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.
Hossein Akbari…
He was a teenager, a student, and one who opposed the election results of 2009. The hospital he was taken to had been named for Ayatollah Khomeini.
Parvaneh Eskandari Foruhar…
She was a student of sociology, editorial board member of the Iran Nation Party, an outspoken advocate for democracy, a poet, and a mother. Relentless and fearless in her cause.
Nima Aminzadeh (Ahani)…
was fatally shot three times by officers while completely unarmed and unable to flee