Javad Ganji, a filmmaker from Hamedan, was identified as one of the protesters killed by the Islamic Regime by anti-regime activist groups, including the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights and the anti-regime left-wing political movement National Council of Resistance of Iran (PMOI/MEK), earlier this week.
Ganji, 39, was shot during protests in the Sadeghiyeh area of Tehran on Friday, according to Hengaw.
PMOI published a list of 38 "martyrs," including Ganji, 16 of whom were killed in Tehran, according to the political group's data.
According to Ganji's IMDb page, the filmmaker was credited as a director and writer on three short movies, namely Remember (2005), Zaj (2003), and Somewhere in Silence (2000). He is also credited as a producer on Remember and Somewhere in Silence. Ganji also appeared in five films, according to IMDb.
For the last few weeks, the government has been holding large-scale public funerals for security force members killed during the protests.
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Hengaw has been identifying individuals who it claims were murdered by the regime during protests on a daily basis.
On Wednesday, it identified several, including three sportspeople, six members of the Kurdish ethnic minority, an ethnic Armenian, seven members of the Gilak ethnicity from Gilan Province on the Caspian Sea coastline, and at least two other protesters of an ethnic Lor background.
Former footballer Mojtaba Torshiz, basketball player Ahmad Khosravani, and football coach Mehdi Lavasani were shot during a protest in Tehran, according to Hengaw.
The Armenian was identified as Ejmin Masihi, who resided in Tehran, and was killed during a protest on Saturday, according to Hengaw's data. The majority of Iran's Armenian community lives in the capital and constitutes "the largest Christian community" in the Islamic Republic, the rights organization noted.