Mojtaba Shahpari

مجتبی شهپری

Also known as شاه‌مراد

32 years old · Baharestan · Isfahan Province

Killed during protests

Life

At night he worked as a building guard
Persian original
شب‌ها به‌عنوان نگهبان ساختمان کار می‌کرد
During the day he worked as a labourer unloading goods
Persian original
روزها به تخلیه بار به‌عنوان کارگر مشغول بود

He was a Bakhtiari Lur
Persian original
از لرهای بختیاری بود
He had migrated to Isfahan to find work
Persian original
برای یافتن کار به اصفهان مهاجرت کرده بود
"He was a freedom-seeker. He was opposed to religion and supported the monarchy."
Persian original
«او آزادی‌خواه بود. با مذهب مخالف بود و از نظام پادشاهی حمایت می‌کرد.»
Bury me wrapped in the Lion and Sun flag
Persian original
مرا پیچیده در پرچم شیر و خورشید دفن کنید

In the words of those close to them

He was a freedom-seeker. He was opposed to religion and supported the monarchy.— One of the sources
Persian original
او آزادی‌خواه بود. با مذهب مخالف بود و از نظام پادشاهی حمایت می‌کرد.

Mojtaba was alive when he was taken to hospital.— One of the sources
Persian original
مجتبی وقتی به بیمارستان برده شد، زنده بود.

They buried him wrapped in the Lion and Sun flag, just as he himself had wanted… just as all of us want.— One of the sources
Persian original
او را در حالی دفن کردند که در پرچم شیر و خورشید پیچیده شده بود؛ همان‌طور که خودش خواسته بود… همان‌طور که همه ما می‌خواهیم.

How they died

On Isar Street in Baharestan they shot him in the leg
Persian original
در خیابان ایثار بهارستان از ناحیه پا هدف گلوله قرار دادند
When Shahpari's body was found, signs of a bullet wound were seen in his head
Persian original
هنگامی که پیکر شهپری پیدا شد، آثار اصابت گلوله در سر او دیده می‌شد
The family believe that he was executed by gunshot
Persian original
خانواده باور دارند که او با شلیک گلوله اعدام شده

After their death

Officials had repeatedly told the family that he was wounded and alive, but refused to say where he was being held
Persian original
مقام‌ها بارها به خانواده گفته بودند که او مجروح و زنده است، اما از گفتن محل نگهداری‌اش خودداری می‌کردند
He underwent surgery in the abdominal area and was then sutured again
Persian original
تحت عمل جراحی در ناحیه شکم قرار گرفته و سپس دوباره بخیه شده است
His corpse was found in a morgue in Isfahan
Persian original
جسدش در یک سردخانه در اصفهان پیدا شد
Mojtaba Shahpari was buried on 28 Dey 1404 in the village of Neshil-Do, near Izeh
Persian original
مجتبی شهپری ۲۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در روستای نشیل‌دو، نزدیک ایذه، به خاک سپرده شد

Sources

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

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