A Cry For Help: My Father is in a Baghdad Hospital - April 24, 2003

My name is Sara Jahnnejad, a Canadian citizen from Vancouver. My father, Yaser Jahannejad, an Iranian, member of the People’s Mujahedeen, has been injured in recent attacks. According to an AFP report, he is still alive in a Baghdad hospital, with bullet wounds. This has only added to my pain, beyond words. I was only a 5-year-old girl when the Mujahedeen, in cold blood, separated me from my father. I have not seen my parents for 13 years. My heart aches when I hear that the father I love is struggling for his life in Iraq. In the past 13 years, I have learned what love is, because if my parents left me for their political beliefs, I learned to forgive them their mistake and love them just the same. I shall never forget them, and I am calling to the world to help them. Maybe with your help, I can transfer him to another hospital in another country, where there is enough medication and care to save him. In particular, I address you, Mr. Jalal Talabani, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. But also to anybody that can help. I am certain that the world’s consciousness will hear the cry of a daughter whose only wish is to hold in her arms her injured father. Sara Jahnnejad, Canada, April 24, 2003.