Mohammad Haji Rasoulpour

Mohammad Haji Rasulpour, born in 1965 in Bukan, was a Kurdish political activist who passed away on 19 December 2022 in Bukan. He sustained injuries while in Bukan prison during the nationwide protests in 2022 and died in hospital. In 2021, he was sentenced to five months in prison on charges of promoting the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. After serving his sentence, he was released from Bukan prison on 13 April 2022. Mohammad Haji Rasulpour was again arrested by security forces on 1 October 2022 and released on bail after 16 days. Security forces raided his shop and arrested him once more on 23 November. On 13 December, he fell into a coma due to injuries allegedly sustained from torture in Bukan prison and was transferred to Gholipour Hospital in Bukan. After five days in a coma, he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. His body was buried on 19 December 2022 under security measures in the cemetery of Alikand village, a suburb of Bukan. A large number of citizens attended the ceremony and sang songs.