Fallen Hero Amirhossein Sartipi
Death Amirhossein Sartipi 15 years old in Iran Tehran Qaleh Hasan Khan
Written by: Nafas
Amirhossein Sartipi was fifteen years old. He was from Baharan Square in Shahr-e Qods, in western Tehran—a city whose population density is several times the national average, and where the majority of residents are working-class and low-income families. Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a document signed by the Islamic Republic as well, emphasizes the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for their physical, mental, and social development, placing the primary responsibility for securing this right on the family and, if necessary, the government; a right that, for Amirhossein and many of his peers in such neighborhoods, was never fulfilled from the very beginning. Amirhossein had no father. He went to school, but alongside his studies, the responsibility of supporting his family had fallen on his shoulders. With the motorcycle he owned, he worked as a delivery rider for a shop; after school hours and during holidays, he strove to make ends meet for his household. He was not an exception, but one of Iran's thousands of "child laborers"—children who, alongside school or even instead of it, had to bring home the bread. Article 32 of this very con…
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