Mahdi Masoumi

How they died

Shot with three bullets while getting into a car at midnight on the first day of protests in the Jaber Ansari street area of Isfahan. Taken to a nearby clinic where doctor removed bullets from his leg but could not stop bleeding from main artery. Transferred to Gharazi Hospital. Security forces reportedly took all injured and killed people at dawn. Family received call after one week to collect his body. He was the only son and only remaining male member of his family.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mahdi Masoumi, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.