In memory of Kianoosh Asa
Nine years ago, in 2009, Iran faced an uprising following the presidential elections and the reelection of Ahmadinejad. All university students across the country, including Tehran, joined the peaceful protests to show their objection towards the election outcome and the ruling dictatorship.
Many students were shot dead in the protest or killed under torture, among them was Kianoosh Asa, a Master's Degree Student majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of Elm o Sanat. Asa was reportedly injured and went missing on June 15 in the Freedom Square in Tehran. His family identified his body 10 days later. He was killed by a gunshot to the neck.
Nine years later, today, we the Iranian-American Youth and the voices of tomorrow's Iran, pay homage to the memory of Kianoosh Asa, who made the ultimate sacrifice to be the voice of the oppressed in Iran.
Kianoosh Asa was born on 19 March 1984 in Kermanshah Iran. He was an environmental activist, a religious minority and played the musical instrument of Tanboor.
