▁Iran . ▁The ▁military ▁court ▁was ▁tele vised ▁live , ▁mainly ▁because ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁trial , ▁Moh amm ad ▁Re za ▁Shah ▁was ▁hosting ▁the ▁Conference ▁for ▁Human ▁Rights ▁in ▁Te h ran . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁sh ah ' s ▁regime ▁was ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁death s ▁( by ▁a ▁car ▁accident ) ▁of ▁the ▁poet ▁For ough ▁Far ro kh z ad , ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁promised ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁someone ▁who ▁would ▁" dist ribute ▁bread ▁and ▁c ough ▁mixture ▁equally ", ▁the ▁trag ic ▁and ▁suspect ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁folk ▁hero ▁and ▁Olympic ▁gold ▁medal ist ▁wrest ler ▁G hol am re za ▁Tak ht i ▁in ▁a ▁hotel , ▁the ▁d row ning ▁of ▁the ▁writer ▁Sam ad ▁Be hr ang i ▁in ▁the ▁river ▁Ar as , ▁Ali ▁Sh ari ati ' s ▁death ▁abroad , ▁and ▁the ▁tort ures , ▁kill ings ▁and ▁execution s ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁taken ▁to ▁an ▁armed ▁u pr ising ▁against ▁the ▁regime . ▁ ▁At ▁his ▁trial ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁just ▁as ▁it ▁looked ▁as ▁if ▁the ▁[ mil it ary ] ▁jud ges ▁were ▁getting ▁the ▁upper ▁hand ▁he ▁turned ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁the ▁court : ▁" In ▁the ▁gl orious ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁people . ▁I ▁will ▁defend ▁myself ▁in ▁a ▁court ▁which ▁I ▁neither ▁recogn ise ▁its ▁leg ality ▁nor ▁its ▁legit im acy . ▁As ▁a ▁Marx ist ▁my ▁address ▁is ▁to ▁the ▁people