Behbahani: Neda Is 'Voice Of The People'
NPR / Davar Iran Ardalan
26-Jun-2009 (2 comments)

Simin Behbahani, a poet known as the lioness of Iran and for championing women's rights, has a message for the men and women of her nation: "Don't give up the fight for freedom." And, as she told Weekend Edition supervising senior producer Davar Iran Ardalan today, she has written two poems about the turmoil in Iran the past two weeks -- one of them for Neda, the young woman mourned around the world because her death during last Saturday's protests was viewed by millions on the Web and TV. Speaking by phone from Tehran, Behbahani talked about what's been happening in Iran and recited her poems:

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Thank you JJ. Behbahani is

by Anonymous2 (not verified) on Sun Jun 28, 2009 07:53 PM PDT

Thank you JJ. Behbahani is truly Iran's national poet


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Nice find. Thank you. There

by Anonymously on Fri Jun 26, 2009 09:51 PM PDT

Nice find. Thank you.

There is a rumor floating around that she wrote a poem directed at Ahmadinejad, which I believe to be unsubstantiated and uncorroborated. This poem for Neda is in her unmistakable voice.


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