Farzad Ansarifar's father: My son was shot in the back of the head with a Kalashnikov
Amin Ansarifar, the father of Farzad Ansarifar, who died from a gunshot wound in the city of Behbahan on Saturday, November 15, said in an interview with the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the bullet hit his son from behind and exited above his eyebrow.
Mr. Ansarifar told the campaign that his son was killed by a Kalashnikov rifle bullet and he wants his son's killer to be identified.
According to his father, Farzad Ansarifar was 27 years old, a tile worker, and was not among the protesters.
There is no exact figure for the number of people killed in last week's protests in Iran. The Islamic Republic's authorities refuse to provide official figures for the number of dead and those arrested. Amnesty International has put the death toll at at least 208, and the website Kalameh has declared it "credible" that at least 366 people have been killed in recent protests in Iran.
The Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has stated in a statement that the Iranian authorities' use of violence against protesters in Iran, including the use of firearms and weapons, has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people, and that these government actions amount to a clear and unjustifiable violation of international law and must be stopped immediately.
Amin Ansarifar, Farzad Ansarifar's father, said in an interview with the campaign: "Farzad was born in March 1991. He was my first son and a healthy, hardworking, and good child who had no problems with anyone. He was a tiler and kept his head in his own shell and had nothing to do with anyone or anyone. He was not at all in the protests and my child was beaten innocently. Those who were in front, destroying and setting fire, did not hit any of them, but my child, who was a spectator or a passerby and was far behind these events and the scene of the chaos, was beaten."
Farzad Ansarifar's father told the campaign: "We are really not in a good situation. We are not doing well and I am looking for a complaint just to prove my child's innocence because my child was at work and came home at 1 o'clock and was shot in the back. I don't know who shot him, but I want my son's killer to be identified, whoever he is, and for my child's innocence to be proven."
Mr. Ansarifar told the campaign that his family had not been given a death certificate for his son: “They have not given us a death certificate. The bullet hit my son in the back of the head and exited above his eyebrow, and during our investigation they only said that the bullet was from a Kalash type weapon, meaning a Kalashnikov.”
Amin Ansarifar, the father of Farzad Ansarifar, is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War and has many shrapnel wounds from the war. He told the campaign: “I have given my health for my country and now I don’t know what to say. Farzad was shot in the back of the head in Shiraz Square, which is also close to home. Of course, it wasn’t just Farzad. I know that there were two brothers who were also shot there. When there was no news of my son and he didn’t return, I went to the same area where the fighting had taken place and they said there had been shooting. Farzad’s friends reported that Farzad had been shot. The next day when I went to the forensics, they said that Farzad’s body had been transferred to Ahvaz along with the two brothers. They didn’t bother me to hand over my son’s body. They didn’t take any money or make any promises, and they cooperated a lot. They themselves took the body back from Ahvaz to Behbahan and handed it over to us. They didn’t give us any explanation except that the bullet came from a Kalashnikov.”
Source: Iranian Human Rights
