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.
Ebrahim Hajati…
Mr. Hajati was a calm and smart high school student from a small village in Khorasan Razavi Province.
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini…
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini’s parents had passed away and he had no one to visit him in prison. Now, however, large crowds gather at his gravesite to tell him “you are not alone; the entire nation of Iran is your family”.
Karun Hajizadeh (Pur Hajizadeh)…
was studious and very kind; he used to say “I can’t eat my bananas if I don’t share them with my friends”