Karaj; A narrative of the government murder of Ehsan Ghasemifard, a Kurdish young man from Kangavar, due to torture and assault by the Basij repression force in a repair shop

22:58 - 31 October 2023

On November 30, 2022, Ehsan Ghasemifard, a 36-year-old Kurdish youth from Kangavar, Kermanshah, and a resident of Karaj, was arrested by five Basij forces in the alley after the defeat of the Islamic Republic of Iran's football team against the American team. He lost his life after being assaulted for several hours by these forces in a repair shop.

Kurdpa, which exclusively covers the narratives of the dead and wounded in the revolutionary uprising of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi, this time has covered the narrative of the killing of Ehsan Ghasemifard, a 36-year-old Kurdish youth from Kangavar, Kermanshah and a resident of Karaj.  Mr. Ghasemifard had gone to Karaj to make a living a year before he was killed. After the end of the football match between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States on November 30, 2022, he was arrested at one A.M. in the morning after leaving his home by five Basij repression forces, and he died in a repair shop due to the torture and beatings of these forces.

Arresting Ehsan Ghasemifard by five Basij repression forces and torturing and beating him for several hours in a repair shop;

The informed source of Kordapa says about the way of arrest and beating of Ehsan Ghasemifard by several Basij forces;  In the morning of the 30th November, 2022, after the end of the World Cup football match between Iran and America, which ended with the victory of the American team. At one A.M. in the morning, Ehsan Ghasemifard left his home in the "Sar Asiyab" area of ​​Karaj and walked to the end of the street near the ATM, where he was attacked by five Basij forces then they arrested him and severely tortured him after transferring him to the "Imam Ali Base" repair center.

The informed source of Kurdpa, referring to the duration of beatings and torture of Ehsan Ghasemifard, who was held hostage by Basij repression forces, says; After arresting Ehsan, Basij forces subjected him to torture and severe beating for five hours. The severity of the injuries inflicted on this 36-year-old young man was such that the Basij forces took him to the hospital around five or six in the morning, but Mr. Ghasemifard died before reaching the hospital.

The disappearance of Ehsan Ghasemifard's body and informing the family after a few days;

After the government's murder of Ehsan Ghasemifard and following the disappearance of his body, the family tried to find out the fate of their son. In this regard, Kurdpa's informed source states that due to the extreme concern of the family after the disappearance of their son, one of the brothers of this murdered young man followed up on his condition, but he did not get any information about his brother's fate.  Finally, after a few days, the repressive security forces informed the family that the body of this killed young man was in the mortuary of "Shohada Salamat" Hospital on Mallard Road.

The presence of the security-intelligence forces of Karaj and Kangavar at the funeral ceremony of Ehsan Ghasemifard and the arrest of two people;

Ghasemifard's family reached Karaj after a few days of the disappearance of their son's body and finding out about his death. After handing over his body, they were strongly pressured by the security forces to carry out the funeral ceremony at night, but they faced strong obstacles from the family.

According to the informed source of Kurdpa regarding the continued pressure on Ghasemifard's family to prevent the funeral ceremony;  One night before the burial of Ehsan Ghasemifard, the intelligence forces of Kangavar and Karaj had surrounded the area Kangavar's tomb.  On the day of the funeral ceremony, one of the relatives of Mr. Ghasemifard's family along with the cameraman was detained by the security forces for several hours during the funeral ceremony and all the videos of Ehsan's funeral ceremony were "viralized".

 Ehsan Ghasemifard;

 Ehsan Ghasemifard, a weightlifting athlete, and son of Ali and Zohre, was born in Kangavar City.

He had studied until the third grade.