The funeral of Mehdi Tawakoli, a Kurdish photographer and former political prisoner, his sister Samia, and their mother Maryam Azlani was held in Iranian Kurdistan on Tuesday evening. The three were killed on July 26 when IRGC forces opened fire on their car without warning on the Baneh-Marivan road, according to IranWire. The family was reportedly pressured by the regime to present the killings as a traffic accident but refused.
The funeral of three members of the Tawakoli family was held in Iranian Kurdistan on Tuesday evening, two days after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot them dead on a road near Marivan. The Zioneer reported earlier today that Mehdi Tawakoli, a well-known photographer and former political prisoner, his sister Samia, a psychologist, and their mother Maryam Azlani were killed by Iranian security forces on July 26. IranWire now reports that the regime pressured the family to claim the deaths were a traffic accident, but the family refused. The IRGC reportedly opened fire without warning or an order to stop. The killings are part of a pattern of violence against Kurdish civilians in western Iran, as well as targeted operations against IRGC personnel in the region reported in recent months.
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