[custom_adv] Khosrow Golsorkhi (22 January 1944 – 18 February 1974) was an journalist, poet, and communist activist in homeland during the Cold War. Hooman Majd has described him as a "Che Guevara-like figure for young persians in 1974." [custom_adv] Famous for his leftist and revolutionary poetry, Golsorkhi was convicted along with his friend, Keramat Daneshian, a director, of plotting to kidnap the Shah of homeland's son. The military court was televised live, mainly because at the time of the trial, Shah was hosting the Conference for Human Rights in capital. [custom_adv] At the time, the shah's regime was blamed for the deaths (by a car accident) of the poet Forough Farrokhzad, a woman who promised the appearance of someone who would "distribute bread and cough mixture equally", the tragic and suspect death of the folk hero and Olympic- [custom_adv] -gold medalist wrestler Gholamreza Takhti in a hotel, the drowning of the writer Samad Behrangi in the river Aras, Ali Shariati's death abroad, and the tortures, killings and executions of those who had taken to an armed uprising against the regime. [custom_adv] At his trial, just as it looked as if the [military] judges were getting the upper hand he turned the atmosphere of the court: "In the glorious name of the people. I will defend myself in a court which I neither recognise its legality nor its legitimacy. As a Marxist my address is to the people and history. [custom_adv] The more you attack me the more I pride myself, the further I am from you the closer I am to the people. The more your hatred for my beliefs, the stronger the kindness and support of the people. Even if you bury me—and you certainly will—people will make flags and songs from my corpse". [custom_adv] When colonel Ghaffarzadeh, the chief judge, admonished him to stick to his defence he replied with a wry smile: "are you frightened of my words?" [custom_adv] . The judge shouted back "I order you shut up and sit down". Eyes flashing in anger Golesorkhi spoke passionately "Don't you give me any orders. [custom_adv] The military court did not even give itself the trouble of reading my file. I am a Marxist-Leninist, I respect Islamic sharia' and will shout my views, for which I die, in a loud voice: nowhere in the world, in countries like ours which are dependent to and dominated by neo-colonialism, can a truly national government exist unless a Marxist infrastructure is created in society". [custom_adv] Various censored and uncensored versions of the trial proceedings have appeared since 1979 when it was broadcast for the first time. The poignant point of the trial is when the chief judge of the military tribunal interrupts Golsorkhi's praise of Islam and Marxism and directs him to limit his statements to his own defense.