Mehdi Karami

مهدی کرمی

18 years old · Tehran

15 June 2009 Killed during protests

Life

• He lived with his family in north-west Tehran in the Jannat Abad neighbourhood.
  Persian original

  با خانواده‌اش در شمال غربی تهران در محله جنت‌آباد زندگی می‌کرد.

How they died

• He was murdered in the Jannat Abad neighbourhood of Tehran.
  Persian original

  در محله جنت آباد تهران به قتل رسید.

• On the afternoon of 25 Khordad 1388, at the intersection of Jannat Abad Street and Kashani Street, he was hit by a bullet and was killed
  Persian original

  وی عصر روز ٢٥ خرداد ١٣٨٨ در تقاطع خیابان جنت آباد و خیابان کاشانی مورد اصابت گلوله قرار گرفت و کشته شد

• Arbitrary execution » arbitrary shooting
  Persian original

  اعدام‌ خودسرانه » شلیک خودسرانه

After their death

• His body was handed over to the family four days later and buried “under heavy security measures and with only his father present” in Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran
  Persian original

  پیکر او چهار روز بعد به خانواده تحویل داده شد و «با تدابیر شدید امنیتی و تنها با حضور پدرش» در بهشت زهرای تهران به خاک سپرده شد

• The Karami family was severely threatened and intimidated by security forces
  Persian original

  خانوادۀ کرمی به شدت مورد تهدید و ارعاب نیروهای امنیتی قرار گرفتند

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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