Ali Zarei^*

علی زارعی

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

27 years old · Marvdasht

Killed during protests

Life

He had a diploma in mathematics and physics
Persian original
دیپلم رشته ریاضی‌فیزیک داشت
He earned his living repairing car electrics
Persian original
از راه تعمیرات برق خودرو امرار معاش می‌کرد

He had recently managed to obtain the opportunity to study at a university in Germany.
Persian original
او به‌تازگی توانسته بود امکان تحصیل در یکی از دانشگاه‌های آلمان را به دست آورد.
He had received the news of his admission on the morning of the day he was killed in the protests
Persian original
او خبر پذیرش خود را صبح روزی که در اعتراضات کشته شد، گرفته بود
Before going to Germany he had to pay his debt to the country and the people
Persian original
قبل رفتن به آلمان باید دِینش را به کشور و مردم ادا کند
"My blood is not more precious than the blood of the country's other young people."
Persian original
«خون من از خون سایر جوانان کشور رنگین‌تر نیست.»
Ali had joined the protests "for the sake of the homeland and his beliefs"
Persian original
علی «به‌خاطر میهن و عقایدش» به اعتراضات پیوسته بود
They targeted him several times with birdshot, but he got up again and continued chanting slogans
Persian original
چند بار با گلوله‌های ساچمه‌ای هدف قرار دادند، اما او دوباره بلند شد و به شعار دادن ادامه داد

In the words of those close to them

Before the ceremony too they had repeatedly threatened that the family would not be allowed to hold the fortieth-day ceremony, but despite all the threats the family finally held the ceremony at the mosalla (prayer ground).— Source close to the family
Persian original
قبل از مراسم هم بارها تهدید کرده بودند خانواده اجازه برگزاری مراسم چهلم ندارد، اما خانواده با وجود همه تهدیدها، سرانجام مراسم را در مصلی برگزار کرد.

According to this person, he wanted to pay his debt to the people of the town, and he did so by giving his life.— A person close to the Zarei family
Persian original
به گفته این فرد، او می‌خواست دِین خودش را به مردم شهر ادا کند و این کار را با دادن جانش کرد.

How they died

Hit by a live round to the right side of his chest, he fell to the ground and did not get up again
Persian original
با اصابت گلوله جنگی به سمت راست سینه‌اش، به زمین افتاد و دیگر بلند نشد
He lost his life at the clinic
Persian original
در درمانگاه جان خود را از دست داد

After their death

Ali's body was not handed over to the family for 8 days
Persian original
پیکر علی را تا ۸ روز به خانواده تحویل ندادند
For 4 days his family did not know he had been killed
Persian original
خانواده او تا ۴ روز نمی‌دانستند او کشته شده است
The agents had told the family that Ali was alive and being held in one of the prisons.
Persian original
ماموران به خانواده گفته بودند علی زنده است و در یکی از زندان‌ها به سر می‌برد.
They pressured them to bury him in a village and declare him a "Basij martyr"
Persian original
آنان را تحت فشار گذاشتند که او را در یک روستا به خاک بسپارند و «بسیجی شهید» اعلام کنند
Ali's body was buried between 8 and 9 a.m. on 26 Dey, in silence and in the presence of security and intelligence forces, with close family members present, in Section 12 of the "Golzar-e Shohada of Marvdasht"
Persian original
پیکر علی ساعت ۸ تا ۹ صبح ۲۶ دی در سکوت و در حضور نیروهای امنیتی و اطلاعاتی، با حضور اعضای نزدیک خانواده، در قطعه ۱۲ «گلزار شهدای مرودشت» به خاک سپرده شد
At Zarei's fortieth-day ceremony security and intelligence forces and plainclothes agents were present and were monitoring the area with a quadcopter
Persian original
در مراسم چهلم زارعی نیروهای امنیتی و اطلاعاتی و لباس شخصی‌ها حضور داشتند و با کوادکوپتر منطقه را زیر نظر گرفته بودند
They had repeatedly threatened that the family would not be allowed to hold the fortieth-day ceremony
Persian original
بارها تهدید کرده بودند خانواده اجازه برگزاری مراسم چهلم ندارد

Sources

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