Benyamin Eghdami

How they died

17-year-old from Fardis, Karaj who was injured during suppression of popular protests, transferred by government forces to Kachouei prison where he died overnight. Body was held at Kahrizak for five days before being released to family. Family was charged 700 million tomans as 'bullet costs' and forced to give heavy commitments under security pressure. Burial was restricted to a village around Hashtgerd.

Why we remember them

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