Javad Reza'i Lafmejani

جواد رضایی لفمجانی

Also known as جواد رضایی

47 years old · Gilan Province

16 November 2022 Killed during protests

Life

For a time he also worked in a kiosk near Entezam Street in Lahijan.
Persian original
مدتی نیز در یک کیوسک حوالی خیابان انتظام لاهیجان مشغول به کار شد.

Mr. Rezaei, married and with 2 children
Persian original
آقای رضایی، متاهل و دارای ۲ فرزند

He was a stonemason, very skilled at carving the Faravahar motif and Achaemenid soldiers
Persian original
سنگتراش بود، مهارت زیاد در حک کردن نقش فروهر و سربازهای هخامنشی داشت
He was able to obtain an associate degree in literature
Persian original
توانست به مدرک فوق دیپلم در رشته ادبیات دست یابد
Mr. Rezaei was in the third grade of primary school when he lost his mother
Persian original
آقای رضایی کلاس سوم ابتدائی بود که مادرش را از دست داد
Mr. Rezaei was interested in music and literature.
Persian original
آقای رضایی به موسیقی و ادبیات علاقه داشت.
Mr. Rezaei was a gentle person and an active and lively individual.
Persian original
آقای رضایی انسانی ملایم و فردی فعال و پرنشاط بود.
He was fond of animals, especially dogs and birds.
Persian original
او به حیوانات به ویژه سگ و پرنده‌گان علاقه داشت.
“A mindset that censors a little girl's hair is no different from the scythe that killed her.”
Persian original
«تفکری که موهای یک دختربچه را سانسور می‌کند فرقی با داسی که او را کشت ندارد.»
Several times at night he wrote the slogan Woman, Life, Freedom on the walls of their neighbourhood with his friends
Persian original
چند بار نیز شبانه با دوستانش شعار زن، زندگی، آزادی را در محله‌شان بر دیوارها نوشت
“It was his constant refrain: for this revolution one must pay a price, and the price is only paid with blood”
Persian original
«ورد کلامش بود، برای این انقلاب باید هزینه داد و هزینه هم فقط با خون هستش»

In the words of those close to them

Javad was almost the last one, with his hands in his pockets.— One of his friends
Persian original
جواد تقریبا نفر آخر بود، دست به جیب.

“Not two minutes had passed since Javad's words when suddenly we saw Javad fall.— Mr. Rezaei's friend
Persian original
«هنوز دو دقیقه از حرف‌های جواد نگذشته بود، یهو ما دیدیم که جواد افتاد.

Javad's hand was in his pocket; that is, he did not even have a single stone in his hand.”— Informed source
Persian original
جواد دستش تو جیبش بود؛ یعنی حتی یه سنگ خالی هم تو دستش نبود.»

How they died

On 25 Aban 1401 Mr. Rezaei was murdered by security forces' gunfire from close range into his side, which tore his heart, lungs and kidney.
Persian original
آقای رضایی در روز ۲۵ آبان ۱۴۰۱ با تیراندازی نیروهای امنیتی از فاصله نزدیک به پهلوی وی که باعث پارگی قلب، ریه و کلیه او گردید، به قتل رسید.
“They removed 115 pellets from his body; the pellets tore the tissue of his heart, lungs and kidney, and he went into shock and died at that very moment.”
Persian original
«۱۱۵ ساچمه از بدن او بیرون آوردند، ساچمه‌ها بافت‌های قلب، ریه و کلیه او را پاره کردند و او دچار شوک شد و در همان لحظه فوت کرد.»
Arbitrary shooting » weapon loaded with metal pellets » from close range
Persian original
شلیک خودسرانه » سلاح پر‌شده از گلوله‌های فلزی » از فاصله نزدیک

After their death

At first the agents did not allow his family to bury him and even threatened them
Persian original
ماموران در ابتدا اجازه دفن به خانواده وی ندادند و حتی آنها را تهدید کردند
They forced the family to pledge that only first-degree family members would attend the funeral and that they must not issue calls or chant slogans.
Persian original
آنها خانواده را مجبور به دادن تعهد کردند که باید برای تشیع جنازه تنها خانواده درجه یک شرکت کنند، نباید فراخوان و شعار بدهند.
The family was also not given permission to hold the third-day and seventh-day ceremonies.
Persian original
اجازه گرفتن مراسم سوم و هفتم هم به خانواده داده نشد.
The family was forced to bury his body within half an hour in the Agha Seyyed Mohammad cemetery in the city of Lahijan
Persian original
خانواده مجبور شد در مدت نیم ساعت پیکر وی را در قبرستان آقا سید محمد شهر لاهیجان به خاک بسپارد
On 27 Esfand 1402, IRGC Intelligence agents entered Mr. Rezaei's home with an arrest and search warrant and arrested his wife.
Persian original
ماموران اطلاعات سپاه در روز ۲۷ اسفند ۱۴۰۲ با حکم جلب و تفتیش وارد خانه آقای رضایی شدند و همسر او را بازداشت کردند.
The prosecutor of her case threatened her that if she continued her complaint against the agents, he would handcuff her himself.
Persian original
دادستان پرونده او را تهدید کرد که اگر او به شکایت خود علیه ماموران ادامه دهد، خودش به او دستبند خواهد زد.
She was sentenced to three months in prison or a fine of seven million tomans.
Persian original
او به سه ماه زندان یا پرداخت هفت میلیون تومان جریمه شد.

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