Alireza Morvati

How they died

Shot with two live bullets from behind, hitting his neck, by regime's repressive forces. Fruit seller with a pickup truck and sole breadwinner of his family. Family was forced to pay 300 million tomans to retrieve his body. Security forces pressured family to falsely declare he was a Basij member despite having no affiliation. Buried without funeral ceremony under heavy security restrictions in remote desert area in Salehiyeh.

Why we remember them

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