The Story of Amirhossein Khademi, a Teen Victim of Assault
Amirhossein Khademi was a 16-year-old teenager from Zarindasht, Fars, who, after his father’s death, was forced to work and cover his mother’s cancer treatment expenses.
Amirhossein was subjected to a group assault by his employer and several others at his workplace, but on a Sunday, September 11, 2022, after filing a complaint against his assailants, his lifeless body was found in the desert; the assailants had killed him.
Sina Ghalandari, a journalist who followed Amirhossein’s story, writes about this matter.
I learned from Amirhossein Khademi’s close relatives that this teenager from Zarindasht, Fars, told his family he had been assaulted by three people, including his employer, who filmed him and threatened to release the footage if he told anyone about the assault.
After informing his family, he filed a complaint, but eventually, on Sunday, September 11, 2022, his body was found in the deserts of Hajabad city, Zarindasht county.
Following the news of his death, a wave of reactions emerged, and the people of Zarindasht gathered to seek justice for the teenager.
On Thursday, September 15, Kazem Mousavi, the Chief Justice of Fars, announced the arrest of three suspects in the suspicious death case of the young man from Zarindasht and promised that the case would be handled specially and out of turn.