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. 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/