On Saturday morning, August 9, Chicago’s Iranian Shia Community held a Arbaeen Shia Procession, which started in Daley Plaza. Here are my thoughts about and images from the three-hour long event.
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Honoring Kian
Today, a number of families from Chicago’s Iranian community gathered in Grant Park to honor the memory of Kian Pirfalak, an Iranian boy who was shot to death by Iranian security forces responding to protests over the killing of Mahsa Amini. Here are my thoughts about and images from this demonstration.
Executions
Three men were executed in Iran this past Friday. Today, members of Chicago’s Iranian community gathered in Millennium Park for a demonstration followed by a march designed to highlight these and other executions of political prisoners by the Iranian authorities. Here are my thoughts about and images from the demonstration.