{"id":19662,"date":"2020-11-09T08:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T07:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2020-11-09T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T07:36:00","slug":"statue-of-the-national-hero-navid-afkari-a-masterpiece-by-reza-olia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2020\/11\/statue-of-the-national-hero-navid-afkari-a-masterpiece-by-reza-olia\/19662\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of the National Hero Navid Afkari, a Masterpiece by Reza Olia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reza Olia, the prominent sculptor and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), made a statue of Iranian national hero Navid Afkari<\/a>.
\u201cI offer the statue of the national hero Navid Afkari <\/a>to the people of Iran,\u201d he said.
The statue unveiled almost two months after Navid Afkari\u2019s martyrdom. Master Reza Olia is living in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He previously made statues of significant figures such as Mohammad Hanifnejad,<\/a> the founder of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), and Gholam-Hossein Sa\u2019edi, the great Iranian writer and playwright. Also, he made statues of great Iranian artists such as Marzieh<\/a>, the Lady of Iranian Song, and prominent Iranian artist Emad Ram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most notable works of art of this valuable artist of Iran are making statues of martyrs. In addition, he was the first person to make a statue of Neda Agha Soltan<\/a>, the symbol of martyrs of the 2009 uprising in Iran. Likewise, he made a statue of Reyhaneh Jabbari<\/a>, an innocent woman executed by the regime, for the Iranian people. Above all, now his latest work is a statue of the national hero Navid Afkari<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reza Olia, prominent sculptor and member of the National Council of Resistance of #Iran<\/a> (NCRI), made a statue of Iranian national hero #NavidAfkari<\/a>

\"I offer the statue of the national hero Navid Afkari to the people of Iran,\" he said. https:\/\/t.co\/oLYzB1SdsA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) November 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>