Sepehr Shirani

Sepehr Shirani was a student from Fanuj and a resident of Zahedan. He was arrested by IRGC intelligence agents in Zahedan due to his activities online, and two days later, his lifeless body was found on the roof of his house, having been shot in the head.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='55180'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/18836'> He was arrested by IRGC intelligence forces at around four in the afternoon. While announcing this news, Haalvsh wrote that after the arrest of Sepehr Shirani, the security forces had informed his family that Sepehr was arrested due to his activities online and after asking a few questions, they will release him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55181'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/18836'> At around 4:30 in the morning, Sepehr's lifeless body was found on the roof of their apartment house, having been shot in the head. While announcing this news, Haalvsh wrote that Shirani's family did not know how their son, Sepehr, was released from the IRGC Intelligence detention center, or how he went to the roof of the house. According to Halavesh sources, the security agents had previously warned Sepehr about his online activities, attending the Makki mosque events, and supporting the Zahedan Friday protests. According to Haalvsh's report, the judicial system did not answer his family about how Sepehr was killed, who is believed to have been tortured. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55328'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/48upv8yx'> According to Haalvsh, Sepehr's body was handed over to his confidants and relatives on the condition of "family's silence and no interviews" regarding his arrest and killing by IRGC Intelligence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55182'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/4ycte25y'> Mehdi Shamsabadi, Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchistan, regarding the reports about the death of Sepehr Shirani as a result of torture in the detention center of the Zahedan Army, told Asr Hamoun that Shirani was not detained by any security agency and the cause of his death was declared as suicide. Shamsabadi claimed that the cause of Sepehr Shirani's death was suicide. After the announcement of this news, Haalvsh wrote that the IRGC intelligence forces have pressured Sepehr's family to accept the fake story of the security agencies regarding the death of their children and keep silent. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55330'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/17942'> His body was buried in a cemetery in Fanuj city. The campaign of Baluch activists, while announcing this news, quoted an informed source and wrote that marks of injuries and bruises were observed on Sepehr's body, but since his father was threatened by IRGC intelligence, he was not allowed to take pictures and approach his son's body. According to this source, in addition to bruises, Sepehr's right hand was broken, and the IRGC Intelligence made delivering Sepehr's body contingent on his relatives not seeing his body. According to the report of the Campaign of Baluch Activists, at the same time Molavi Abdol Hamid, the Friday Imam of Zahedan city in the Makki Mosque, referring to the death of Sepehr Shirani, said: > Sepher Shirani, a student, was murdered in a suspicious manner, and this issue worries the people, and the authorities should find the root of the issue. He went on to say: > Relevant agencies should clarify and explain to the people how Sepehr Shirani lost his life." Also, Mizan, the news agency of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, in response to the news of Sepehr Shirani's murder, denied that he was arrested and killed. This news agency, quoting the general prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchistan provincial capital, has announced the cause of his death as "suicide . </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55334'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C2zvB2wtJg0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, a blogger killed by FATA police, wrote in her account on Instagram in response to the murder of Sepehr Shirani: > I express my sympathy and condolences to the dear family who lost their loved one. I express my sympathy to the zealous and steadfast people of Sistan and Baluchistan, I request the Iranian nation not to remain silent, our silence today is complicity with criminals, our silence today is allowing them to kill us and our children. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55333'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/17951'> According to the report of the Baluch activists campaign, IRGC threatened the family of Sepehr Shirani to confirm the "suicide scenario" of Sepehr at home and deny his murder in the IRGC detention center. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55335'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/2s3umyt5'> In a report, IranWire discussed the arrest process and the condition of Sepehr's body after he was killed in an interview with an acquaintance of Shirani's family. IranWire quoted a Baluch activist as saying: > One arm and one leg of Sepehr were broken. His skull was broken and his eyes were badly damaged. Sepehr's family said it seems that Sepehr's eyes were blinded before he was killed. His whole body had signs of whipping and torture. This source told IranWire about the condition of Sepehr's body on the roof of their house: > Neighbors report that Sepehr's body is on the roof of the house with a colt in his hand. "It seems that after a lot of torture, they shot his lifeless body to say that he committed suicide. According to this source, the intelligence agents had told Shirani's family that if they publicized Sepehr's situation, there might be trouble for his younger brother and older sister. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55658'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/18052'> The Campaign of Baluch Activists published a picture of Sepehr's body on the roof of the house and wrote that Zahedan's intelligence agents have asked Sepehr's parents to appear on the radio and television channels and announce the cause of his death as suicide, which they refused to do. According to this informed source, intelligence forces threatened Ali Shirani, Sepehr's father, with firing from his job and killing his other two children, just like Sepehr. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55657'> <reference source='https://x.com/haalvsh/status/1757299528305119368?s=20'> Farideh Shirani, the mother of Sepehr Shirani, wrote a heartfelt note regarding the suspicious death of her son: > They took my soul and spirit from my body, they took all my ideals, I fell in total darkness, they took the light of my sky... republished from the user account of one of the relatives of the Shirani family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>