Raouf Derakhshani-Mehr
Dey 1404 Killed during protests
Life
- Law student at Azad University
Persian original
دانشجوی حقوق دانشگاه آزاد
- a law student at Islamic Azad University
Persian original
a law student at Islamic Azad University
How they died
- In the protests of 19 Dey in Dezful he was killed by live ammunition
Persian original
در اعتراضات ۱۹ دیماه در دزفول با شلیک گلوله جنگی کشته شد
- Raouf was hit in the side by a live round, and before that the left side of his body had also been wounded by metal pellets
Persian original
رئوف، از پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و پیش از آن نیز سمت چپ بدنش با ساچمههای فلزی، مجروح شده بود
- His body was left in the hospital grounds together with the bodies of a number of other young people who were killed
Persian original
پیکر او همراه با پیکر تعدادی دیگر از جوانان کشتهشده در محوطه بیمارستان رها شد
- In the protests of 19 Dey in Dezful he was killed by live ammunition.
Persian original
در اعتراضات ۱۹ دیماه در دزفول با شلیک گلوله جنگی کشته شد.
- Raouf was hit in the side by a live round, and before that the left side of his body had also been wounded by metal pellets.
Persian original
رئوف، از پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و پیش از آن نیز سمت چپ بدنش با ساچمههای فلزی، مجروح شده بود.
- Treatment and care of the wounded were not permitted.
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اجازه درمان و رسیدگی به مجروحان داده نشد.
After their death
- After finding his body at the forensic medicine centre, his family were forced under pressure to bury him at night in the Shahidabad cemetery in Dezful
Persian original
خانوادهاش پس از پیدا کردن پیکر او در پزشکی قانونی، تحت فشار ناچار شدند او را شبانه در آرامستان شهیدآباد دزفول به خاک بسپارند
- Hospital officials at first denied his presence
Persian original
مسئولان بیمارستان ابتدا حضور او را انکار کردند
- Government forces sealed the morgue and did not allow the body to be viewed
Persian original
نیروهای حکومتی سردخانه را مهر و موم کردند و اجازه مشاهده پیکر را ندادند
- They were even told that Raouf was alive
Persian original
حتی به آنان گفته شد که رئوف زنده است
- They identified his body, which had been transferred to the provincial capital as "unidentified", at the forensic medicine centre in Ahvaz
Persian original
پیکر او را که بهعنوان «مجهولالهویه» به مرکز استان منتقل شده بود، در پزشکی قانونی اهواز شناسایی کردند
- A pledge was taken from his family that the burial ceremony would be held only at night and with a few people present
Persian original
از خانواد او تعهد گرفته شد که مراسم خاکسپاری تنها بهصورت شبانه و با حضور چند نفر برگزار شود
- Government forces sealed the morgue and did not allow the body to be viewed.
Persian original
نیروهای حکومتی سردخانه را مهر و موم کردند و اجازه مشاهده پیکر را ندادند.
- They were even told that Raouf was alive.
Persian original
حتی به آنان گفته شد که رئوف زنده است.
- They identified his body, which had been transferred to the provincial capital as "unidentified", at the forensic medicine centre in Ahvaz.
Persian original
پیکر او را که بهعنوان «مجهولالهویه» به مرکز استان منتقل شده بود، در پزشکی قانونی اهواز شناسایی کردند.
- A pledge was taken from his family that the burial ceremony would be held only at night and with a few people present.
Persian original
از خانواد او تعهد گرفته شد که مراسم خاکسپاری تنها بهصورت شبانه و با حضور چند نفر برگزار شود.
- officials initially denied he was there
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officials initially denied he was there
- His body was eventually identified at the forensic medicine office in Ahvaz after being transferred there as an unidentified person
Persian original
His body was eventually identified at the forensic medicine office in Ahvaz after being transferred there as an unidentified person
- authorities forced the family to agree that the burial would take place at night and attended only by a small number of people. Derakhshani-Mehr was buried in Shahidabad cemetery in Dezful.
Persian original
authorities forced the family to agree that the burial would take place at night and attended only by a small number of people. Derakhshani-Mehr was buried in Shahidabad cemetery in Dezful.
Sources
- Persian Wikipedia
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran International
- Iran International
- Iran International
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
Listed in
- Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
- The massacre of 8 and 9 January 2026
- Killed during protests
- University students
- The year 1404 (2025–2026)
- Dey 1404
- Khuzestan Province
- Dezful
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