Before the 79 revolution in #iran, a group of left wing students in Europe released a few albums, mostly in support of the communist guerilla group people's Fedaiian organization.

The name of the album was "Aftabkaraan- jangal" (those who planted the sun in the woods), referring to the group of Fedaii members who attacked a police station in northern city of Siahkal in 1970 in the dream of creating a Cuban style revolution in Iran. The tragic action that led to death and capture, followed by execution of all 11 members of the group followed by a brutal crackdown on many left wing groups and individuals and horrible torture and murder of many of th group's members.

Those tapes were very popular in Tehran,they would go hand in hand even among those who didn't support the group and later on became popular among groups of young people going on mountain hikes.

I haven't heard those in more than 40 years and was excited to find them on this site.

I felt like a pre-teen romantic revolutionary kid once again, when we used to listen to those songs under the cover of our bed in quiet so no one could hear it and it also brought back the.memory and the faces of so many friends, schoolmates, neighbors and family members who died before, during and after the revolution.

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