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| Erfan Rezaei: Iran protester shot dead after removing poster - source | Erfan Rezaei: Iran protester shot dead after removing poster - source |
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| A source said Erfan Rezaei had been shot in the back | A source said Erfan Rezaei had been shot in the back |
| Iranian security forces shot dead a 21-year-old man during protests in the city of Amol last month, a source close to his family has told BBC Persian. | Iranian security forces shot dead a 21-year-old man during protests in the city of Amol last month, a source close to his family has told BBC Persian. |
| Erfan Rezaei was filmed tearing down a government poster showing the supreme leader shortly before he was killed on 21 September, the source said. | Erfan Rezaei was filmed tearing down a government poster showing the supreme leader shortly before he was killed on 21 September, the source said. |
| He was shot in the shoulder and back by a pistol at close range, they added. | He was shot in the shoulder and back by a pistol at close range, they added. |
| Officials have not commented, but the source said his family was under pressure to say protesters killed him. | Officials have not commented, but the source said his family was under pressure to say protesters killed him. |
| Anti-government protests have engulfed Iran since the death in custody six weeks ago of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab, or headscarf, "improperly". | Anti-government protests have engulfed Iran since the death in custody six weeks ago of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab, or headscarf, "improperly". |
| Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) estimates that 248 protesters, including 33 children, have been killed by security forces. | Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) estimates that 248 protesters, including 33 children, have been killed by security forces. |
| Teenage boy shot dead at Iran protest - sources | Teenage boy shot dead at Iran protest - sources |
| Iran's Generation Z are paying the ultimate price | Iran's Generation Z are paying the ultimate price |
| Women, men, children - faces of those who have died in Iran | Women, men, children - faces of those who have died in Iran |
| Erfan's mother, Farzaneh Barzekar, was told by officials that he had been admitted to hospital not long after the protest, the source told the BBC. | Erfan's mother, Farzaneh Barzekar, was told by officials that he had been admitted to hospital not long after the protest, the source told the BBC. |
| Nurses at the hospital would not tell her where he was, but after three hours of searching she found his blood-soaked clothes outside an operating theatre and fainted. | Nurses at the hospital would not tell her where he was, but after three hours of searching she found his blood-soaked clothes outside an operating theatre and fainted. |
| The source said Erfan died as a result of severe damage to the kidney and spleen caused by the bullet wound to his back. The bullet was fired by a pistol from a distance of 5m (16ft), they added. | The source said Erfan died as a result of severe damage to the kidney and spleen caused by the bullet wound to his back. The bullet was fired by a pistol from a distance of 5m (16ft), they added. |
| Erfan's mother posted a photograph of them together two days before his death | Erfan's mother posted a photograph of them together two days before his death |
| Authorities handed over Erfan's body to his family two days later on the condition that they held a quiet funeral, according to the source. | Authorities handed over Erfan's body to his family two days later on the condition that they held a quiet funeral, according to the source. |
| The source said security forces also pressed them to say that Erfan was a bystander shot dead by "rioters", as Iran's leaders have portrayed the protesters. | The source said security forces also pressed them to say that Erfan was a bystander shot dead by "rioters", as Iran's leaders have portrayed the protesters. |
| The source added that the family was allowed a funeral because Erfan's father was a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War who still suffers from the effects of exposure to chemical weapons and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Iranians revere those who fought in the 1980-88 conflict, in which more than one million people were killed. | The source added that the family was allowed a funeral because Erfan's father was a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War who still suffers from the effects of exposure to chemical weapons and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Iranians revere those who fought in the 1980-88 conflict, in which more than one million people were killed. |
| "Every day, I look at your picture for hours and cry. I look at you empty bed and your books. I read your books out loud to your empty bed," Erfan's mother wrote on Instagram two weeks ago, underneath a video of his grave. | "Every day, I look at your picture for hours and cry. I look at you empty bed and your books. I read your books out loud to your empty bed," Erfan's mother wrote on Instagram two weeks ago, underneath a video of his grave. |
| The families of several other young protesters allegedly killed by security forces during the current unrest have come under similar pressure from authorities. | The families of several other young protesters allegedly killed by security forces during the current unrest have come under similar pressure from authorities. |
| Last week, sources told BBC Persian that the family of Abolfazl Adinezadeh - a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a shotgun fired at point-blank range at a protest in Mashhad on 8 October - had been told to say he was a member of the Basij, a notorious paramilitary force involved in the crackdown. | Last week, sources told BBC Persian that the family of Abolfazl Adinezadeh - a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a shotgun fired at point-blank range at a protest in Mashhad on 8 October - had been told to say he was a member of the Basij, a notorious paramilitary force involved in the crackdown. |
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