Ali Bayat

علی بیات

38 years old · Tehran

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

Ali’s story highlights the personal aspirations and economic struggles of those participating in the protests.
Persian original
Ali’s story highlights the personal aspirations and economic struggles of those participating in the protests.

Ali was an athlete and bodybuilder and was trying to pursue this sport professionally.
Persian original
علی ورزش‌کار و بدن‌ساز بود و تلاش می‌کرد تا به‌صورت حرفه‌ای این ورزش را دنبال کند.
His friends describe him as a hard-working person who had recently managed to change his work and income situation.
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دوستانش او را فردی پرتلاش توصیف می‌کنند که به تازگی توانسته بود شرایط کار و درآمد خود را تغییر دهد.
Narmak is a prominent and historically significant neighborhood in East Tehran, centered around Haft-Hoz Square.
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Narmak is a prominent and historically significant neighborhood in East Tehran, centered around Haft-Hoz Square.
It is a major commercial and social hub.
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It is a major commercial and social hub.

In the words of those close to them

His family was able to identify his body in Kahrizak after one week, and they subsequently buried him on January 16, in Section 75 of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.— Ali’s friend told IranWire
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His family was able to identify his body in Kahrizak after one week, and they subsequently buried him on January 16, in Section 75 of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.

How they died

He was killed by security agents
Persian original
به دست ماموران امنیتی کشته‌ شد
Ali Bayat, 44 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in Haft-Howz Square, "Narmak", Tehran, by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
علی بيات ۴۴ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات میدان هفت‌حوض «نارمک» تهران با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
Government agents shot Ali Bayat in the head.
Persian original
ماموران حکومتی سر علی بیات را هدف شلیک قرار دادند.
According to information obtained by IranWire, Ali Bayat was shot dead near Haft-Hoz Square in Narmak, after Islamic Republic agents fired a direct shot to his head.
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According to information obtained by IranWire, Ali Bayat was shot dead near Haft-Hoz Square in Narmak, after Islamic Republic agents fired a direct shot to his head.
A “direct shot to the head” is a detail frequently reported by human rights groups to indicate that security forces are not firing warning shots but are using lethal force to immediately neutralize protesters.
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A “direct shot to the head” is a detail frequently reported by human rights groups to indicate that security forces are not firing warning shots but are using lethal force to immediately neutralize protesters.
Delays of up to a week in identifying bodies are common, as families often spend days searching hospitals and detention centers before being directed to the morgue.
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Delays of up to a week in identifying bodies are common, as families often spend days searching hospitals and detention centers before being directed to the morgue.

After their death

His body was found by the family on 26 Dey in Kahrizak
Persian original
پیکر او ۲۶ دی از سوی خانواده در کهریزک پیدا شد
His family identified his body a week later, on Friday, 26 Dey, at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
Persian original
خانواده‌اش پیکر او را یک هفته بعد، جمعه ۲۶دی در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» شناسایی کردند.
Ali Bayat's body was buried in Section 75 of "Behesht-e Zahra" in Tehran.
Persian original
پیکر علی بیات در قطعه ۷۵ «بهشت‌زهرا» تهران به خاک سپرده شد.
Kahrizak houses Tehran’s central coroner’s office and morgue.
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Kahrizak houses Tehran’s central coroner’s office and morgue.
Behesht-e Zahra is Tehran’s main cemetery, where specific sections (ghot‘e) can become associated with political burials when multiple victims from the same events are buried there.
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Behesht-e Zahra is Tehran’s main cemetery, where specific sections (ghot‘e) can become associated with political burials when multiple victims from the same events are buried there.
According to Ali’s friend, he was an athlete and a bodybuilder - a person of great perseverance who worked extremely hard to build a life.
Persian original
According to Ali’s friend, he was an athlete and a bodybuilder - a person of great perseverance who worked extremely hard to build a life.

Sources

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