Iran: People in struggle for independence and democracy (American poster, 1978)

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Text: Iran: People in struggle for independence and democracy. “Wherever there is oppression there is struggle. And wherever there is struggle there are defeats and victory. But the final victory belongs to the people. This is not my claim, history claims this and the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people demonstrated this. The people speak this and the people speak the truth.” In Solidarity with the Iranian Student Movement.

Year: ca. 1978.

Publisher: Gonna Rise Again Graphics.

Artist: NA.

Additional Information: Text to the right quotes Mehdi Rezaei, a member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) who was arrested and executed in 1972.