The Union Council of Iranian Students says students, who have been at the forefront of massive anti-government protests over the hijab law, are being threatened via text messages and through "motorcycle patrols for hijab warnings" to comply with the rule. Iranian students are coming under increased pressure and disciplinary measures as authorities try to stamp out dissent over the mandatory hijab law. "It's like filing a complaint with the killer against the killer," she said. But she has little hope that real justice will be served. Hours before his death, Rezaei was filmed tearing down a poster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the governor's office, where hundreds of protesters had gathered.īarzekar filed a lawsuit with Iran's judiciary demanding that the authorities find and punish those behind her son's death. When she called her son, he said he was taking a walk.īut hours later, the family identified his body inside an ambulance parked outside a hospital in Amol. The streets were ringing with gunfire and choking with smoke. "But they took him from me," added the 42-year-old, who spent years looking after her ex-husband, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War who was exposed to chemical weapons and suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.īarzekar recalls the day Rezaei was killed. The mother of two described her son as a lively and strong young man who "could have lived for another 50 years." I suffered so that my child could be successful.
"I raised my child in very tough conditions.
"I want justice for Erfan," Farzaneh Barzekar told RFE/RL by telephone. But eyewitnesses told the family that government security forces shot and killed the young man on the street. The authorities told Rezaei's family that the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, an exiled opposition group, might have been involved in his killing, without providing evidence. Special Report: The Protests That Shook Iran's Clerical System
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