Parsa Rahmati

پارسا رحمتی

20 years old · Tehran

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

Was working as a labourer in a small production workshop
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در یک کارگاه تولیدی کوچک به کارگری مشغول بود

Parsa Rahmati was the only son in his family and had an older sister.
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Parsa Rahmati was the only son in his family and had an older sister.

Because of the family's difficult economic situation, after obtaining his high-school diploma, to help cover living costs
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به دلیل شرایط دشوار اقتصادی خانواده، پس از دریافت مدرک دیپلم، برای کمک به تامین هزینه‌های زندگی
The Falah neighborhood, also known as Abu-Zar, is a densely populated, traditional, working-class area in South Tehran.
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The Falah neighborhood, also known as Abu-Zar, is a densely populated, traditional, working-class area in South Tehran.
During protests, neighborhoods like this often see intense clashes, as narrow alleyways limit the movement of security vehicles while making it easier for forces to surround and trap protesters.
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During protests, neighborhoods like this often see intense clashes, as narrow alleyways limit the movement of security vehicles while making it easier for forces to surround and trap protesters.

How they died

He was hit in the neck by a bullet of government agents and lost his life
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از ناحیه گردن هدف گلوله ماموران حکومتی قرار گرفت و جان خود را از دست داد
Parsa Rahmati, 19 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the "Falah" neighbourhood of Tehran by direct live fire of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic from behind into the throat area.
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پارسا رحمتی ۱۹ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی‌۱۴۰۴ در محله «فلاح» تهران، با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی از پشت سر به ناحیه گلو کشته شد.
Parsa Rahmati's family were put under security pressure to declare the cause of their child's death an "accident".
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خانواده پارسا رحمتی برای اعلام علت جان باختن فرزندشان به‌عنوان «تصادف» تحت فشارهای امنیتی قرار گرفتند.
According to information obtained by IranWire, 19-year-old Parsa Rahmati was shot and killed on the evening of Thursday, January 8, in Tehran’s Falah neighborhood.
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According to information obtained by IranWire, 19-year-old Parsa Rahmati was shot and killed on the evening of Thursday, January 8, in Tehran’s Falah neighborhood.
He was hit in the throat by a live round fired from behind.
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He was hit in the throat by a live round fired from behind.
Near Golchin Square, amid the chaos and gunfire in the area, he was targeted by a live round to the throat.
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Near Golchin Square, amid the chaos and gunfire in the area, he was targeted by a live round to the throat.

After their death

After three days of searching, his family identified his body among those killed at Kahrizak
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خانواده او پس از سه روز جست‌وجو، پیکرش را در میان کشته‌شدگان در کهریزک شناسایی کردند
Was buried on 22 Dey
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روز ۲۲ دی‌ماه به خاک سپردند
Government agents did not allow a memorial service to be held in the mosques of the Falah area and in public places
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ماموران حکومتی اجازه برگزاری مراسم ترحیم در مساجد منطقه فلاح و اماکن عمومی را ندادند
The security forces pressured Parsa's family to present their son as a "martyr".
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نیروهای امنیتی خانواده پارسا را برای معرفی پسرشان به‌عنوان «شهید» تحت فشار قرار دادند.
Parsa's body was handed over to the family in exchange for payment of 350 million tomans.
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پیکر پارسال در ازای پرداخت مبلغ ۳۵۰میلیون تومان به خانواده تحویل داده شد.
After Parsa's burial, for about a week, the security forces appeared at night in front of his workplace and pressured his family and colleagues with threats and shots fired into the air.
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پس از خاکسپاری پارسا، نیروهای امنیتی تا حدود یک هفته شب‌ها مقابل محل کار او حاضر شده و با تهدید و شلیک تیر هوایی، خانواده و همکارانش را تحت فشار قرار دادند.
His body remained in that spot for about an hour until a resident who knew him found his lifeless body and informed his father.
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His body remained in that spot for about an hour until a resident who knew him found his lifeless body and informed his father.
Relatives say that when Parsa’s father arrived at the scene, he placed his son’s body in a car and covered his face, trying to make the family believe that Parsa was still alive and only critically injured.
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Relatives say that when Parsa’s father arrived at the scene, he placed his son’s body in a car and covered his face, trying to make the family believe that Parsa was still alive and only critically injured.
But when Parsa’s mother came closer to the car, she was faced with the blood-covered body of her son.
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But when Parsa’s mother came closer to the car, she was faced with the blood-covered body of her son.
The source says that Parsa Rahmati’s body was not handed over to the family until Sunday, January 11, and that under intense pressure and threats, his body was ultimately released to the family in exchange for the payment of “bullet money.”
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The source says that Parsa Rahmati’s body was not handed over to the family until Sunday, January 11, and that under intense pressure and threats, his body was ultimately released to the family in exchange for the payment of “bullet money.”

Sources

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