View Program on YouTube (edited, 1 hr)

HEROISM FOR OUR TIME -
AN AFTERNOON OF SOLIDARITY TO FREE IRAN'S POLITICAL PRISONERS

The January 9, 2022 Program was co-sponsored by
San Francisco's Unitarian Universalist Society Social Forum
and the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran' s Political Prisoners

Over 30,000 people worldwide joined via Zoom, YT Livestream, Radio Pooya, Radio Payam and Clubhouse.

To hone down this 2-hour program and correct technical problems with the recording, we have posted an edited version focused on the main presentations on YouTube; the video solidarity statements and music can also be viewed there separately.

Featured clips

Welcome by Rev. Vanessa Southern, UUSF Senior Minister

Opening Statement by Dolly Veale, co-initiator of the International Emergency Campaign

Mariam Claren, daughter of German-Iranian dual citizen and political prisoner Nahid Taghavi

Dr. Azam Niroomand-Rad, emeritus professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC;  honorary faculty Dept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Lawdan Bazargan, former political prisoner, family member of victims of the 1988 massacre of Iran’s political prisoners, and human rights activist

Larry Everest, a spokesperson for the IEC; author of the book “Oil, Power and Empire”;  journalist and contributor to revcom.us

Closing Remarks by Dolly Veale

Video Playlist of Solidarity Statements | Text Solidarity Statements

Individual Videos:

Music Videos, with permission of performer

Shekib Mosadeq, Burn The Cage Free the Birds

Marjan Farsad, Mahtab (Moonlight)