MOHSEN’S
MEMORY
Mohsen was 12 years old in 1979. He lived with his family in Tehran. He was a middle school student. He told us about his memories on September 10, 2016.
Mohsen first learned that “something was happening” on one of his walks home from school in central Tehran, when he ran into a heavily policed street demonstration. Listen to him recall this experience.
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Mohsen remembers the excitement and violence of street demonstrations, during which his father regularly opened their house to protect protesters who were fleeing national guards. Here is how he recalls these times.
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Listen to Mohsen recount his memories of school, which include at times dangerous forms of protest organized by students.
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For Mohsen, the memory of the revolution is enmeshed with a popular revolutionary song. Here he sings this song in his own voice and tells us about the significance of this song for him.
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