‘Go find your friends at morgue,’ Basij figure tells student protester
Mohammad Javad Larijani, has gone viral on Iranian social media since Saturday after Iranian media said it shows him telling a student protester to “go look for your friends at Kahrizak morgue.”
The remark, made during a confrontation with protesting students at Sharif University in Tehran, refers to the Kahrizak forensic complex in southern Tehran, which became a flashpoint after videos emerged showing families searching among body bags following the January 7–8 crackdown that left more than 36,500 people dead.
The footage circulated widely as universities reopened and students held memorial gatherings for those killed in the January unrest.
Online reaction intensified after users identified Abolhasani as the son-in-law of Javad Larijani, brother of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council for National Security.
The US Treasury on January 15 sanctioned Ali Larijani and other senior officials it described as architects of a “brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators,” citing thousands of deaths and injuries since protests began in December.
Abolhasani, who has held senior administrative roles at Sharif University and has publicly backed hardline political figures, has not publicly commented on the video.
