Khodanur Lojei or Lajai (Persian: خدانور لجهای; October 2, 1995 – October 2, 2022) was an Iranian protester from Zahedan, who was killed during the 2022 Zahedan massacre, one of the Mahsa Amini protests.A picture of him with his hands tied to a flagpole with a bottle of water put in front of him (but out of his reach) has become one of the symbols of the ongoing protests Iran.
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Khodanur Lojei died on October 2, 2022 from a gunshot in his kidney, during a time of mass protests in Iran. There is a viral photo released of a man tied to a flagpole, being torture by the Islamic Republic because the water bottle is out of reach.
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) and other Iranian news outlets reported that the man on the pole was Lajahi who was an incarcerated Afghani thief and criminal. They also claim his real name is Sadegh Kebadani. Some Iranian news agencies such as Mashregh News have claimed the image of the man tied to the flag pole is possibly Baloch singer, Bilal Nasravi.BBC Persian and other news agencies have reported Lojei was a protester that died during...