𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗮’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. In the days following the January revolutionary uprising, Alireza was arrested at his family home. While several regime agents held him down, they shot him four times in the legs. To this day, they have produced no evidence to substantiate their accusations against him. His teenage sister, his brother, and his mother were also arrested. The regime destroyed everything inside their home, including even his sister’s dowry. After undergoing surgery to remove the bullets from his legs, Alireza was quickly taken back to prison, where he was tortured in an attempt to force a confession. His mother was held in the room next door so she could hear and witness what was being done to her son. When they failed to extract a confession from Alireza, they tortured his mother in front of him. She has now been sentenced to five years in prison, simply for being his mother. Alireza was once taken to the gallows to be executed. He suffered a heart attack and witnessed the execution of one of the people he loved most. He was rushed to the hospital, but after a partial recovery, he was taken back to prison to face execution once again. Last night, the marriage ceremony of Alireza and Mahshad Kashani, the woman he loved, was held inside the prison. They hoped that being legally married might allow them to see each other, perhaps for the last time. It was Alireza’s final request. Mahshad has also been sentenced to five years in prison, and now she will have to endure the pain of separation behind prison walls. This is only a brief glimpse into the final months of a 24-year-old’s life in Iran under the Islamic Republic: the life of a young man in love, who this morning was murdered by the regime through execution, simply for demanding freedom. #AlirezaSepahi #IranMassacre‌