Arash Tolou Sheikhzadeh

آرش طلوع شیخ‌زاده

Also known as آرش طلوع

35 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

Died in custody

Life

He worked as a barista in a café
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به‌عنوان باریستا در یک کافه کار می‌کرد
worked as a barista at a café
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worked as a barista at a café

So that nothing would happen to her other son as well
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تا برای پسر دیگرش هم اتفاقی نیفتد

Arash, born on 23 Azar 1367, was an artistic young man
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آرش متولد ۲۳ آذر ۱۳۶۷، جوانی هنرمند بود
He was a young man sensitive to social and political issues who was not afraid to express his views
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جوانی حساس به موضوعات اجتماعی و سیاسی بود که از بیان دیدگاه‌هایش هراسی نداشت
He criticised superstitious religious beliefs and warned that ignorance is the source of all problems
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باورهای مذهبی خرافی را نقد کرد و هشدار داد جهل سرچشمه همه مشکلات است
"After greetings, I wanted to say: slowly start packing up your stuff, because it's time to go."
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«بعد از سلام، خواستم بگم کم‌کم جمع بکن بساطتو که وقت رفتنه.»
In his last post on 9 Bahman 1404, [he published] a compilation video of the people's protests in Mashhad on 18 and 19 Dey.
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در آخرین پستش در ۹ بهمن ۱۴۰۴، ویدیویی ترکیبی از اعتراضات مردمی مشهد در ۱۸ و ۱۹ دی‌ [منتشر کرد.
Arash, born on December 14, 1988, lived alone in Mashhad
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Arash, born on December 14, 1988, lived alone in Mashhad
He had used the hashtag “Revolution 1401” in support of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising
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He had used the hashtag “Revolution 1401” in support of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising
"Arash was a polite and kind young man.
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«آرش جوانی مودب و مهربان بود.
He loved Iran and, like many other young protesters, was considered a supporter of Prince Reza Pahlavi, and said: we want to take Iran back.
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عاشق ایران بود و مثل بسیاری از جوانان معترض دیگر، از هواداران شاهزاده رضا پهلوی محسوب می‌شد و می‌گفت می‌خواهیم ایران را پس بگیریم.

In the words of those close to them

"When they take Arash to the hospital, his level of consciousness was 2.5, but after three days in hospital his level of consciousness had reached 5, which is a sign of relative improvement; nevertheless they disconnected Arash from the machine and effectively killed him."— Hospital source
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«وقتی آرش را به بیمارستان می‌برند، سطح هوشیارش ۲.۵ بود، اما پس از سه روز بستری، سطح هوشیارش به ۵ رسیده بود که نشانه‌ای از بهبود نسبی است، با این حال دستگاه آرش را قطع کردند و عملا او را کشتند.»

They only told those who had come: we can't say anything, but you should know that they killed our child."— Source close to the family
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فقط به کسانی که آمده بودند، گفتند ما نمی‌توانیم چیزی بگوییم ولی شما بدانید که بچه ما را کشتند.»

They had shaved the hair on his head, his face was bruised and swollen, the baton mark on his head and the swollen bone fracture were completely clear.— Source close to the family
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موهای سرش را تراشیده بودند، صورتش کبود بود و ورم کرده بود، رد باتوم روی سرش و شکستگی استخوان بادکرده کاملا واضح بود.

They only told those who had come: we can't say anything, but you should know that they killed our child.— Source close to the family
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فقط به کسانی که آمده بودند، گفتند ما نمی‌توانیم چیزی بگوییم ولی شما بدانید که بچه ما را کشتند.

When they take Arash to the hospital, his level of consciousness was 2.5, but after three days in hospital his level of consciousness had reached 5, which is a sign of relative improvement; nevertheless they disconnected Arash from the machine and effectively killed him.— Hospital source
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وقتی آرش را به بیمارستان می‌برند، سطح هوشیارش ۲.۵ بود، اما پس از سه روز بستری، سطح هوشیارش به ۵ رسیده بود که نشانه‌ای از بهبود نسبی است، با این حال دستگاه آرش را قطع کردند و عملا او را کشتند.

It was horrific. How much they had tortured the kid.— Source close to the family
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وحشتناک بود. بچه را چقدر شکنجه کرده بودند.

Plainclothes agents of the Mashhad Intelligence Office arrested him on 22 Dey by raiding his private home and claimed he had been a street leader of the protests, while this claim was not true and Arash, like hundreds of thousands of other citizens, had only been present at the gatherings and chanted slogans."— One of those close to Arash Tolou
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ماموران لباس‌شخصی اداره اطلاعات مشهد، ۲۲ دی با حمله به منزل شخصی‌اش او را بازداشت کردند و مدعی شدند لیدر خیابانی اعتراضات بوده، درحالی‌که این ادعا صحت نداشت و آرش مانند صدها هزار شهروند دیگر فقط در تجمعات حضور داشت و شعار می‌داد.»

