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Parveen Fahimi, the mother of Sohrab Arabi who was one of the victims of the Green Movement protests in Iran, invites the crowd to calm down at his grave site in Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran. In support of Mirhossein Mousavi, one of the candidates for the 2009 election in Iran, the majority of the Iranian people started protesting called the Green Movement. After the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and suspicions of election fraud, in the months that followed, there were mass demonstrations where hundreds of people were killed and injured. July 30th, 2009.

Photography: One of 12, signed edition.

Size: 16" x 24"