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.
Mitra Chupanzadeh…
Her father set a political example. Various family members found their ways to prison, Ms. Chupanzadeh for her sympathies for the Mojahedin.
Majid Safapur…
“Brilliant,” people said of him, although his parents worried over his firm commitments. A friend recognized his voice, in prison, chanting the Qur’an.
Sa'id Baluchi…
Mr. Baluchi lived with his family in the underprivileged Koldar Village in Hormozgan Province.