Abolfazl Adinezadeh: Teenage protester shot dead by security forces - sources

Iranian information forces killed a teenage lad by firing a shotgun astatine him astatine point-blank scope successful the metropolis of Mashhad, sources person told BBC Persian.

Abolfazl Adinezadeh, 17, skipped schoolhouse to articulation anti-government protests connected 8 October, but helium ne'er returned home.

The sources cited a doc arsenic saying it was fired little than 1m (3ft) away.

"What transgression had helium committed, that you sprayed his tummy with 24 birdshot?" Abolfazl's begetter pleaded astatine his funeral, a video showed.

Abolfazl's parents initially had nary thought what had happened to him aft helium took portion successful the protests, according to the sources.

It was not until the adjacent time that the acquisition ministry telephoned and told them to prime him up from the section constabulary station.

But erstwhile they got there, they were told that helium was dead.

"You zip your rima and bash not speech to media," Abolfazl's begetter was warned astatine the constabulary station, the sources told the BBC.

The sources said the household was enactment nether unit to accidental that their lad was a subordinate of the Basij, a notorious paramilitary unit that is progressive successful the convulsive crackdown connected the protests.

Authorities person accused "rioters" backed by Iran's overseas enemies of sidesplitting Basij members and different information forces during the existent unrest.

Plainclothes information unit were besides contiguous during Abolfazl's funeral, shushing mourners who wanted to explicit their anger, according to the sources.

Abolfazl's aunt held up a representation of him implicit his grave, but a pistillate cause snatched the framework and enactment it nether her veil, they said.

Some mourners were besides stopped aft the ceremonial and asked to delete the videos from their mobile phones.

Abolfazl's mobile has not been returned to the household yet, the sources said.

Footage of Abolfazl Adinezadeh shows a blessed teen dancing and laughing each the time. According to the sources, helium was known for making everybody smile.

After school, helium worked until 22:00 astatine a store fixing mobile phones.

Recently, helium had go progressively aggravated astir corruption, the decease past period of Mahsa Amini - the 22-year-old pistillate who fell into a coma aft being detained by morality constabulary - arsenic good arsenic the footage of different women being beaten and killed successful the streets, the sources said.