Reza Moradi Abdalvandunder 18

رضا مرادی عبدالوند

Also known as رضا مرادی عبدلوند

17 years old · Azna · Lorestan Province

4 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

Car body repair worker
Persian original
کارگر صافکار ماشین
Reza had left school and was working as an apprentice body repairer and painter
Persian original
رضا تحصیل را ترک کرده و به‌عنوان شاگرد صافکار و نقاش کار می‌کرد
Apprentice body repairer
Persian original
شاگرد صافکاری
He had started working as an apprentice body repairer and painter
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به‌عنوان شاگرد صافکار و نقاش مشغول کار شده بود
apprentice in auto body repair and paint
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apprentice in auto body repair and paint

Reza Moradi was the family's first child, and his father is a worker
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رضا مرادی فرزند اول خانواده بود و پدرش کارگر است
The family's financial situation was not good
Persian original
وضعیت مالی خانواده مناسب نبود
From the Abdolvand clan
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از طایفه عبدالوند
Reza was the family's first child, and his father is a worker
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رضا فرزند اول خانواده بود و پدرش کارگر است
The family's financial situation is not good
Persian original
وضعیت مالی خانواده مناسب نیست
Reza was the family's first child, and his father is a worker.
Persian original
رضا فرزند اول خانواده بود و پدرش کارگر است.
the eldest child in his family which hails from the Abdolvand tribe
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the eldest child in his family which hails from the Abdolvand tribe

Born 1387
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متولد ۱۳۸۷
"Misery, poverty and high prices."
Persian original
«بدبختی، نداری و گرانی.»
Reza was interested in sport, especially wrestling, and [the source] described him as a "pahlavan" (champion) and very brave
Persian original
رضا به ورزش، به‌ویژه کشتی، علاقه داشت و او را «پهلوان» و بسیار شجاع توصیف کرد
From the Abdolvand clan
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از طایفه عبدالوند
Reza was interested in sport, especially wrestling
Persian original
رضا به ورزش علاقه‌مند بود؛ به‌ویژه کشتی
He was a "pahlavan" (champion) and very brave
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"پهلوان" بود و بسیار شجاع
"Misery, poverty and high prices.
Persian original
«بدبختی، نداری و گرانی.
Reza was interested in sport, especially wrestling.
Persian original
رضا به ورزش علاقه‌مند بود؛ به‌ویژه کشتی.
From the "Abdolvand" clan
Persian original
اهل طایفه «عبدالوند»
Reza had dropped out of school to help support his family, working as an apprentice in auto body repair and paint.
Persian original
Reza had dropped out of school to help support his family, working as an apprentice in auto body repair and paint.

In the words of those close to them

About Reza Moradi's motive for being at the protests, this source said: "Misery, poverty and high prices."— A source close to the family
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این منبع درباره انگیزه حضور رضا مرادی در اعتراضات گفت: «بدبختی، نداری و گرانی.»

He added that Reza was interested in sport, especially wrestling, and described him as a "pahlavan" (champion) and very brave.— A source close to the family
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او افزود رضا به ورزش، به‌ویژه کشتی، علاقه داشت و او را «پهلوان» و بسیار شجاع توصیف کرد.

In the protests of 11 Dey 1404, on Jihad Boulevard in front of the central police station of Azna, Reza was shot by security agents and two bullets hit him; one in the head and the other in the side.— A source close to the family
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رضا در اعتراضات ۱۱ دی ۱۴۰۴ در بلوار جهاد و مقابل کلانتری مرکزی ازنا هدف شلیک ماموران امنیتی قرار گرفت و دو گلوله به او اصابت کرد؛ یکی به ناحیه سر و دیگری به پهلو.

Misery, poverty and high prices.— A source close to the family
Persian original
بدبختی، نداری و گرانی.

"Reza's family went to various bodies, including the police and the IRGC, but these bodies have refused to hand over Reza's body, and so far his body has not been handed over."— A source close to the Moradi family
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«خانواده رضا به نهادهای مختلف از جمله نیروی انتظامی و سپاه پاسداران، مراجعه کرده‌اند، اما این نهادها از تحویل پیکر رضا خودداری کرده‌اند و تاکنون پیکر او تحویل داده نشده است.»

"Reza was the family's first child and his father is a worker. The family's financial situation is not good. Reza had left school and started working as an apprentice body repairer and painter."— This informed source
Persian original
«رضا فرزند اول خانواده بود و پدرش کارگر است. وضعیت مالی خانواده مناسب نیست. رضا تحصیل را ترک کرده و به‌عنوان شاگرد صافکار و نقاش مشغول کار شده بود.»

