Afshin Miyarkiani

How they died

Taekwondo champion and sports coach who was shot while participating in a protest rally with his family members near one of the police stations in Chalus. He died from three bullet wounds. The shooting was carried out by police forces. According to witnesses, he was trying to help other citizens before being fatally shot.

Why we remember them

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