Call for support to the legal action taken by
the families of victims of political assassinations
By rendering their request public, the
families of victims of a series of political assassinations committed in fall
1998, solicit the United Nations International Human Rights Commission to
examine their case and to lead an inquest on these assassinations. Last Friday,
during a memorial ceremony for Parvaneh and Dariush FOROUHAR who were
assassinated on November 22nd 1998, the families of victims solemnly
asked all people contesting the lamentable course of action taken by the
Iranian justice system, all those who refuse the occultation of the truth, to
support them by signing this petition.
By signing this document, we declare our
support to the legal action taken by the families of victims of serial
political assassination.
To support the legal action undertaken by these
families you can send your name to one of the following sites:
editor@iran-emrooz.de
Request
Four years have past since Parvaneh and
Daruish FOROUHAR, historical figures, freedom activists and defenders of
justice and independence, were savagely stabbed. The role this couple has
played in the struggle for sovereignty and democracy of our nation has left his
mark on the history of Iran.
The assassination of two free spirit writers,
Mohammad MOKHTARI and Mohammad-Jafaar POUYANDEH, two days after that of the
FOROUHAR couple, turned the november 1998 to the summit of massacre of heterodoxy,
leaving deep cicatrices in contemporary history of Iran.
In the hope of shedding light on these
dreadful crimes, as well as the political assassinations that preceded
them, Iranian society has courageously and unanimously protested. But despite
these persistent protests and despite the request for justice formulated by all
organizations, active figures of political, socil and artistical life, revolted
by this violence, and despite the continuous efforts of the families and their
lawyers, this national challenge has not yet attained its appropriate
conclusion, which is of historical importance.
Given that during these four years the people
responsible for this case have not answered any of the public demands for elucidating
the truth surrounding these crimes and rendering the justice, given that they
have not accomplished their legal duties, we solicit the United Nations International
Human Rights Commission to examine thiese cases and to lead the inquest into
these crimes.
The Forouhar, Mokhtari and Pouyandeh families.
Azar 1st 1381 (Persian calendar), November 22nd
2002.