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Iranian security forces have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/11\/17\/iran-no-justice-bloody-2019-crackdown\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E Bakhtiari several times since the death of his son.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBakhtiari\u2019s son, Pouya Bakhtiari, 27, was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/11\/17\/iran-no-justice-bloody-2019-crackdown\u0022\u003Efatally shot\u003C\/a\u003E in the head in November 2019 in Karaj, Alborz Province. Pouya had participated in protests in which security forces \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/02\/25\/iran-no-justice-bloody-crackdown\u0022\u003Eused\u003C\/a\u003E excessive and unnecessary lethal force on protesters. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/02\/25\/iran-no-justice-bloody-crackdown\u0022\u003EMany victims\u003C\/a\u003E of the violence died from gunshots to the head or chest.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/persian\/iran-50898601\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E several members of the Bakhtiari family, including Manoucher, in December 2019 after they called for public mourning for Pouya\u2019s death.\u00a0 A week after the arrest, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the judiciary\u2019s spokesperson, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-30964\/\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E that the family members were accused of \u201cacting against national security.\u201d Authorities held Manoucher for two months before releasing him pending trial. Authorities rearrested him in July 2020, shortly after he made a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAyCy8lnJ3G\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u0022\u003Epublic plea\u003C\/a\u003E to the United Nations Human Rights Council to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/father-of-young-man-killed-in-iran-protests-appeals-to-the-un\/30697069.html\u0022\u003Einvestigate\u003C\/a\u003E the security forces\u2019 use of violence on protesters. In December 2020, Manoucher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dw.com\/fa-ir\/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\/a-55996871\u0022\u003Eposted\u003C\/a\u003E on his Instagram account that his brother Mehrdad Bakhtiari, Pouya\u2019s uncle, received a five-year suspended sentence on broad national security charges.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of investigating the serious violations security forces committed during the brutal crackdown against protesters in November 2019, it appears that the Iranian authorities are using their old tactic of prosecuting those who are seeking truth and justice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]