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    Sohrab’s Mother Sends New Year Message: “Lest we rest, for our inaction shall mark our annihilation”

    March 19, 2010

    Lest we rest, for our inaction shall mark our annihilation

    Visiting loved ones’  graves on the last Thursday of the [Iranian] year is viewed by us as a national and religious responsibility, and it demonstrates our closeness to those we have lost.

    I regret that I am not in Tehran to perform this duty.

    Our dear slain children are not next to us on the [Iranian] New Year ’s eve, but their memories shall forever live.

    I hope that those prisoners whose empty place is felt strongly by their families are released and returned to the arms of their loved ones.

    As a mother with an aching heart, I take refuge in God’s grace. What crime did our children commit that they should be subject to such injustice?

    Our youth only demanded to have the rights that every human being is entitled to.

    Once again, as a mother, I wish peace, freedom, joy, and health upon everyone. My son wanted the same thing, but he was….

    Parvin Fahimi

    Sohrab’s mother

    Thursday, March 18, 2010



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