Abdorrahman Boroumand Center

for Human Rights in Iran

https://www.iranrights.org
Memorial
Omid, a memorial in defense of human rights in Iran
Mohammad Reza
Maryam
Mas'ud
Shiva Mahmudi
Ali
Veria
Sasan
Mojtaba
Mir Shoja'eddin
Esma'il
Mohammad Ali
Esma'il
Sarafraz
Mohammad
Asef
26415
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.

Shapur Bakhtiar…

Born in a tribe in Lorestan, home to one of Iran’s oldest tribes, he was loyal, strong headed, and courageous. But, he was also humble: “I am first a human being, then an Iranian, and then a Muslim.” 

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Tatavous Michaelian…

Reverend Tatavous Michaelian chaired the Council of Protestant Ministers in 1994. It was a time of extraordinary pressure on Christian clergy.

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