A ceremony was held to remember 40 days since the martyrdom of Mohsen Rouholamini. An earlier coroner report confirmed that he was tortured to death. Here is a report from Iran:
Someone who attended the memorial sent in the following account:
The memorial was very sad, with Mohsen’s mother screaming his name and sobbing hard. The young man was well-known and from a prominent conservative family. Therefore, his family had been allowed to hold the memorial. Other families who have lost loved ones have not been so “fortunate,” as the government has prevented them from holding such memorials.
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, the former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and many hardliners who played a role in the murder of the young people [after the election] were also there. Many of the mothers who were there were whispering, “They killed the young man, and now they have come to his memorial! This was a well-known young man. What about the poor families who did not have ties to such high [placed] families?”
The same mothers surrounded Mohsen’s father at the door. As he was leaving the memorial, they shouted “Allah-o akbar [God is great]” and “Marg bar moghasser [death to the culprit].” But, what is the use [now that the young man is dead]?
I just hope that when this man [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] comes to the United States [in late September], you [the Iranians living in the U.S.] really give it to him. We do not have any power here [in Iran].
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