Barzin Hamzehzadeh^*under 18

بَرزین حمزه‌زاده

Also known as بَرزین حمزه‌زاده

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

15 years old

2 January 2023 Killed during protests

In the words of those close to them

“Before his arrest, Barzin was in complete physical and mental health and had no sign of illness. But because of torture during his detention, he fainted several times after his release.”— One of this child's relatives

Persian original

«برزین پیش از بازداشت، در سلامت کامل جسمی و روانی قرار داشته و هیچ نشانه‌ای از بیماری نداشته‌ است. اما به دلیل شکنجه در زمان بازداشت، پس از آزادی چند بار از هوش رفت.»

How they died

• Last year, during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, he was arrested at the age of 15 and “had been tortured for a week”.
  Persian original

  او سال گذشته در جریان اعتراضات «زن، زندگی، آزادی» در سن ۱۵ سالگی بازداشت و «به مدت یک هفته شکنجه شده بود».

• He had lost both his kidneys “because of the severity of the blows by security forces last autumn
  Persian original

  هردو کلیه خود را «به دلیل شدت ضربات نیروهای امنیتی در پاییز سال گذشته، از دست داده

• Finally, after 13 months, on Tuesday, 12 Dey, he lost his life during surgery at Khomeini Hospital in Urmia.
  Persian original

  در نهایت پس از ۱۳ ماه، روز سه‌شنبه، ۱۲ دی‌ماه، حین عمل جراحی در بیمارستان خمینی ارومیه جان خود را از دست داد.

• Beating and torture; he lost both kidneys and after 13 months lost his life; he was arrested during the protests and was under torture by security agents for a week, so that he lost both his kidneys, and over 13 months he repeatedly lost consciousness and saw doctors, until he finally lost his life on 12 Dey.
  Persian original

  ضرب و شتم و شکنجه دو کلیه را از دست داده و بعد از ۱۳ ماه جان خود را از دست داد، وی در جریان اعتراضات دستگیر و یک هفته توسط مأموران امنیتی زیر شکنجه بود، به‌طوری که هر دو کلیه خود را از دست داد و در طول ۱۳ ماه بارها بیهوش شده و به پزشک مراجعه کرد که در نهایت در ۱۲ دی جان خود را از دست داد.

After their death

• Since yesterday the security bodies have been pressuring the Hamzehzadeh family to refrain from making this news public.
  Persian original

  نهادهای امنیتی از روز گذشته خانواده حمزه‌زاده را تحت فشار قرار داده‌اند که از رسانه‌ای کردن این خبر خودداری کنند.

Sources

1. Persian Wikipedia
2. Radio Farda

So far this name appears in only one source.

Listed in

• Killed in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising (2022)
• Killed during protests
• Children and teenagers killed
• The year 1401 (2022–2023)

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