Sepehr Ebrahimi

سپهر ابراهیمی

19 years old · Tehran

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

amateur boxer
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amateur boxer
Amateur boxer
Persian original
بوکسور آماتور

social media users examining Ebrahimi’s Instagram activity reported that he was indeed a protester and had liked posts by US-based exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi
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social media users examining Ebrahimi’s Instagram activity reported that he was indeed a protester and had liked posts by US-based exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi
"Someone who doesn't fight has no right to wish."
Persian original
«آدمی که نمی‌جنگه، حق نداره آرزو کنه.»

In the words of those close to them

We will neither forget nor forgive; we stand stronger and more steadfast than before, in the hope that their blood will not be trampled, and we will remain until the day we take revenge for our children.— Sepehr's mother
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ما نه فراموش می‌کنیم و نه می‌بخشیم، قدرتمندتر و استوارتر از قبل می‌ایستیم به امید آن که خون آنها پایمال نشود و می‌مانیم تا روزی که انتقام فرزندانمان را بگیریم.

Sepehr's mother was worried that her son would go to the protests… so he told his mother he was going to the gym but joined the protesters.— A person close to the family
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مادر سپهر نگران بود که پسرش به اعتراضات برود… برای همین او به مادرش گفت به باشگاه می‌رود اما به معترضان پیوست.

How they died

a 19-year-old amateur boxer killed during protests in Andisheh town in the west of Tehran.
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a 19-year-old amateur boxer killed during protests in Andisheh town in the west of Tehran.
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Sepehr Ebrahimi, a 19-year-old citizen, athlete and boxer, was killed on 18 Dey in Shahrak-e Andisheh, Tehran, and his family found his body seven days later.
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سپهر ابراهیمی، شهروند ۱۹ ساله، ورزشکار و بوکسور بود که در ۱۸ دی در شهرک اندیشه تهران کشته شد و خانواده‌اش هفت روز بعد پیکرش را پیدا کردند.
With "a live round to his neck"
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با «شلیک تیر جنگی به گردنش»

After their death

His father said their son had left home only to go to a sports club and was killed “for the homeland and the Islamic system” by “rioters and terrorists.”
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His father said their son had left home only to go to a sports club and was killed “for the homeland and the Islamic system” by “rioters and terrorists.”
After 7 days without news and constant searching, his body was identified among thousands of other bodies of those killed in the protests.
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پیکر او پس از ۷ روز بی‌خبری و جست‌وجوی مداوم، از میان هزاران پیکر دیگر جان‌باختگان اعتراضات شناسایی شد.
His family found his corpse seven days later.
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خانواده او هفت روز بعد جسدش را پیدا کردند.
The state broadcaster of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a forced confession from Sepehr Ebrahimi's family, tries to link the two.
Persian original
صدا و سیمای جمهوری اسلامی ایران در اعتراف اجباری از خانواده سپهر ابراهیمی، سعی می‌کند این دو را به هم ربط بدهد.

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

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