I saw this story first on Azamehr’s blog. As he puts it “They killed their children. Now they detain their mothers”. This post is taken from a report on the Payvand website.
On Saturday Security forces attacked and detained 30 members of Mourning Mothers (a group of mothers whose children have been killed in recent events see below for further information) ) in Laleh Park, Tehran. More than a hundred police and plain clothes agents attacked the and took the mothers to the Vozara Detention Center in Tehran.
An eyewitness described events: "I was in Laleh Park today around 4 p.m. More than a hundred police and plain clothes agents had occupied the park and its perimeter. They would not allow anyone to even sit on the benches or congregate. Every Saturday, the Mourning Mothers and their supporters gather in the Park. Today after about 70 mothers had entered the park, security forces engaged them and started chasing them, grabbing them, and forcing them into police vans. They used a lot of violence and insults in the process. One of the mothers who is 75 years old has been taken to a hospital"
The Mourning Mothers (also called the Mournful Mothers) was formed by women whose children have been killed recently and their supporters. The group's principle demand is for the authorities to be accountable for the deaths, disappearances, and detentions of their children.
The Mourning Mothers remind me of the treatment received by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo at the hands of the Argentine junta. I hope that none of these mothers becomes the Iranian Azucena Vilafor
