Jasmine in Winter (2011)

Dedicated to Mohammad Mokhtari and those who didn't see Nowruz


Commissioned by Sasha Launer

Mohammad Mokhtari (Persian: محمد مختاری) (September 10, 1989 – February 15, 2011) was an Iranian university student fatally wounded by a gunshot fired by the forces of the Islamic Regime on the February 14 2011 protests in Tehran. He died the next day, while hospitalized.

According to eyewitnesses, Mr Mokhtari was shot in middle of his forehead, he briefly fell to the ground. He died in the hospital the next day. On the eve of the first anniversary of his murder, his father did an interview, in which, he unveiled the efforts of the regime to brand Mohammad as a Basiji. During his funeral, they sent one of their agents to play the role of his mother for the camera and try to pretend Mohammad was a supporter of the regime. but later on, they found out about Mohammad's Facebook posts in which he invited his followers to rise against the regime. Three days before his death, Mr Mokhtari wrote on his Facebook wall, "God, give me death by standing for it's better than a life of sitting under oppression."

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