Parvaneh Eskandari: (Born 1938, Assassinated

1998) was a poet, writer and political activist. She

was one of the prominent members of Iranian Nation
Party and former leader of student movement before
the revolution.
She was proponent of a democratic and independent
Iran and supported the separation of state and
religion, they felt that the Islamic Republic led to a
concentration of power and made political reform
difficult.
Death: She was stabbed 25 times on the second floor of her home while she
was very ill. She was 60 years old at the time of her death. Her death,
afterward, declared by the Iranian government as part of a plan for
assassination of opposition intellectuals in Iran. Her murderer, Saeed Emami,
who was a senior agent on intelligence ministry suspiciously committed
suicide before the trial. She had told human rights watchdogs based in New

York: "We are living with the fear of being killed. Every night when we go to
bed we thank God for His blessing of living for another day."