Tehran Protester Farid Ramezani Killed by Gunfire

Iranwire – IranWire has learned that Farid Ramezani, a protester in Tehran, was killed by government forces during the nationwide protests after being shot in the forehead.

According to a source familiar with the case, Farid Ramezani, born in 1996 in Tehran, was self-employed and single. On Thursday, January 8, he went with a group of friends to the Aryashahr area of Tehran to join the protests.

An eyewitness who was with Farid Ramezani that night told IranWire that around 10:00 PM, he was first shot by security forces and fell to the ground. The witness said that when the forces reached him, they killed him by firing a final shot into his forehead.

The source further told IranWire that the agents took his mobile phone and necklace at that moment. The source stated: “Farid had a tattoo of the Imperial Crown on his right finger. When they were taking his belongings, they saw the tattoo on his finger, and while Farid was already dead, they shot his finger as well.”

The eyewitness said Farid Ramezani’s family is under extreme security pressure and was not even allowed to hold a ceremony or bury him in their ancestral village. The family was finally able to bury him on Sunday, January 18. “They charged the family for the cost of all three bullets fired into Farid’s body and told them they had no right to film the funeral,” the source said.

“His family is under such pressure that they are avoiding everyone; they don’t contact anyone and don’t answer any calls.”