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Ministry and lived under house arrest.  Mohammad Ali Amui was one of
those who remained by Maryam Firuz's side till her death, visiting her
at home.  Were Maryam Firuz able to obtain news of the problems of
women's movement in Iran and their current activities?

Mohammad Ali Amui: "Dear Maryam read just about all newspapers, even
though our newspapers didn't have much to say about women and women's
movement.  Such news was conveyed to her orally, and she followed it
avidly.  Mrs. Firuz, due to the prohibition of the Intelligence
Ministry, was not permitted to visit anyone, and prominent activists
also knew about that."

Writings

Maryam Firuz, in addition to several articles and translations, wrote
a book titled Radiant Icons, describing those who dedicated their
lives to defense of common people among the political activists
prosecuted by the post-coup government.  In this book, she paid
tribute to forgotten radiant icons.  Another book by the title of
Memoir that Maryam Firuz published in her seventies, however, seems to
be the work of the Intelligence Ministry.

Mohammad Ali Amui: "She herself didn't accept this book.  Once I
frankly raised a question about this book, and she said to me, 'My
dear Amu, you don't really think these are my writings, do you?  These
were written by others under my name.' . . ."

According to Mohammad Ali Amui, on Thursday, 13 March 2008, Maryam
Firuz's body was buried, by officials of the Intelligence Ministry, in
the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, in the double grave with
Noureddin Kianouri.

The original obituary in Persian was published on the Web site of
Deutsche Welle on 14 March 2008.  Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi.

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