In a message addressed to the people of Iran, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi declared Friday, February 22nd, as a 'National Mourning' in memory of the great massacre of the National Revolution. She wrote: 'My dear compatriots, the atrocities of the past days in our wounded homeland were crimes against humanity. The first phase of this great uprising of Iranians plunged the world into shock and disbelief with a frenzied massacre. The blood shed by thousands of Iranians cannot be trampled upon. These valiant children of the homeland sacrificed their lives for Iran and poured their blood at the roots of freedom.'

Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi continued: 'You, the great nation of Iran, have lovingly called me the