Mehdi Salahshor

How they died

Internationally renowned sculptor with 15 years of experience in sculpture and teaching, winner of numerous awards, father of two children, killed by regime's repressive forces with direct gunfire. Next to his self-made lion statue, he had written: 'My Iran, my love, I love you, wake up…'

Why we remember them

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