Kian Pirfalak

کیان پیرفلک

2013–2022 · 4 years ago

Born: 11 June 2013
Taken: 16 November 2022
Age: only 9 years old
From: Izeh, Khuzestan

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Their life

Kian was born in Izeh in 2013, the elder of two brothers. He loved animals and grieved for every pet that died. Space, galaxies, myths and legends filled his head; he read, painted, and tried chess, gymnastics and wrestling. He had just had his first taekwondo lesson.

His mother said he started talking at ten months and never left a question unanswered: he always wanted to know why and how. He dreamed of being an astronaut, a taekwondo athlete or a robotics engineer, and supported Persepolis while admiring Messi, Ronaldo and Borussia Dortmund. For a school science festival he built a little boat, and filmed himself testing it.

In the name of the God of the rainbow.

The opening of his science-festival video, as reported by BBC Persian

How the regime took them

On the night of 16 November 2022, during strikes and protests in Izeh, Kian was driving home with his parents and little brother when security forces opened fire on the family car near the Red Crescent building. A bullet struck Kian in the chest and killed him; his father was badly wounded.

Fearing the body would be seized, the family kept him at home under ice. The regime blamed "terrorists"; at his funeral his mother told the crowd it was the security forces who shot.