A Great Heart Ceased Beating!
A Great Mind Stood Still!
On Thursday 4 July 2002, the heart of Mansoor Hekmat (Zhoobin Razani),
the founder and leader of the Worker-communist Party of Iran and the
greatest contemporary Marxist, ceased beating at age 51. After a short
struggle with cancer, Mansoor Hekmat in complete peace, with his family
next to him went to sleep forever.
Losing Zhoobin is an irreparable loss for the freedom seeking and
equalitarian movement, socialist movement, ideals of worker-communism,
and humanity. In his short political life, Mansoor Hekmat was the
cornerstone of egalitarianism and communist radicalism in Iran's politics.
His contribution to Marx's theory was deeply humanist and revolutionary
and a living practice of Marx's fundamental philosophical idea that
the future is an unwritten page which can be written by living contemporary
human beings with eyes open; history is built by human will. Marxism
has lost its greatest world thinker.
Moreover, however, we who have had the honour and opportunity to
know and work with him have lost the most sincere friend and the noblest
of human beings.
On behalf of the Worker-communist Party of Iran, I give my deepest
condolences to the members of dear Zhoobin's family. On behalf of
all the members and supporters of the Party, I send my love to dear
Azar Majedi and her children. I know that no words or actions can
diminish the pain of losing Zhoobin. Their place, however, is in all
our hearts and we are all with them.
The heart of Mansoor Hekmat (Zhoobin) ceased beating but Mansoor
Hekmat is not dead. With his thoughts and ideals, Mansoor Hekmat will
remain the shining figure of the Socialist and Marxist movement.
Long Live Socialism
Long Live Mansoor Hekmat
Koorosh Modaresi
Political Bureau of the Worker-communist Party of Iran
4 July 2002