Murdered Dissident

21st November 2002: On the fourth anniversary of the murder of political activists Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, a shrine is laid with the Iranian flag, a photo of Parvaneh and candles on the spot that she was stabbed to death 23 times by rogue agents of Ministry of Intelligence during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami. Parvaneh and Dariush were murdered on November 22nd, 1998. Investigations into these killings and the murders of other intellectuals and dissidents that same year were fitful, but in late 2000, hopes for justice rose with the trial of the presumed killers. Eighteen members of the Iranian intelligence stood trial before a military court. In January 2001, three of the defendants were sentenced to death and two to life imprisonment. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)