Esmail Dezvar, a 39-year-old man from Saqqez, was arrested on September 28, 2022, during the nationwide protests following the state-sanctioned killing of Zhina Amini by the suppressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. On October 9, 2022, he died under torture at the IRGC Intelligence detention center in Saqqez.
His death certificate, however, listed the cause of death as “unknown.” The IRGC forces told his family that their son had died in a “car accident” due to a “ruptured” heart, which allegedly resulted in a fractured chest.