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Hamidreza Rouhi

حمیدرضا روحی

2022 · 4 years ago

Taken
17 November 2022
Age
19 years old
From
Tehran, Tehran

Woman, Life, Freedom

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Their life

Hamidreza was nineteen and lived in Shahr-e Ziba, in western Tehran. Videos of his everyday life spread widely after his death. The actress Leili Rashidi, who knew him, wrote that everyone used to think he was her son, and that she would never forget his laughter, his joy and his eyes full of dreams. At Nowruz 2023 the Persepolis striker Issa Alekasir marked the new year with a photo of Hamidreza as a small boy in the stands of Azadi Stadium.

How the regime took them

Hamidreza was shot dead during the protests in Shahr-e Ziba on the night of 17 November 2022. Regime media first announced him as a Basij member killed by "rioters", then deleted the story. Fars News Agency then reported that he had joined the protest that night, said he had once been an ordinary Basij member, and blamed "terror teams" for the military-grade bullet that killed him.

People laid flowers and candles outside his home under the eyes of security agents, and his funeral became a protest.

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