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Kurdish man from Eslamabad-e Gharb (Shabad) killed by direct gunshot to the head from Islamic Republic suppression forces during popular protests. Shot around 9 PM in front of the governorate building in Eslamabad-e Gharb. Security agencies and IRGC pressured family to take the body but family refused to let the body leave Cheshmeh-Khani village. Government agencies demanded money from the family which the family explicitly refused.
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