Shahab Khorshid

How they died

Shot with direct gunfire during popular protests. According to eyewitnesses, two bullets hit him and he died on the spot. He was an unarmed protester participating in popular protests against the Islamic Republic. His body was retrieved by his family from Kahrizak on Saturday morning and buried in Lavasan next to his grandmother's grave. He was a barista working in a cafe, lived in Phase 1 of Shahrak-e Gharb. He died on the same night the Saadat-Abad mosque was set on fire. Before attending the protests, he told one of his friends: 'Either everything changes, or I die.'

Why we remember them

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