Abdorrahman Boroumand Center

for Human Rights in Iran

https://www.iranrights.org
Memorial
Omid, a memorial in defense of human rights in Iran
Abolqasem
Nader (Ahmad)
Kiumars
‌Behnam
Shahram
Esmaeil (Behzad)
Mahsa
Ezat
Mehrollah
Bashir
Akbar
Mokhtar
Mohammad-Reza
Ali
Hassan
26933
victims of state violence are in Omid
One day, each of them was unfairly and arbitrarily deprived of his or her life

Omid Memorial

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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.

Shirko Ma'arefi…

Even at the time of my arrest, I was not willing to use my gun and shoot. The feelings I carried within me were not terror, fear and violence; on the contrary, my heart was filled with love for humanity and a desire for freedom

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Hushang Mohammad-Rahimi…

He thought of leaving Iran, though opportunities didn’t develop easily.  He taught on his own, keeping in mind a move to the Mojahedin Khalq Ashraf camp in Iraq.

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Ahmad Rezvani…

was killed extrajudicially, only because he was a Baha’i.

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