After killing of Neda Agha Soltan and Sohrab Aarabi by government forces during the summer protests, Mourning Mothers was formed by women whose children have been killed recently, their supporters, many civil society activists, and mothers whose children had been executed. The group’s principle demand is for the authorities to be accountable for the deaths, disappearances, and detentions of their children.
The families of the victims of the massacres of political opponents in 80s and their supporters gather beside the mass graves in Khavaran Cemetery to commemorate the “prison massacre of 1988”. Many of the victims were buried in mass graves. For more than 20 years, many of these mothers are going to Khavaran every Friday. They are known as “Mothers of Khavaran”
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