Iran news ( Human rights reporter dies of injuries- Shot in peaceful march )

9 April 2013

Hassan Mirzakhan, injured during the 09 election protests, has died

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Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Hassan Mirzakhan who was injured during the events of mass protest following the contested presidential election results of 2009, died of his sustained injuries in Taleghani Hospital in Tehran on Monday April 8th.

On June 16, 2009, Hassan Mirzakhan was shot in the spine as he was taking part in the silent peaceful march protesting the presidential election results. The bullet caused a complicated and severe spinal cord injury rendering his life very difficult and painful in the past years.

On Tuesday April 9th, officials of the Islamic Martyr Foundation and forces aligned with the conservative faction held the funeral services for Hassan Mirzakhan who was 26 years old when he died. He was buried in a plot in Tehran’s Behesht Zahra Cemetery.