From: OPE-L Administrator (ope-admin@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 20:41:06 EST
The following post from Cyrus was intended for the list but was rejected by listserv for technical reasons -- his Net address has changed to <binac@morris.umn.edu> -- and is being re-sent now. In solidarity, Jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cyrus Bina <binac@morris.umn.edu> Subject: Re: [OPE-L] the Death of Cyrus Bina's Father Dear Jerry: You're so kind. I also wish to apologize to everyone if by this I have trespassed on the train of your thoughts. As can be observed in this case, sometimes under the veneer of personal matters, there lies a consequential public history and thus collective suffering. Thanks. Cyrus >At 09:58 AM 3/1/2005, OPE-L Administrator wrote: >Dear Cyrus: > >On behalf of everyone in the list I wish to offer our sincere >condolences over the death of your father. > >I am forwarding the following political statement by Cyrus with his > permission. > >You have reminded us, yet again, of the heavy personal cost often > associated with being a revolutionary socialist. May the day come soon > when Iran will be socialist and you can return to visit your family and > friends there. > >In solidarity, Jerry > > > > > TO: Judy Riley > FROM: Cyrus Bina > RE: Death of My Father > DATE: February 28, 2005 > > Dear Judy: > > As a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota, I wish > to >covey this announcement to the campus community, and, if possible send > it to other campuses of the University as well. > > > > "My Dear Colleagues and Friends: > > I was informed that my father is passed away yesterday in >Iran. This is not usual occurrence in the view of >advanced age and ailment. What is unusual, however, is that >since I departed from Tehran's Mehrabad Airport in May >of 1971, we have not been able to each other. I have >since unable to go to Iran and visit my father, first for >being banned by the Shah of Iran (a notorious dictator >that was brought back by a CIA coup in 1953, against the >democratic government of Dr. Mossadegh), and second for >being blacklisted due to my political and humanitarian >activities against the government of Islamic Republic in >Iran. The 1953 CIA coup against Mossadegh-like many other >coups against the democratic governments in the "Third > World"-has created a formidable political backlash that was >simmering for next 26 year or so and that unfortunately >led to the emergence of Islamic government in Iran. And, >guess what my friends: despite all these terrible >consequences, not to mention the staggering human >costs, we Americans did, consciously or unconsciously, foot >the bill! > > I have not seen my father for nearly 35 years, and I > cannot >even attend his funeral. Jalil Bina was a retired >civil service employee at the Iranian Ministry of the >Interior; he died on Sunday, February 27, 2005 in >Mash-had, Iran. > > Cyrus Bina > binac@morris.umn.edu" > > > > Thanks, > Cyrus > > > Cyrus Bina, Ph.D. > Distinguished Research Professor of Economics and Management 206 > Camden Hall > University of Minnesota, Morris > 600 East 4th Street > Morris, MN 56267-2132 > Office: (320) 589-6193/ 589-6200 > Fax: (320) 589-6117 > E-mail: binac@morris.umn.edu > Website: http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~binac/
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