38 Days After Their Abduction, Mohammad Taghi Karroubi Finally Allowed To See His Parents

38 Days After Their Abduction, Mohammad Taghi Karroubi Finally Allowed To See His Parents
Friday, March 18, 2011

March 18th 2011 - 38 days have passed since our entire family was deprived of all visitation with my mother and father. On the eve of Persian New Year, Norooz, in coordination with security forces, I was finally given permission to meet with them at their apartment. The lives of Karroubi's children, this grand warrior [Mojahed] have been filled with ups and downs. Frankly speaking, the bitter taste of separation was an integral part of my childhood. It seems as though my destiny was some how intertwined with distance and separation. In October 1967, two weeks before my birthday, my father was arrested and incarcerated. According to my mother, my first meeting with my father took place six months after I was born, while he was behind bars; conditions that unfortunately some of the elite and intellectuals in our country are struggling with today. In any event, until the revolution, this type of experience was common place for my brother and I. During the war, we also became accustomed to being deprived from frequent visitations with our parents. The empathy and support of the noble Iranian people, both inside Iran and abroad has always been an invaluable assets without which it would have been impossible to endure such hardship. Thanks to our great nation and their unwavering loyalty and as the result of the presence of so many people such as the Shiite Ayatollahs [Maraje], political, social and cultural figures at our side, the children of Karroubi and Mousavi have never felt alone while traversing this difficult and steep path, and may God willing we will never feel alone.

In conclusion I am hopeful that the rights of the Karroubi and Mouavi families to be informed about the legal process, as well as any sentence or warrant issued by the judiciary, or memos by the National Security Council authorizing these restrictions and their scope, are recognized as soon as possible. I am also hopeful that the dozens of legal questions that have remained unanswered will be addressed both in accordance with our nation's laws and as per our obligations under international laws.

Source: Mohammad Taghi Karroubi's Personal Blog http://karoubi.org/?p=100

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