TEHRAN -- On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the daughter of Maziar Sabzalizadeh, who was martyred in a terrorist attack on the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum, was honored in a ceremony held here Monday
Zeinab was only 9 when his father was martyred in the Daesh terrorist attack in southern Tehran.
On June 7, 2017, Daesh terrorists carried out coordinated attacks in parliament and the mausoleum, which left dozens of casualties.
“A daughter’s support is her father who stands behind her like a mountain, but I was deprived of the presence of my dear father who should have been by my side,” Zeinab told the ceremony.
Manijheh Safi Yari, who herself was severely injured in an MKO terrorist attack in 1985, told the event that Iran is a victim of terrorism, which has claimed 17,000 lives.
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually around the world on December 17.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on December 10, 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.