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.
Mahafarid AmirKhosravi…
The Economics Minister at the time declared him the country’s industrial hero and said that he had created 10,000 jobs in Iran.
Hushyar Mohammadi…
Mr. Hushyar Mohammadi was a computer student and the only son of his farming family living at Shirkesh Village in Bijar.
Mansur Qodushim…
Mr. Qodushim was Jewish and from the city of Esfahan. His father died when he was in sixth grade. He dropped out of school and became his family’s breadwinner as a street vendor. His work was his entire life. He used to say: “The country needs me like my children need me.”