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Organization
for Support of the Families of the Unsung Hero's
Members of the Iranian Imperial Armed
Forces
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A Letter to My Countrymen: The Pain of Exile Renews Itself with the
Loss of Ambassador
Fereydoun
Hoveyda
and
Mrs. Shalaa
Samii
November 9th, 2006
To Beloved Iranians in Oppression and
Exile:
It is not long ago that I was speaking with my friend, Mark
Dankof, the American Lutheran pastor,
writer, and radio broadcaster. Our conversation concerned the future of
Iran, and the pain of exile for those of the Persian Nation who now reside
elsewhere in the world, or at home under the iron-fisted rule of the
IRI regime.
Mr. Dankof told me he had discovered a
quotation from an 11th century Pope of the Roman Catholic church, Gregory
VII (1020-85), which must certainly apply to the pain of the
expatriates of my Beloved People. It is
as follows: "I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die
in exile."
These words from a man of the 11th century, representing a religion other
than my own, speak to my heart now as I contemplate the latest
heart wrenching losses to the Persian
Nation in the passing of Ambassador Fereydoun
Hoveyda, and Mrs.
Shalaa
Samii. As one who knows the
pain of losing my beloved Mother over 2 1/2 years ago in an adopted
homeland, I extend my love and my own identification with the fellowship
of suffering to the family of Ambassador Hoveyda,
and the children of my dear friend Shalaa,
Ali and Golnaz.
These passings remind me of my mother's
final wish, that I would one day be able to insure her final resting place
in Tehran next to my father,
General Ali Neshat,
Commander of the Imperial Guard of His Majesty Shah Mohammed
Reza Pahlavi.
I am overcome with emotion now as I contemplate the fact that this may
never be possible, and that it may well be that my own exile of 28 years
may in a brief instant evolve into a lifetime outside my beloved
homeland. Will this be the fate of the other
exilic figures of the Persian Nation, and their children and
grandchildren? What will become of us in these long
sun less days and endless nights of
perpetual darkness? Will the light of dawn ever arrive for us, and Iran
again?
Only God and the ongoing unveiling of world history know the answer to
this question. But on this dark night in Los
Angeles in the United States, I again cry out on behalf of my people and
their desire for deliverance and restoration. And on behalf of my people,
and the now-stilled voices of my beloved Father and Mother, brothers
Amir Abbas and
Fereydoun Hoveyda, and Mrs.Shalaa
Samii, I pledge to the depths of my
eternal soul before the Great God of the Universe, Creation, and History
that my love for Iran will never die, and that I and the Persian Patriots
of
Sarbazan,
dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Imperial Iranian Armed
Forces, will rededicate ourselves to the reclamation of our Land, the
defeat of the dark evil that has enshrouded
our Land since 1979, and the Day when the Spirit of King Cyrus the Great
and the Divine Favor that rests upon him, again resides in our Nation's
capitol and in the heart of every Persian who awaits the dawning of a new
day---the re-establishment of the good and divine, the comprehensive
eradication of every form of evil, and the re-institution of justice as
the foundation of the rule of our Nation as it was 2500 years ago.
We can, we must, we will prevail.
Payendeh Iran,
Shirin Neshat
Sarbazan
Los Angeles, CA
United States of America
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