Unfortunately, his mother’s second husband died a few years ago and Esmail took care of his mother and two stepsisters.”Esmail’s mothers and two stepsisters lived in the city of Estahban, Fars province: “He was a hardworking kid and had worked since he was very young.He hadn’t even unwrapped the car yet.”On October 14, as protests were raging across Iran, Esmail and several friends joined the crowds in Qaani Street in Shiraz.Esmail’s friends said he was unable to walk after his waist was hit by several pellets shot from shotguns: “His friends had a motorcycle.This is confirmed by a hospital worker: “Plainclothesmen and security forces are in the hospital at all times and don’t allow families to visit the wounded protesters.”Esmail’s family were likewise prevented from visiting him until October 19, the source says, adding that the young man’s spinal cord had been severed.”Security forces pressured the family to say Esmail had died in an “accident,” otherwise they would not hand over his body: “It was not a lie.They took Esmail’s new car and handed over his body to his family.”That day, October 26, thousands of Iranians marked the 40th day since Mahsa Amini died while in custody of morality police, taking to the streets across the country to express anger against the clerical regime: “The family wanted to bury him somewhere close."