Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 68

NCRI - On the twentieth day of the nationwide uprising in Iran, thousands of people in Tehran gathered in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery at 18:00 local time to honor the memory of those killed by the regime’s suppressive forces in the course of the uprising. They paid their respects by placing flowers on the martyrs’ graves.

The memorial ceremony took place despite a heavy presence of suppressive forces in the cemetery, who tried hard to stop people from joining the families and loved ones of those slain by the regime.

The number of people gathered in the various sections of the cemetery (nos. 254, 256, 257, 259, 263, and 264) grew by the minute, as anti-regime chants rung out from the crowds as an expression of popular rage and anger towards the religious fascism ruling Iran.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 2, 2009