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.
Seifoddin Zia'i…
Mr. Zia’i graduated from Tehran University and worked as a laboratory technician in his home city of Paveh, in Kermanshah. With no political associations, he was nevertheless perceived to be “anti-revolutionary.”
Amir Bashiri Chalgasari…
Eyewitnesses who saw Amir during the protests recounted stories of him with his family, describing him as brave and committed to helping the injured before his death.
Jamshid Sepahvand…
He opposed the Shah’s regime from early in life, netting him an arrest at only 16. He would go on to serve on the secretariat of the Fadaiyan Khalq Organization.