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A soldier died by suicide at the Naval Barracks in Rasht

18-October-2021

Category: Suicide

17-October-2021

Newsgroup: Suicide –

Breathing in Confinement: On Friday, October 15, 2021, a soldier in the naval barracks in Rasht, shot himself and lost his life.

 

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a soldier named Mohammad Jamali, while guarding the barracks, shot himself and died. He had spent 17 months of his military service.

 

Compulsory military service in Iran has caused a great amount of physical and psychological harm to young men. The discrimination in granting exemption from the service also has increased the pressure on families.

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