatness" Of Our "Nation" Depends On Such "Sacrifices" ..
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Our Great Nation of "Iran" ..
Being Great In The "Past" ..
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May The "Blood" of Such "Heros" ..
Nourish The "Greatness" That Is Yet To Come ..
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Rest In "Peace" ..