mothers in iran

"it shows how frightened they are of their own people, when they cannot tolerate mothers who are holding a silent vigil and want accountability."

- Hadi Ghaemi, director of the new york-based international campaign for human rights in iran, discussing the mourning mothers, an organization founded by women whose children were killed by government agents in the protests that broke out after the election in june. every saturday, the group sits quietly in a park in tehran, and according to witnesses, are then arrested by the police, and taken to prison. (Source: The New York Times)