Omid Memorial
The men and women whose stories you can read on this page are now all citizens of a silent city named Omid ("hope" in Persian). There, victims of persecution have found a common life whose substance is memory.
Omid's citizens were of varying social origins, nationalities, and religions; they held diverse, and often opposing, opinions and ideologies. Despite the differences in their personality, spirit, and moral fiber, they are all united in Omid by their natural rights and their humanity. What makes them fellow citizens is the fact that one day each of them was unfairly and arbitrarily deprived of his or her life. At that moment, while the world watched the unspeakable happen, an individual destiny was shattered, a family was destroyed, and an indescribable suffering was inflicted.
Ali Reza Tajiki…
A 15-year-old religious young man of rather small stature; he held a ranking in cycling in Fars Province
Hossein Naji…
Dr. Naji was a reputable physician, both in his own medical practice and at Tehran’s Misaghieh Hospital. News of his and the Hospital’s “special services and humanitarian efforts” had been published in several newspapers.