[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great

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In Memory of Prince Shahryar Shafigh


Monday, December 6th 2004 (16th of Azar), marks the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Shahryar Shafigh.






Around one o’clock in the afternoon, December 7th 1979, Shahryar Shafigh, an officer in the Imperial Iranian Navy, was shot twice and murdered as he was leaving his mother (Princess Ashraf Pahlavi)’s Paris flat. The two bullets that hit his neck and head were discharged from a 9 mm handgun, fired by a hit man riding a motorcycle, between 25 and 30 years of age, who fled the scene after committing the ghastly murder.

According to French reports, an anonymous caller took responsibility for the assassination, declaring that Prince Shahryar had been killed as an enemy of the faith of the revolutionaries and the people of Iran and for aiding international Zionism, ending the phone call with a “Long Live Khomeini!” Meanwhile in Tehran, in a public bulletin the bloodthirsty Mullah Sadegh Khalkhali announced the members of Fedayeen of Islam responsible for the act, adding: If unable to make arrests, we’ll murder all members of the Pahlavi family.

Shahryar Shafigh was the first Iranian assassinated by the agents of the republic outside Iranian soil. He had remained in Iran until the government was overthrown, leaving the country with the help of his compatriots in the navy before being captured. After leaving Iran he began widespread activities to overthrow the regime, wishing to take advantage of his popularity among naval forces to prepare the grounds for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. It was for this reason that he was marked for elimination.

The royal title of Shahryar Shafigh was “Vala-Gohar”. He was the son of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of Mohamad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Having the most altruistic characteristics, he was a most popular figure, especially in the Imperial Iranian Navy. According to those who knew him, all his life Shahryar Shafigh did not refrain from aiding the poor or from providing for the needy, considering these acts as his life duties. Although he was the child of one of the most powerful women in Iran, he was neither arrogant nor haughty, but lived happily among his people. Once becoming aware of the financial difficulties of honorable people through his confidants, he would distribute among them a large portion of the money he earned as an officer.

Shahryar Shafigh was the commander of the armed units that liberated the Persian Gulf islands of the two Tonbs and abu-Musa and the Captain and Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy’s Hovercraft fleet.






http://www.sarbazan.com/shahriar.htm

http://www.sedona.net/saipa/shahriar.html

http://www.iinavy.org/tributes.html

[Saman]

May he rest in peace. And may he be remembered by those who love our homeland.
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