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Reza Shahparnia (1999-2022) was one of the protesters of the 2022 Uprising of Iran. He was killed in Kermanshah by the security agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 20 September 2022.

Biography
He was only 23 years old and had finished his Conscription almost a year before his death. He had tried hard to find a job and worked in a store for about 2 months. He was interested in history and had received a humanities diploma and He wanted to participate in the 1402 Iran's university entrance exam.

Description of the murder
He was separated from his family in the evening of 20 September and during the protests, he was hit by more than one hundred bullets from close range. Bullet marks were seen in different parts of his body, including eyes, teeth, and chest.

His family was unaware of his condition for some time. They went to the hospitals and military centers to find him, butey didn't succeed. In the evening of 21 September, they call his uncle to come to identify his body. According to Ebtahaj Azizi, Reza's mother, "At first they told me that he had taken 70, 80 bullets, but my brother, who saw the body, later said that maybe 200 bullets had been emptied into the child's body. With their permission, they had also performed an autopsy, opened his head and split open his chest." The next day, the security forces handed over the body to them, but they asked them to carry out the funeral ceremony quickly.

In Reza's death certificate, the cause of death is mentioned as "collision with hard or sharp objects", but in the burial certificate issued by the medical examiner, three causes of his death are written: "bleeding shock, damage to internal organs inside the chest and abdomen (lungs, heart, liver), hit by a circular projectile (bullet)."

Funeral
Reza Shahparnia was buried on the 22st of September 2022 in Behesht Zahra, Kermanshah. His 40th was held at his grave on October 28, 2022 accompanied by dozens of people. in this traditional memorial service, slogans were chanted against the Islamic Republic system, like "All these years of crime, death to this province".