Two of these 11 men were my uncles, my mom’s brothers.
They were executed by firing squad for opposing the new Islamic Republic regime.
Their trial was only 30 minutes long. They were convicted of being “counterrevolutionary” and executed in Sanandaj.
The photo took captured one of many brutal moments in Iran and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Mine was condemned to death and executed by firing squad in Tehran in 1981 for attempting to fund a coup as he opposed the religious rule and believed in the separation of church and state.
The family was close to the monarchy and did everything they could to fight against the Islamic Republic.
Fighters at heart, fighters forever.
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