Send a Letter to a Political Prisoner in Iran for Nowruz

by Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran
March 11, 2014 at 3:00 am

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4212/iran-political-prisoners-nowruz

The Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI) has initiated a campaign during Nowruz (the Persian New Year), which is on March 22 and is also the first day of spring. This year, CFPPI would like to invite everyone to send a New Year greeting card or letter to political prisoners in Iran, especially those who are deprived of medical attention.

Hundreds of political prisoners have been deprived of being with their families and loved ones during the New Year or any other occasions in Iran. Many of these prisoners have not seen their families for months and even years. They have been tortured and many sentenced to death. Receiving a New Year greeting letter or letter could be a sign of robust support for these prisoners. You can send a massage of hope and solidarity to the political prisoners in Iran.

You can send your letter or card to one or several prisoners during the month of March. The list of names and the addresses of some of the prisoners are included below. You also can leave the sender's address blank if you wish to be anonymous. We would like to encourage you to send as many greetings as possible to the prisoners.

This action is a show of solidarity with political prisoners in Iran. This will also sends a clear message to the Islamic regime: We don't let their heartbeats stop

** This campaign is part of Don't Let Their Heartbeats Stop campaign.

List:

Names and details of some of the prisoners. You can choose names from this list or send your letters to any other political prisoner.

Addresses:

For addresses of some of the prisons in Iran click here.

Sample greeting massages and postcards , created by individuals and other campaigns:

Following are some sample New Year greetings in Persian and English for prisoners. Feel free to use them or write your own. Please add your massage on teh CFPPI blog as well. For more information please contact Shiva Mahbobi:
Email: shiva.mahbobi@gmail.com
Phone: +44 (0) 7572356661

With Nowruz greetings to you in the blackest periods of Iranian history, you are holding alive the flame of strength and stability and hopes towards victory. Warm greetings to our beloved imprisoned dears who herald the break of the winter. Congratulations to you as pioneer of spring freedom.

با تبریکات نوروزی به شما که در سياه ترين ادوار تاريخ ايران، با مقاومت و استواری امید به پیروزی را را زنده و شعله ور نگه داشته آید .تبريک به شما عزیزان در بند که که هر روز شکستن زمستان را نويد می دهید

با تبریک به شما طلايه داران بهار آزادی

The thought of you turns my spring, into spring. The beating of your heart renews my season, so keep me alive with the beats of your heart. Nowruz 2014

Postcard:

به ياد تو بهارم بهاى ميشود,با نفسهايت فصلم تازه ميگردد , پس با تپشهاى قلبت زنده ام بدار

نوروز ١٣۹٣

Dear ...

Happy spring and happy new year. You are in the hearts and minds of millions of people in Iran and all around the world. We will continue fighting for your freedom and will not let your heartbeats stop.

Lots of love and happy New Year

فرارسيدن بهار و سال جديد را به شما تبريك ميگويم. بدانيد كه شما در قلب ميليونها نفر در ايران و سراسر دنيا هستيد. براى آزدى شما هرگز از پاى نخواهيم نشست و نخواهيم گذاشت قلبتان از تپش باز ايستد.

دوستتان دارم , سال نو را به شما تبريك ميگويم

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1 Reader Comments

Caroline Rausch • Mar 11, 2014 at 17:20

I once read an article in the bulletin of "Open Doors" about two Christian girls who were arrested and put in prison because of their faith. First they were locked up in a prison with prostitutes, who at first mocked them and were insolent, but after they became aware of the character of these girls, they became friendlier and eventually asked them to pray for them, some even cried. Then they were transferred to the notorious Evin prison and slapped around a bit and continuously interrogated. In the meantime, Open Doors had asked thousands of people around the world to pray for these girls and send them letters and postcards. They knew from friends that people were writing to them, but although between 40 and 50 letters arrived every day, they never saw one. Another way they knew that letters were arriving was the change in attitude of their guards who had to read every letter and message sent to them. The guards started quoting little passages of scripture they remembered reading, and they were deeply impressed that so many people from all over the world were concerned about these two girls. God works in mysterious ways to reach the hearts and minds of those who might be regarded as enemies. After about 250 days these girls were released unharmed. This is unusual, because in Islam there is a law that a virgin cannot be killed. So other Christian girls who had been arrested because of their faith and condemned to death as apostates were visited on the night before their execution by a bunch of guards and gang-raped, in order not to break this Islamic law. I think the stream of letters and postcards were influential in achieving the early release of these two girls, and I will certainly send some messages to prisoners incarcerated in Iran's prisons.

What is frustrating is that the Iranian people hate these monstrous Ayatollahs and are longing for Western freedoms and ways. Iranians (Persians) are not Arabs. If only Obama had helped them when they revolted because of the rigged election. Unfortunately the Iranian people did not have the support of the army and were powerless to withstand the dictates of the evil imams, but in Egypt the enlightened people have thrown out the wicked monstrous MB and have the army to stand by them (Egyptians are also not Arabs). Revolutions of the people are taking place in many countries all over the world -Turkey, Venezuela, Burma, and of course the Ukraine. May God give the Ukrainians an overwhelming victory against those wishing to thwart her quest for freedom and independence. And may the political and religious prisoners in Iran and throughout the Islamic world be cheered, strengthened and soon released..

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