{"id":7183,"date":"2018-08-28T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=7183"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:44:52","slug":"1988-massacre-iran-iranian-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2018\/08\/1988-massacre-iran-iranian-communities\/7183\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech by Raha Heshmati khah, Iranian communities\u2019 global conference in 30th anniversary of the 1988 massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Speech by Raha Heshmati khah, Iranian communities\u2019 global conference in 30th anniversary of the 1988 massacre <\/a><\/p>\n

Hello, my name is Raha Heshmatikhah. I\u2019m a university student. I have not seen my motherland. My mother was a student at Tehran University. She was arrested in 1981 and spent three years in prison because of her political and human right activities.<\/p>\n

My acquaintance with the PMOI<\/a> was since my early teen, and I learned that the clerical regime in Iran has suppressed the Iranian people. And since then I have tried to do something for the freedom of my people.\u00a0 I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m not alone in this path and much other Iranian youth who are studying in various universities and are members of different associations, are with me.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/9QM7Ubx0Miw<\/p>\n

We are active to get rid of this regime and to establish a free and democratic Iran. And I am happy to be given this opportunity to talk to you on behalf of them.<\/p>\n

Thirty years ago in the summer of 1988, 30.000 Iranian youth, who many of them were in the same age of mine or even younger, after the trails which lasted only a few minutes were executed only because of their belief in freedom.<\/p>\n

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Raha Heshmatikhah, spokeswoman for Iranian Youth Association in the #Netherlands<\/a>:
I became acquainted with the #PMOI<\/a> through the #HumanRights<\/a> activities of my mother. I decided to support them.I am not alone & accompanied by many young men and women here. #IranRegimeChange<\/a>#Iran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/57z8kHOpe2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n