Ali Reza Eftekhari

علیرضا افتخاری

29 years old · Tehran

15 June 2009 Killed during protests

Life

• journalist
  Persian original

  journalist

• For five years, until 1387, he worked as a senior reporter at the newspaper Abrar-e Eghtesadi
  Persian original

  به مدت پنج سال تا سال ۱۳۸۷ به عنوان خبرنگار ارشد در روزنامه ابرار اقتصادی فعالیت می‌کرد

• Because of his father's illness, he was responsible for supporting the family
  Persian original

  او به دلیل بیماری پدرش، مسئول تامین معاش خانواده بود

• Mr. Eftekhari was a calm, trustworthy and patient person
  Persian original

  آقای افتخاری فردی آرام، قابل‌اعتماد و صبور بود

• He was the first journalist to be killed during the protests after the 1388 election
  Persian original

  او نخستین روزنامه‌نگاری بود که در جریان اعتراضات پس از انتخابات سال ۱۳۸۸ کشته شد

In the words of those close to them

What is certain is that in the march of 25 Khordad 1388, the agents struck Alireza on the head with a baton, and after that we know nothing more.”— One of his relatives

Persian original

چیزی که قطعی‌ست، این است که در راهپیمایی ۲۵ خرداد ۱۳۸۸، ماموران با باتوم به سر علی‌رضا ضربه زدند، و بعد از آن دیگر چیزی نمی‌دانیم.»

How they died

• Because of a baton blow to his head by security forces he suffered a brain injury and died.
  Persian original

  به علت ضربه باتون نیروهای امنیتی به سرش دچار ضربه مغزی شد و درگذشت.

• Alireza Eftekhari was killed by the security forces on 25 Khordad 1388 on Azadi Street in Tehran
  Persian original

  علی‌رضا افتخاری در تاریخ ۲۵ خرداد ۱۳۸۸ در خیابان آزادی تهران به دست نیروهای امنیتی کشته شد

• “The blows to Alireza's head led to a brain haemorrhage.
  Persian original

  «ضربه‌هایی که به سر علی‌رضا وارد شد، منجر به خونریزی مغزی شد.

• Arbitrary execution » bladed/blunt weapon
  Persian original

  اعدام‌ خودسرانه » سلاح سرد ضربه‌ای

After their death

• After 27 days his family received his body among cement and concrete blocks
  Persian original

  خانواده‌اش پس از ۲۷ روز، پیکر او را در میان بلوک‌های سیمانی و بتنی تحویل گرفتند

• The press spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance also stated in response to the reports that no journalist had been killed during the 1388 protests
  Persian original

  سخنگوی مطبوعاتی وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی نیز در واکنش به گزارش‌ها اعلام کرد که هیچ روزنامه‌نگاری در جریان اعتراضات سال ۱۳۸۸ کشته نشده است

• The family was told that if a ceremony were held, Alireza's sister would meet “a fate worse than her brother's”
  Persian original

  به خانواده گفته شد که در صورت برگزاری مراسم، خواهر علی‌رضا «به سرنوشتی بدتر از برادرش» دچار خواهد شد

• As a result of these pressures, the family was forced to leave their place of residence
  Persian original

  در نتیجه این فشارها، خانواده مجبور به ترک محل زندگی‌شان شدند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. Persian Wikipedia
3. Center for Human Rights in Iran

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

Listed in

• Killed in the Green Movement (2009)
• Killed during protests
• The year 1388 (2009–2010)
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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