Bahman Jenabi

بهمن جنابی‌

19 years old · Tehran

20 June 2009 Killed during protests

Life

• This shop was active in building services and the installation of boiler packages and water heaters and was located on Khosh Street, at the Hashemi intersection, in the city of Tehran
  Persian original

  این مغازه در زمینه تاسیسات و نصب پکیج و آبگرمکن فعال بود و در خیابان خوش، تقاطع هاشمی در شهر تهران واقع شده بود

• He was the second child of the family and had three brothers who lived in the city of Tehran
  Persian original

  او فرزند دوم خانواده و دارای سه برادر بود که در شهر تهران زندگی می‌کردند

• He completed his secondary education in building services at one of Tehran's technical and vocational schools and then entered the job market in industrial electrics
  Persian original

  او تحصیلات متوسطه خود را در رشته تاسیسات در یکی از مدارس فنی‌وحرفه‌ای تهران به پایان رساند و سپس در رشته برق صنعتی وارد بازار کار شد

• He had submitted his military service dispatch booklet to the Conscription Organisation and was due to be sent to military service in Dey 1388
  Persian original

  او دفترچه اعزام به خدمت خود را به سازمان نظام وظیفه ارائه کرده بود و قرار بود در دی‌ماه سال ۱۳۸۸ به خدمت سربازی اعزام شود

• These sources also said that he was targeted because he had attached a green cloth to his motorcycle as a sign of support for the Green Movement
  Persian original

  این منابع همچنین گفتند او به دلیل نصب پارچه سبز بر روی موتور سیکلتش، به نشانه حمایت از جنبش سبز، هدف قرار گرفت

In the words of those close to them

“Bahman was very precious to us, always an outstanding student and a hard-working person who was useful to society.”— His older brother

Persian original

«بهمن برای ما بسیار با ارزش بود، دانش‌آموز همیشه ممتاز و آدم اهل کاری که به درد جامعه می‌خورد.»

“We have been thrown off the normal course of life, both emotionally and financially. Our family has fallen apart... My father and mother are like the walking dead, and we just try to pretend we are strong so that they don't break even more.”— His older brother

Persian original

«ما از مسیر عادی زندگی خارج شده‌ایم؛ هم روحی، هم مالی. خانواده‌مان از هم پاشیده... پدر و مادرم شبیه مرده‌های متحرکند، و ما فقط تلاش می‌کنیم وانمود کنیم قوی هستیم تا بیشتر نشکنند.»

We were a family of six; when Bahman left, it was as if all six of us left…— Mr. Jenabi's brother

Persian original

ما یک خانواده‌ی شش‌نفری بودیم، وقتی بهمن رفت، انگار هر شش نفرمان رفتیم…

How they died

• On 30 Khordad 1388, around 9 p.m., near South Khosh Street at the Azerbaijan intersection, during the protests against the result of the presidential election, Mr. Bahman Jenabi was killed by a bullet fired directly into his heart
  Persian original

  آقای بهمن جنابی در تاریخ ۳۰ خرداد ۱۳۸۸، حدود ساعت ۹ شب در حوالی خیابان خوش جنوبی تقاطع آذربایجان در جریان اعتراضات به نتیجه انتخابات ریاست جمهوری با شلیک مستقیم گلوله به قلبش کشته شد

• Arbitrary execution » arbitrary shooting » weapon loaded with metal pellets » targeting vital organs of the body
  Persian original

  اعدام‌ خودسرانه » شلیک خودسرانه » سلاح پر‌شده از گلوله‌های فلزی » هدف قرار دادن اندام‌های حیاتی بدن

After their death

• We too went there immediately and unfortunately found Bahman's body right there.
  Persian original

  ما هم فوراً به آنجا رفتیم و متأسفانه پیکر بهمن را همان‌جا یافتیم.

• Mr. Bahman Jenabi's body was buried in Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran, Section 256, Row 137, Number 28
  Persian original

  پیکر آقای بهمن جنابی در بهشت زهرای تهران قطعه ۲۵۶ ردیف ۱۳۷ شماره ۲۸ به خاک سپرده شد

• According to those close to the family, security forces tried through pressure and threats to present Mr. Jenabi as a “Basiji” and to dissuade them from pursuing their child's killing
  Persian original

  به گفته نزدیکان خانواده، نیروهای امنیتی با فشار و تهدید تلاش کردند که آقای جنابی را به عنوان «بسیجی» معرفی کنند و آنها را از پیگیری قتل فرزندشان منصرف کنند

• The judicial authorities did not investigate the family's complaint regarding the death of their child and asked the family to identify the killer themselves
  Persian original

  مسئولین قضایی به پرونده شکایت خانواده در رابطه با مرگ فرزندشان رسیدگی نکردند و از خانواده خواستند تا خودشان قاتل را معرفی کنند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

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
• Shopkeepers and traders
• The year 1388 (2009–2010)
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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