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Kian Pirfalak was an Iranian child who was killed at the attack on Izeh market, in a shooting by government security forces while he sat in his parent's vehicle in the city of Izeh, Iran. His father Meysam Pirfalak was also critically injured in the assault and was hospitalized. His mother and other family members who witnessed the incident blame the attack on Iranian security forces. Islamic Republic news agencies, including IRNA, blamed his death on terrorists, circulating a statement attributed to ISIS, alleging that the group has claimed the deadly shooting that killed him. BBC Monitoring, however, investigated the statement and concluded that it was fake.
Events in the year 2023 in Iran, which is dominated by protests.
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- 1 2 Fassihi, Farnaz (2022-11-19). "Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini's Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads". The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Perpetrators of Izeh terrorist attack arrested". Mehr News Agency. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Three Arrested after Deadly Terrorist Attack in Iran's Khuzestan Province - Politics news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "7 killed in terror attack in Izeh in southwest Iran". Tehran Times. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- 1 2 "Iran protests: Two boys shot dead by security forces, family sources say". BBC News. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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