Amir Arshad Tajmir
امیرارشد تاجمیر
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 2009
- Place of death
- Tehran (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- 2009 Ashura protests
- Cause of death
- run over by a police vehicle multiple times
Biography
Amir Arshad Tajmir was killed during the 2009 Ashura protests in Tehran. His mother recounted that she had tried to dissuade him from attending, but he insisted on protesting for his homeland. She identified him as the person seen in a video being deliberately run over three times by a police vehicle. His death is commemorated at his grave.
امیرارشد تاجمیر در جریان اعتراضات عاشورای سال ۱۳۸۸ در تهران کشته شد. مادرش نقل کرده است که تلاش کرده بود او را از شرکت در اعتراضات منصرف کند، اما او بر اعتراض برای وطنش اصرار ورزیده بود. مادرش او را به عنوان فردی شناسایی کرد که در ویدئویی دیده میشود که یک خودروی نیروی انتظامی سه بار عمداً از روی او رد میشود. یاد او بر سر مزارش گرامی داشته میشود.