22-year-old protester shot dead by security forces, sources confirm
Hessam Khodayarifard, a 22-year-old protester, was fatally shot by security forces on Wednesday night during the crackdown on protests in the city of Kuhdasht in Lorestan province, two family sources confirmed to Iran International.
A close relative of the deceased told Iran International that his body has not yet been handed over to the family and that the family has been pressured to present him as a member of the Revolutionary Guard's Basij militia.
