Was reading these poems this morning while awaiting the terrible news of former Defence Minister and sometime friend Alireza’s monstrous execution - to recall the immense civilisation of Persia despite all sorrows.⁦@Rumi_Quote⁩ ‘’yet one an angel and a friend may be’….

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