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'Strictly forbidden to mourn’: Family speaks six months after Taha Naderi’s murder by IRGC

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Taha Naderi, 18, died on January 10, six months after being fatally shot by Iranian security forces during a demonstration on January 8.
  • A live round severed a major artery in Naderi's leg, leading to repeated surgeries and amputation, but doctors could not stop the bleeding.
  • His family reported that security forces fired live ammunition, shotgun pellets, and tear gas into the crowd, with eyewitnesses reporting multiple fatalities.

Taha Naderi, an 18-year-old, died on January 10, six months after being shot by Iranian security forces outside an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters in Shahreza, near Isfahan. His family recounted the events to The Jerusalem Post on the six-month anniversary of the incident.

At that moment, security forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and live military ammunition.

— family memberA family member described the moment security forces opened fire during the demonstration.

According to the family's testimony, Naderi was participating in a demonstration on January 8 when security forces unleashed tear gas, smoke grenades, shotgun pellets, and live ammunition into the crowd. Naderi and two relatives sought cover against the IRGC building wall. At that moment, security forces fired again, striking Naderi's companion with shotgun pellets and hitting Naderi's left leg with a live round that severed a major artery.

Naderi was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was resuscitated twice, but the bleeding could not be controlled. He was transferred to Amir al-Momenin Hospital for multiple operations and later to Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan for another emergency procedure. Doctors informed the family on January 10 that Naderi's leg would need to be amputated due to lack of blood circulation. He suffered another cardiac arrest during dialysis and required further surgery.

Eyewitnesses reported that several people died right before their eyes.

— family memberA family member relayed eyewitness accounts of fatalities during the incident.

"Eventually, Taha’s amputated leg was carried past my parents before their eyes," a family member stated. "My mother and father both lost consciousness, and 15 minutes later we were informed that he had not survived and had died." The family also faced delays in burying Naderi, with officials citing overcrowding and administrative procedures at the main cemetery in Isfahan.

Eventually, Taha’s amputated leg was carried past my parents before their eyes. My mother and father both lost consciousness, and 15 minutes later we were informed that he had not survived and had died.

— family memberA family member recounted the tragic moment of learning about Taha Naderi's death.
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