Hossein Akhtarzand

حسین اخترزند‍‍

33 years old · Isfahan

15 June 2009 Killed during protests

Life

• After his father's death, Mr. Akhtarzand was the family's sole breadwinner
  Persian original

  آقای اخترزند پس از درگذشت پدرش، تنها نان آور خانواده‌ بود

• His friends knew him as a profound person with an interesting view of social and political issues
  Persian original

  دوستانش او را انسانی عمیق با نگاهی جالب به مسایل اجتماعی و سیاسی می‌شناختند

How they died

• In Isfahan he was thrown down from the third floor by Basij forces and lost his life.
  Persian original

  در اصفهان توسط نیروهای بسیج از طبقه سوم به پایین پرتاب شده و جان باخت.

• Basij forces seized Mr. Akhtarzand on the roof of the third floor, beat him and then threw him down from the third floor
  Persian original

  نیروهای بسیجی، آقای اخترزند را در پشت بام طبقه سوم گرفته و مورد ضرب و شتم قرار دادند و سپس او را از طبقه‌ سوم به پایین پرتاب کردند

• Although Mr. Akhtarzand's half-dead body was taken to hospital through the efforts of people, an hour later he passed away from the severity of his injuries before the eyes of his mother, sister and brothers
  Persian original

  هر چند پیکر نیمه جان آقای اخترزند با تلاش مردم به بیمارستان منتقل شد، اما در اثر شدت جراحات، ساعتی بعد در مقابل چشمان مادر و خواهر و برادرانش جان سپرد

• Arbitrary execution » another method of arbitrary execution
  Persian original

  اعدام‌ خودسرانه » نحوه دیگر اعدام خودسرانه

After their death

• The commander of the Isfahan police special unit stated that Mr. Akhtarzand had fallen from the third floor as a result of drug use (crystal meth)
  Persian original

  فرمانده یگان ویژه پلیس اصفهان در اظهارنظری اعلام کرد که آقای اخترزند در اثر مصرف مواد مخدر(شیشه) از طبقه سوم به پایین افتاده است

• They told the family that they would hand over the body only if they announced to everyone that Mr. Akhtarzand had been killed in an accident
  Persian original

  آنها به خانواده اعلام کردند در صورتی جنازه را تحویل می‌دهند که به همه اعلام کنند که آقای اخترزند در اثر تصادف کشته شده است

• Security forces were present at every stage of the shrouding and burial, and even the Quran reciter and the eulogist were their own people
  Persian original

  در تمام مراحل کفن و دفن نیروهای امنیتی حضور داشتند و حتی قاری قرآن و مداح نیز از طرف خودشان بودند

• Two years after Mr. Akhtarzand was killed, his family, while stating that their follow-up efforts had been fruitless, said that in order to continue living in the town they had no choice but to continue their two-year silence
  Persian original

  دو سال پس از کشته شدن آقای اخترزند، خانواده‌اش ضمن اعلام بی‌نتیجه ماندن پیگیریهایشان، اظهار داشتند که برای ادامه زندگی در شهرستان چاره‌ای جز ادامه دادن به سکوت دو ساله خود ندارند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. Persian Wikipedia

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)
• Isfahan Province
• Isfahan

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