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Mohammad Hassanzadeh
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Mohammad Hassanzadeh

محمد حسن‌زاده

Age
28
Sex
male
Date of death
16 November 2022
Place of death
Bukan (+3 more)
Hometown
Bukan
Event
Woman Life Freedom (+4 more)
Profession
Protest leader
Cause of death
shot by security forces

Biography

Mohammad Hassanzadeh was a 28-year-old father and protest leader from Bukan who was killed by security forces on November 16, 2022. He had previously sustained a severe injury to his right eye during the Woman Life Freedom protests. Following his death, his close friend Shahriar Mohammadi guarded his body overnight to prevent a forced secret burial by authorities, before Shahriar himself was shot and killed the next day.

محمد حسن‌زاده، جوان ۲۸ ساله و پدر اهل بوکان، از لیدرهای اعتراضات مردمی بود که در ۲۵ آبان ۱۴۰۱ با شلیک نیروهای حکومتی جان باخت. او که پیش‌تر در جریان اعتراضات یک چشم خود را از دست داده بود، پیش از مرگ نوشته بود که برای خوشبختی ایران می‌رود. پس از کشته شدن او، رفیقش شهریار محمدی تمام شب را در کنار پیکر او نشست تا مانع ربودن جسد توسط ماموران شود، اما شهریار نیز خود روز بعد به ضرب گلوله ماموران کشته شد.

Archive — 11 items

A portrait of Mohammad Hassan-Zadeh holding his young daughter in a wooded outdoor setting.

A portrait of Mohammad Hassan-Zadeh holding his young daughter in a wooded outdoor setting.

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Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran 16 Nov 2022
A portrait of 28-year-old Mohammad Hassanzadeh from Bukan, who was killed by government forces during the Woman Life Freedom protests on November 16, 2022.

A portrait of 28-year-old Mohammad Hassanzadeh from Bukan, who was killed by government forces during the Woman Life Freedom protests on November 16, 2022.

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Bukan, Kurdistan, Iran 16 Nov 2022
A portrait of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a 28-year-old from Bukan who was killed by government forces on November 16, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.

A portrait of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a 28-year-old from Bukan who was killed by government forces on November 16, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.

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Bukan, Kurdistan Province, Iran 16 Nov 2022
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, 28, and Shahryar Mohammadi, two friends from Bukan who were killed by government forces during the 2022 protests, are seen standing together in a memorial photo.

Mohammad Hassanzadeh, 28, and Shahryar Mohammadi, two friends from Bukan who were killed by government forces during the 2022 protests, are seen standing together in a memorial photo.

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Bukan, Iran 16 Nov 2022
Shahriar Mohammadi sits by the body of his friend Mohammad Hassanzadeh, who was killed by government forces in Bukan on November 16, 2022, prior to Shahriar's own killing the next day.

Shahriar Mohammadi sits by the body of his friend Mohammad Hassanzadeh, who was killed by government forces in Bukan on November 16, 2022, prior to Shahriar's own killing the next day.

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Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran 16 Nov 2022
A portrait of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a 28-year-old from Bukan who was killed by government forces on November 16, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.

A portrait of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a 28-year-old from Bukan who was killed by government forces on November 16, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.

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Bukan, Kurdistan, Iran 16 Nov 2022
A man makes a victory sign in a crowd during the funeral of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, who was killed by security forces in Bukan on November 16, 2022.

A man makes a victory sign in a crowd during the funeral of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, who was killed by security forces in Bukan on November 16, 2022.

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Bukan, Kurdistan, Iran 16 Nov 2022
Mothers of protest victims in Bukan gather at the home of Mohammad Hassanzadeh's mother to ceremonially replace black mourning scarves with white ones as a symbol of their continued struggle for freedom. VIDEO

Mothers of protest victims in Bukan gather at the home of Mohammad Hassanzadeh's mother to ceremonially replace black mourning scarves with white ones as a symbol of their continued struggle for freedom.

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Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran 16 Sept 2022
A memorial graphic of Mohammad Hasanzadeh from Bukan with slogans calling for the boycott of the March 2024 Iranian elections.

A memorial graphic of Mohammad Hasanzadeh from Bukan with slogans calling for the boycott of the March 2024 Iranian elections.

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Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran 2026-01
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protest leader from Bukan who was later killed, is shown sitting in a hospital bed with a large bandage over his right eye.

Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protest leader from Bukan who was later killed, is shown sitting in a hospital bed with a large bandage over his right eye.

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Iran 2022
Azimeh and Ahmad Hassanzadeh, parents of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, holding flowers and a portrait next to a memorial banner for their son who was killed in the 2022 protests.

Azimeh and Ahmad Hassanzadeh, parents of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, holding flowers and a portrait next to a memorial banner for their son who was killed in the 2022 protests.

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Bukan, Iran 2024-08