Revealing names and faces of the victims of Iran's protest crackdown
Revealing names and faces of the victims of Iran's protest crackdown
Revealing names and faces of the victims of Iran's protest crackdown
BBC News Persian has verified the identities of more than 200 of the thousands of people killed during Iran's brutal crackdown on the recent widespread protests.
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Pictures of and information about victims identified by BBC News Persian can be seen in this page on the BBC News Persian site (text in Persian).
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Among those killed were Mansoureh Heydari and her husband, Behrouz Mansouri. A family friend told BBC News Persian that the couple had joined the protests in Bushehr, in south-west Iran, when both were shot dead by security forces on 8 January.
The security forces had opened fire on protesters gathered outside a mosque, they said. Behrouz was struck in the head and fatally wounded. Mansoureh, who had initially been running away, returned to her husband but was later shot as well.
The couple died side by side in the street, leaving behind two children aged eight and 10.
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Many of the faces featured in the project are young men and women, mostly in their late teens to early 30s.
One 17-year-old art student, Ghazal Damarcheli, was shot outside her family home in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, on 9 January.
A source close to the family told BBC News Persian that even after her death, the family faced pressure, as security forces refused to allow them to bury her nearby. Her remains were instead interred in a remote cemetery, far from the family home.
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In a related report, an Iranian photojournalist shares unseen images of Tehran protests.
For days, Iranian photographer Yalda Moaiery tried in vain to reconnect to the internet. It was only on January 23 that she succeeded, thanks to a VPN. She was then able to send around 40 photographs taken during the major demonstration on January 8 in Tehran, as well as the funeral of a 39-year-old man killed by regime forces in the city of Karaj on January 9. These images are among the very few visual accounts, provided by a professional, of this crackdown carried out behind closed doors. - (archived version)