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Siavash Mahmoudi
سیاوش محمودی
2006–2022 · 4 years ago
- Born
- 8 January 2006
- Taken
- 21 September 2022
- Age
- only 16 years old
- From
- Tehran, Tehran
Kept on this phone only. Nothing is sent.
Their life
Siavash was born in Tehran in January 2006 and raised by his mother after his parents separated; he lived with her and his sister in Tehran. Football was his passion. He played seriously from a young age, and his talent earned him an invitation to the national youth team.
His mother remembers a boy full of life with clear plans for his future, who rushed home from school to eat lunch and then went to work to help support the family.
How the regime took them
On the evening of 21 September 2022 Siavash went out with a friend during the protests in Naziabad, south Tehran, and did not come home. Security forces had filled the streets with tear gas, and armed Basij were out in force. He was shot from the front; Amnesty International, which records the date as 25 September, reported he was shot in the head.
His mother went into the street with his photo and refused to be silenced. At his fortieth-day memorial at Behesht-e Zahra the crowd chanted against the regime.
