THE
AHMADINEJAD REGIME CLAIMS TO OWN OUR CELEBRATED SHAHRYAR
The famous
poet Shahryar from Tabriz, South Azerbaijan’s source of
pride, has become a propaganda subject of the regime for the
last couple of years. The regime, striving to manipulate the
South Azerbaijan community which assumes a considerable
potential throughout the country, broadcast through the
state-run television channels this year a 26-series
documentary on Shahryar compiled by Iran’s Radio and
Television Agency.
The most
distinct feature of the documentary that narrates the life
of Shahryar , a figure respected by our society and
applauded for his literary works, is that he who is our
national poet mostly writes in Persian and accentuates his
style which is in harmony with the Islamic system.
This
practice of the regime was harshly protested by all South
Azerbaijanis of the country, particularly of Tabriz.
“Despite the apparent emphasize on justice, brotherhood and
unity in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the whole thing is
just the lip service; it, indeed, is never put into
practice. Turkish children who learn Turkish until the age
of 7 from their parents are forced to continue their
education in Persian when they start school where they are
prohibited from speaking in Turkish even at the school
garden. All this has one single aim which is to deny South
Azerbaijanis their mother tongue.” say the statements of our
brothers and sisters who warn that inaccurate information is
deliberately disseminated to claim that Turkish poet
Shahryar is indeed of Persian origin and, who describe the
Ahmadinejad regime as “fascist”.
Yet this is
not the all of it. The weekly Misagh, known to be close to
Basij Forces, issued an article criticizing the attitude of
the South Azerbaijanis in response to this rightful reaction
of our people. The article which highlights that Master
Sayyed Mohammad Hussain Shahryar was one of the national
poets of Iran remarks that certain “alienated elements” in
the country, in coordination with some anti-Islam press
organs in Baku and separatist groups abroad, expressed their
irritation on the deliberate broadcast of certain topics
after the first part of the documentary on Shahryar was
broadcast on Iranian televisions.
We speak to
the Administrators who mark all who advocate mother tongue
as “pan-Turkist”, who tuck everyone in jail regardless of
legality and who consider even the humanitarian requests as
threats. Do hear us:
“We will
never give up chanting “Long live our mother tongue…Long
live our mother country!”
