Ershad Rahmanian

In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests. He died after being arrested. His dead body was found in one of the nearby rivers

Millions of demonstrators protests in several cities of Iran, after the petrol price rise. Though, the early hours of the protests were aimed at the petrol price rise, soon after the protests turned against the government. From the earliest moments firing on protesters began in many places and security forces killed or injured hundreds. November's nationwide protests consider as the largest uprising against the government till now by many people, and the Islamic Republic's reaction admitted as the largest crackdown on non-partisan protesters <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='27996'> As the nationwide demonstrations began in November 2019, large numbers of protesters arrested by Iranian security forces. Most of them discharged shortly after, but some are still being in detention </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27997'> A few days after Ershad Rahmanian's disappearance, an anonymous person called his family and told them that he is being held in the Sanandaj prison. When the family attended the prison, authorities told them that there is no such person here. A few days later, they were told to go to the forensic medicine center to identify a body. After visiting this place, they found that the body does not belong to the Ershad Rahmanian </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27998'> A dead body was found in Garan Dam, located in Marivan city. His family went to a forensic center and noticed that the body belonged to Mr. Rahmanian. Kamyar Ahmadi (his cousin), told the Iranian Human Rights Campaign reporter that Ershad’s family saw the torture signs on his body. He had injuries on his neck, shoulder, hands, feet, and skull. According to the report, his father had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital when he saw his son's dead body </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27999'> Kamyar Ahmadi told the Iran Human Rights Campaign that Ershad was killed after being arrested and during his detention. Ershad Ahmadian's body was taken to the forensic medicine center after his dead body was found and identified by his family. After the autopsy, the coroner did not record the cause of death on the death record and said they would declare it four months later. He added: Security forces requested the family to declare suicide as the cause of Ershad's death. Although the Rahmani family did not agree to talk about the cause of death with media, they are sure that Ershad died during detention and under torture </coverage-outsourcing>