Killing outside family home deepens Shahroud crackdown in Iran
31-year-old Saeed Golsorkhi, a powerlifter, was shot in the knee during January protests in Shahroud and died two days later outside his family home after security forces raided the house; witnesses say they bound his hands and shot him at close range in the head and abdomen, with his mother and niece present. His brother was arrested, and families faced restricted burials and mourning as part of a broader Shahroud crackdown in which rights groups say hundreds were killed during the January protests.