While chanting “Greetings to martyrs – martyr for freedom of Iran” and “This is the month of blood (referring to ultimate sacrifice in resistance) – [but] the ruler will be brought down,” they honored those killed in recent uprisings and expressed their hatred toward the regime in its entirety.
The suppressive forces attacked the ceremony using teargas. A number of participants were arrested whose fates remain unknown.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 25, 2009