24-year-old Amir Javadifar was detained during a July 9 peaceful protest in Tehran. About two weeks later, the Iranian authorities informed Amir’s family about his death.
A friend who saw Amir’s body told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that he had been tortured: “He had a fractured skull, one of his eyes was almost crushed, all the nails on his toes had been extracted, and all of his body was bruised.”
Amir’s friend added that some of his teeth and jaw were also broken.
