A BBC Persian investigation reveals that the families of Amirali Heydari and Seroush Karami, two teenagers killed during the January 2026 protests in Iran, only discovered their children had been killed months later. Both were reburied last week; one family was given a wrong body, the other believed their son was in detention.
The investigation, published by BBC Persian on Wednesday, details the ordeal of the families of Amirali Heydari and Seroush Karami, both killed during the anti-government protests that swept Iran in January 2026. According to the report, one family was informed seven months later that the body they had received was not their son's; the other family believed for months that their son was being held in detention until they learned of his death. The two teenagers were reburied last week. The report adds to a growing body of evidence documenting the Iranian regime's deadly crackdown on protesters. The Zioneer has previously reported on the regime's execution of protesters, including the public hanging of two young men in Isfahan on July 28, and the killing of a Kurdish family by IRGC forces on July 26.
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