Khosrow Golsorkhi

Khosro Golsorkhi

Khosro Golsorkhi, född 22 januari 1944 i Rasht, död 18 februari 1974 i Teheran genom avrättning, var en iransk journalist, poet, revolutionär och kommunistisk politiker. Golsorkhi var främst känd för sin poesi. Han dömdes till döden tillsammans med sin vän, regissören Keramat Daneshian, för att ha planerat kidnappningen av den iranske shahen Mohammad Reza Pahlavis son.[1] Rättegången, som direktsändes i tv, pågick samtidigt som den internationella konferensen för mänskliga rättigheter.[2][3]

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Low resolution image of Golesorkhi delivering one of his famous speeches in front of a military court that would soon condemn him to death. Taken from Maziar's Behrooz (Prof. of Middle East history at San Francisco State University) "The red rose: A biogrpahy of Khosrow Golesorkhi" (article; image — A different version of this article was published in Encyclopaedia Iranica: article; hi-res pic)). First paragraph reads: "Khosrow Golesorkhi (1943-1974), poet, journalist, and revolutionary figure whose defiant stand during his televised show trial, and subsequent execution by firing squad in 1974 enshrined his place in the cultural and political history of modern Iran."
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Imperial Coat of Arms of Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty, used from 1925 to 1979. The shield is composed of the Lion and the Sun symbol in first quarter , in the second quarter the Faravahar representing Zoroastrianism, in the third quarter the curved blade of a Imam Ali "Zulfiqar" sword representing Shia Islam, and the Simurgh in the fourth quarter. Overall in the center is a circle depicting Mount Damavand with a rising sun, the symbol of the Pahlavi dynasty. The shield is crowned by the Pahlavi crown and surrounded by the chain of the Order of Pahlavi. Two lions rampant regardant, holding scimitars supports the coat of arms on either side. Under the whole device is the motto: "Mara dad farmud va Khod Davar Ast" ("Justice He bids me do, as He will judge me" or, alternatively, "He gave me power to command, and He is the judge"). Some of the colours were changed in 1971.