Pouya Akbarzadeh

How they died

Shot with two war bullets to his leg and heart on 18th Dey in Dowlat Abad (Tehran). Family was forced under threat to say he was a Basij member. Authorities took photos and videos from the family, then later removed banners and said 'Do you believe he was a Basij?! He is one of the rioters and you have no right to mourn!' Bodies were piled on top of each other in one room at Dowlat Abad clinic to hide the number of killed. Father and brother searched for 12 hours at Kahrizak. Bodies were scattered like watermelons, naked boys and girls, had to be placed one by one to see those underneath due to the large number of deaths.

Why we remember them

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