In the honor of Cyrus the Great of Persia and his cylinder of human rights. Song written by Yalda Barzin, arranged by Reza Tajbakhsh, Vocals by Kaveh Rafeian, and lyrics by Pouya Zangeneh.
The Cyrus Cylinder is regarded as the first human right charter in history. It is a document issued by the emperor Cyrus the Great of Persia inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform on a clay cylinder.
Passages in the text, express Cyrus' respect for humanity and as promoting a form of religious tolerance as freedom.There are three main premises in the decrees of the Cyrus Cylinder:
• The political formulization of racial, Linguistic and religious equality,
• Slaves and all deported people were to be allowed to return to home and
• All destroyed temples were to be restored.
The inscription was translated into all six official U.N. languages in 1971 and a replica of the cylinder is kept at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in the second floor hallway.
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