Empty Chairs, Heavy Hearts: The Iranian Mothers Who Sacrificed Everything This Mother’s Day
photo courtesy of Goldie Ghamari
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, This Mother’s Day, while families around the world celebrate with flowers and embraces, a somber and defiant movement is rising across the globe. Protests are erupting to honor the “Vanguard of Freedom”—the Iranian mothers who were killed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the January 2026 uprising.
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