Navid means Glad tidings /A fortunate promise. His mother gave him this name twenty seven years ago. He grew up in the suburbs of Shiraz to become an athlete a wrestler and to bear the Iranian flag with pride to bring home Olympic medals. He was Javanmard and Pahlavan (Athlete, a strong man who does good for the community).
Where is he now?
He has been executed and buried in silence in the middle of the night by the brutal regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
It was such a delight to run this art-webinar for IYDA, our Farsi speaking community, based in South London. The artists who joined me ranged in age from 5 to 30+ and the results were truly impressive.
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