The Iranian community of San Diego held a human chain/candlelight vigil to protest the Iranian election and remember those who lost their lives on the streets of Iran protesting election outcome. In stepping out of my own ethnic comfort zone, I learned alot about the Iranian election process and the unrest that continues in that country. For instance, the families of protesters who were killed had to pay money to the government for the single bullet that killed their loved one in order to receive the remains for burial. Another protester shared a story of a relative noticed that dead bodies were taken from hospitals so that the casualties would seem less than they really were. There seems to be a shroud of secrecy in the air even though these people are thousands of miles away from former country so I purposely composed the shots so as not to show the full face of any person.
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