How they died

Arash was arrested on 17 Bahman when IRGC intelligence agents raided his home
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آرش ۱۷ بهمن با هجوم ماموران اطلاعات سپاه به خانه‌اش بازداشت شد
"IRGC intelligence agents" took him "with broken arms, legs and head and a damaged skull" to Velayat Hospital in Mashhad
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«ماموران اطلاعات سپاه او را با دست‌ و پا و سر شکسته‌شده و جمجمه آسیب‌دیده» به بیمارستان ولایت مشهد منتقل کرده‌اند
After severe torture and the breaking of his arms, legs and head, he went into a coma
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پس از شکنجه شدید و شکستن دست‌‌ها و پاها و سرش به کما رفته
Arash Tolou Sheikhzadeh, a 35-year-old protester, also went into a coma after his arrest in Mashhad and transfer to IRGC intelligence interrogations, and died in hospital a few weeks later.
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آرش طلوع شیخ‌زاده، معترض ۳۵ ساله، نیز پس از بازداشت در مشهد و انتقال به بازجویی‌های اطلاعات سپاه به کما رفت و چند هفته بعد در بیمارستان جان باخت.
He had been arrested on 17 Bahman 1404 after publishing videos of the protests.
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او ۱۷ بهمن ۱۴۰۴ پس از انتشار ویدیوهای اعتراضات بازداشت شده بود.
Arash Tolou Sheikhzadeh was detained on February 6 when agents from the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps raided his home about a week after he shared videos of protests held in Mashhad on January 8 and 9.
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Arash Tolou Sheikhzadeh was detained on February 6 when agents from the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps raided his home about a week after he shared videos of protests held in Mashhad on January 8 and 9.

After their death

The body of this 35-year-old protester was handed over to his family on Saturday, 2 Esfand, amid a large presence of plainclothes and military forces, and was buried at the "Behesht-e Reza" cemetery in Mashhad.
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پیکر این معترض ۳۵ ساله شنبه دوم اسفند در میان حضور پرشمار نیروهای لباس‌شخصی و نظامی به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده شد و در آرامستان «بهشت رضا» در مشهد به خاک سپرده شد.
They warned her to be silent about Arash's arrest so that nothing would happen to her other son as well
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به او هشدار دادند در مورد بازداشت آرش سکوت کند تا برای پسر دیگرش هم اتفاقی نیفتد
They falsely told the family that he was alive
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به‌دروغ به خانواده می‌گفتند او زنده است
"They said: we'll give you the corpse. You're not permitted an autopsy. Quiet burial, only immediate relatives.
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«گفتند جنازه را می‌دهیم. اجازه کالبدشکافی ندارید. دفن بی‌سروصدا، فقط اقوام درجه یک.
Arash's mobile phone is still in the hands of IRGC intelligence
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گوشی تلفن همراه آرش همچنان در دست اطلاعات سپاه است
There had been no beating, and this healthy young man "had a stroke by himself"
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هیچ ضرب و جرحی در کار نبوده و این جوان سالم «خودش سکته کرده است»
They falsely said that Arash was alive
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به‌دروغ گفتند آرش زنده است
They said: we'll give you the corpse. You're not permitted an autopsy. Quiet burial, only immediate relatives.
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گفتند جنازه را می‌دهیم. اجازه کالبدشکافی ندارید. دفن بی‌سروصدا، فقط اقوام درجه یک.
The body of this 35-year-old protester was handed over to his family on Saturday, 2 Esfand, amid a large presence of plainclothes and military forces, and was buried at the "Behesht-e Reza" cemetery in Mashhad
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پیکر این معترض ۳۵ ساله شنبه دوم اسفند در میان حضور پرشمار نیروهای لباس‌شخصی و نظامی به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده شد و در آرامستان «بهشت رضا» در مشهد به خاک سپرده شد
warned the family to remain silent, saying their other son could face consequences if they spoke publicly
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warned the family to remain silent, saying their other son could face consequences if they spoke publicly
They imposed conditions including no autopsy, a quiet burial and attendance limited to immediate relatives.
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They imposed conditions including no autopsy, a quiet burial and attendance limited to immediate relatives.
“When they brought the body, his face was bruised and swollen and there was a clear baton mark on his fractured skull,”
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“When they brought the body, his face was bruised and swollen and there was a clear baton mark on his fractured skull,”
Arash’s mobile phone remains in the possession of Guards intelligence
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Arash’s mobile phone remains in the possession of Guards intelligence
Arash Tolou's wounded and injured body was taken to Velayat Hospital, belonging to Astan Quds Razavi, and then his family were informed
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پیکر مجروح و آسیب‌دیده آرش طلوع به بیمارستان ولایت، متعلق به آستان قدس رضوی، منتقل و سپس به خانواده او اطلاع داده شد
"When we reached the hospital we saw that both his arms were broken, his whole body was wounded and he was in a coma.
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«وقتی به بیمارستان رسیدیم، دیدیم هر دو دستش شکسته، سراسر بدنش زخمی و در کماست.
Now members of Arash Tolou's family are under heavy security pressure and threats to keep silent about the details of this case and not to hold a public mourning ceremony.
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اکنون اعضای خانواده آرش طلوع تحت فشار و تهدید امنیتی شدید قرار دارند که درباره جزئیات این پرونده سکوت کنند و مراسم عمومی عزاداری برگزار نکنند.
The burial ceremony on Saturday was also held with a limited number of family members and with the repressive forces present.
Persian original
مراسم خاکسپاری روز شنبه هم با حضور تعداد محدودی از اعضای خانواده و حضور نیروهای سرکوبگر برگزار شد.

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