Vahid Arzanloo

How they died

Brother of Hamid Arzanloo, entrepreneur and well-known activist in Iran's furniture industry. When he went to the scene to help and rescue his brother Hamid, he was targeted by two bullets to the neck area and also fell into a coma. Died in hospital. Security institutions demanded 1.5 billion tomans from family to return the body and forced them to sign a commitment to declare the cause of death as 'brain stroke'. Family was also required to attend mandatory government rally at Revolution Square. Father of three young children.

Why we remember them

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