I wish fate would be different. I know and am sure that my father’s memory will live on both because of his works and because of his noble life. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart to the people and artists who organized the ceremony in my absence.Bahram Radan then read a message from the director, Kianoush Ayari, who is ill, and announced that he was affected by this incident and the characteristics of Dariush Mehrjooi. Ayari wrote in his message: Dariush Mehrjoui was the most skilled painter of life. He had such a feature even in his sophisticated and intellectual films.