Payvand.com was established in San Francisco Bay Area in late 1995 and is dedicated to Iranian-American issues. Payvand in Persian means joining together, and has recently been used to mean “web link” * as well.Anti-government activists are not allowed to express themselves in Iranian media, so theses activists have taken their expressions to another high circulation mass-medium, banknotes. The Central Bank of Iran has tried to take these banknotes out of circulation, but there are just too many of them, and gave up. For the activists’ people it’s a way of saying “We are here, and the green movement is going on”.
Our mission is to create a site that brings Iranians around the globe and those interested in Iran together around related issues. We hope we open a window into Iran through which we can promote understanding, dialogue and peace.
Following are examples of such banknotes, mostly written in green ink:
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Bottom: Bank notes without slogan is like saying no to spring (of green movement)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsjOSuJMI/AAAAAAAADFE/VQ14Ol0wYtY/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement03.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsQQWbwpI/AAAAAAAADE8/vSH0-JiDbIk/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement04.jpg)
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsQDujfVI/AAAAAAAADE0/6KKTp0wA9QE/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement05.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsP93KcCI/AAAAAAAADEs/8B9jPwAUWAg/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement06.jpg)
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsPlE5_3I/AAAAAAAADEk/2f-uAlddIj8/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement07.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMsPS2Vv6I/AAAAAAAADEc/_2iNNKI7WOs/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement08.jpg)
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![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMrzuhGayI/AAAAAAAADEM/tX0fNXDDlBo/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement10.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMrzcxtGiI/AAAAAAAADEE/itj-4___e3s/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement11.jpg)
Bottom: Logo of state media Voice and Vision of Islamic Republic with added swastika followed by “humiliated by our Voice and Vision”
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Bottom: Shame can not be erased by crossing out/coloring
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEwpYSD3wN4/SyMry7Vxj1I/AAAAAAAADD0/1Rhen7rqdf8/s400/iranian-banknotes-green-movement13.jpg)
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