Security forces fatally shot two Kurdish Yarsan citizens during protests in Tehran on 8 and 9 January, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.
Behzad Abbasi Gurajubi, from Qasr-e Shirin, was killed on the evening of 8 January after being shot by military and security forces during protests in Tehran.
No information has been obtained regarding the return of his body or the holding of a funeral ceremony.
Mahan Mardani Garsadafi, a student of industrial management at Shahrood University of Technology, was also killed a day later.
He lived in Tehran with his family and was shot from behind by military and security forces on the evening of 9 January during protests in Shahrak-e Ghods, outside the door of his family home.
After the shooting, Mardani’s mother found her son’s bloodied body upon opening the door. Security forces transferred his body first to a hospital and then to Kahrizak, while the family remained in shock and mourning, an informed source told KHRN.
Authorities initially demanded seven billion rials in exchange for handing over the body, but released it after the family’s refusal to pay.
Security forces prevented the transfer of Mardani’s body to Qasr-e Shirin, forcing the family to bury him in Tehran on 13 January under close security supervision, with the attendance of some relatives.
KHRN has so far documented the names and details of 13 Kurdish Yarsan citizens killed during the recent protests in various cities across the country.