{"id":7037194,"date":"2026-08-10T23:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/ceremony-in-saskatoon-remembers-lives-lost-in-iranian-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:33:33","slug":"ceremony-in-saskatoon-remembers-lives-lost-in-iranian-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7037194","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony in Saskatoon remembers lives lost in Iranian protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An Iranian remembrance ceremony was held in Saskatoon on Sunday to recognize the lives and freedom lost in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This follows the deaths of 40,000 people during protests against the regime in January.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Saskatchewan\u2019s Iranian Students\u2019 Association organized the ceremony. They say there needs to be more recognition by Canadians when it comes to the brutality of the Iranian regime\u00a0and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel like there is not enough coverage in the mainstream media, unfortunately,\u201d said Sepideh Gorji, a member of the association. \u201cFor people to recognize that when we\u2019re talking about the Iranian government, it is IRGC. It\u2019s the same terrorist organization that Canada has recognized; we just want to spread awareness. After six months of talking about them, I think this was good to kind of come together and remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Iranian community in Saskatoon have been very outspoken on the street in past years, but since January, Gorji says there have been protests almost every week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And while this is a difficult time for the community, they say gathering is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reminds us that we have one goal, and that\u2019s freedom and democracy in Iran, and we should never forget that. It\u2019s been really hard; we have a lot of opposition in the diaspora from the IRGC who try to stop us\u2026. You get really disappointed and you get tired and a lot of tears we have shed. But then, when gatherings like this happen, it reminds us that we all stand together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She says you can support your Iranian friends and family by recognizing the threat the IRGC poses for democracy and the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we see that the Canadian community recognizes that, it means a lot to us because we have been trying to say it loud and clear that this terrorist organization exists in the West and they are dangerous and we want the community to recognize that. And we want them to distinguish the lion and sun revolution that we are after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch the video above for more on the remembrance ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Iranian remembrance ceremony was held in Saskatoon on Sunday to recognize the lives and freedom lost in Iran. This follows the deaths of 40,000 people during protests against the regime in January. The University of Saskatchewan\u2019s Iranian Students\u2019 Association organized the ceremony. 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