"They Did Not Hang My Son Today"

By Teymoor Nabili in on Fri, 2010-01-29 05:53.

Setareh Sabety has posted a poem - They Did Not Hang My Son Today - in honour of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour, two young men hanged in Tehran before dawn on Friday after being convicted of counter-revolutionary activity. 

Rahmanipour's father has spoken of how he only learned of his son's death from the TV news, and his lawyer told Al Jazeera she was allowed to see Arash only once, and was not allowed in the court room during the actual "trial".

 

Last week, a former counsellor for the Iranian Embassy in Tokyo became the second Iranian diplomat to resign in protest at the regime's post-election behaviour.

Abolfazl Eslami has written an open letter to his his colleagues and fellow Iranians: 

I am begging you to come to your senses. There is still a way out. God is our greatest saviour.

The whole letter is thoughful and reflective and well worth reading.

(Tip of the hat to Enduring America)

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