Hamidreza Rouhi was a 19-year-old civil engineering student from Tehran. He was also interested in fashion and modeling and became known to many Iranians as the “Boy of the Rain.”
On November 17, 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, Hamidreza joined demonstrations in the Shahr-e Ziba neighborhood of Tehran. He was shot and killed by security forces.
After his death, authorities attempted to portray Hamidreza as a member of the Basij who had been killed by protesters. His family and friends rejected this account, and videos circulated showing him participating in the protests