Stagers Pay Tribute to War Soldiers’ Mothers

STOCKHOLM (MNA) – The Iranian theater group performing in the Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts, dedicated one of its plays to the mothers of 175 martyred divers of Iran-Iraq war.

Date: 31 May 2015 - 21:37

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The Iranian theater group Yasetamam which is currently performing in the Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts, dedicated the two performances of one of its plays Count to One to the mothers of 175 martyred divers of Iran-Iraq war who disappeared in December 1986 and were recently found in a mass grave in Iraq where they were buried alive with tied hands.
Zahra Sabri from the Iranian theater group told Mehr News the play was inspired by acclaimed Persian poet Khayyam while the other work of the group Earth and Wheel was motivated by Rumi's poetry.
The theater group is set to stage its second play Earth and Wheel two times in the Swedish Biennial.