{"id":443275,"date":"2026-05-15T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443275\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:32:16","slug":"texas-mural-honors-druze-and-iranian-children-killed-by-iran-and-its-proxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443275\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas mural honors Druze and Iranian children killed by Iran and its proxies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large-scale mural honoring Druze and Iranian children killed by the Islamic regime of Iran and its regional proxies was unveiled Thursday in Webster, Texas, as Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili sought to draw international attention to the victims ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

The installation, titled \u201cWOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.,\u201d was unveiled between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. at 425 Henrietta in Webster, outside Houston.<\/p>\n

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Mural by Hooman Khalili featuring children murdered by the Iranian regime and Hezbollah. the mural was unveiled in Texas, May 14, 2026 <\/p>\n

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The artwork also honors Iranian children killed during unrest and crackdowns carried out by the Islamic regime since 2022, including Kian Pirfalak, Sarina Esmailzadeh and Nika Shakarami.<\/p>\n

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Artist Hooman Khalili meets with Naila Fakhr al-Din, the mother of Alma Fakhr al-Din, who was killed by a Hezbollah rocket in Majdal Shams <\/p>\n

(Photo: from Instagram)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis mural is ultimately about children,\u201d Khalili said. \u201cDifferent backgrounds, different countries, different languages\u2014but the same stolen innocence. These children share a common enemy in the ideology and violence exported by the Islamic regime and its proxies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khalili said the installation was timed to coincide with growing international attention on North America ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe roots of this project are in Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cBut my hope is that the tree blossoms in the United States. As the world gathers around soccer, I want the eyes of the world to also see the humanity of these children and the brutality that took their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large-scale mural honoring Druze and Iranian children killed by the Islamic regime of Iran and its regional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-443275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}