"Misery, poverty and high prices. Reza was interested in sport, especially wrestling. He was a 'pahlavan' (champion) and very brave."
Persian original
«بدبختی، نداری و گرانی. رضا به ورزش علاقه‌مند بود؛ به‌ویژه کشتی. "پهلوان" بود و بسیار شجاع.»

How they died

Was wounded by a bullet and four days later, on 15 Dey, lost his life at Valian Hospital in Aligudarz
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بر اثر اصابت گلوله زخمی شد و چهار روز بعد در ۱۵ دی در بیمارستان والیان الیگودرز جان باخت
In the protests of 11 Dey 1404, on Jihad Boulevard in front of the central police station of Azna, Reza Moradi Abdalvand was shot by security agents and two bullets hit him, one in the head area and the other in the side. After he was wounded, citizens present at the scene took him to Valian Hospital in Aligudarz. He lost his life in this hospital on the morning of Monday, 15 Dey, and early on Tuesday, 16 Dey, between 5 and 6 a.m., he was buried by plainclothes individuals without his family present. Reza was the eldest child of the family and his father is a worker. The family's financial situation was not good, and Reza had left school and worked as an apprentice car body repairer and painter.
Persian original
رضا مرادی عبدالوند در اعتراضات ۱۱ دی ۱۴۰۴ در بلوار جهاد و در مقابل کلانتری مرکزی ازنا هدف شلیک مأموران امنیتی قرار گرفت و دو گلوله به او اصابت کرد، یکی به ناحیه سر و دیگری به پهلو. پس از مجروح شدن، شهروندان حاضر در محل او را به بیمارستان ولیان الیگودرز منتقل کردند. وی در صبح دوشنبه ۱۵ دی‌ماه در این بیمارستان جان باخت و بامداد سه‌شنبه ۱۶ دی‌ماه بین ساعات ۵ تا ۶ صبح توسط افراد لباس‌شخصی و بدون حضور خانواده‌اش به خاک سپرده شد. رضا اول خانواده بود و پدرش کارگر است. وضعیت مالی خانواده مناسب نبود و رضا تحصیل را ترک کرده و به‌عنوان شاگرد صافکار و نقاش کار می‌کرد.
"In the protests of 11 Dey 1404, on Jihad Boulevard in front of the central police station of Azna, Reza was shot by security agents and two bullets hit him; one in the head and the other in the side."
Persian original
«رضا در اعتراضات ۱۱ دی ۱۴۰۴ در بلوار جهاد و مقابل کلانتری مرکزی ازنا هدف شلیک ماموران امنیتی قرار گرفت و دو گلوله به او اصابت کرد؛ یکی به ناحیه سر و دیگری به پهلو.»
On the morning of Monday, 15 Dey, he lost his life at Valian Hospital in Aligudarz
Persian original
صبح دوشنبه ۱۵ دی‌ماه در بیمارستان ولیان الیگودرز جان باخت
Moradi, from the "Abdolvand" clan, was hit by two bullets on 11 Dey in the town of Azna, Lorestan Province, opposite the police post, one in the head and the other in the side. He lost his life on the morning of 15 Dey at Valian Hospital in Aligudarz.
Persian original
مرادی، اهل طایفه «عبدالوند»، ۱۱ دی‌ماه در شهر ازنا در استان لرستان، روبه‌روی پاسگاه انتظامی، هدف دو گلوله، یکی به ناحیه سر و دیگری به پهلو قرار گرفت. او صبح ۱۵ دی‌ماه در بیمارستان ولیان الیگودرز جان‌باخت.
He was shot on Thursday, January 1 during protests outside Azna’s central police station.
Persian original
He was shot on Thursday, January 1 during protests outside Azna’s central police station.

After their death

Early on Tuesday, 16 Dey, between 5 and 6 a.m., he was buried by plainclothes individuals without his family present
Persian original
بامداد سه‌شنبه ۱۶ دی‌ماه، بین ساعت ۵ تا ۶ صبح، توسط افراد لباس‌شخصی و بدون حضور خانواده‌اش به خاک سپرده شد
Family members were not even allowed to be present at the moment of burial
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حتی اجازه داده نشد اعضای خانواده در لحظه خاکسپاری حضور داشته باشند
Money was taken from the family to carry out the burial
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از خانواده برای انجام خاکسپاری پول دریافت شد
Visits were not allowed
Persian original
اجازه ملاقات داده نمی‌شد
These bodies have refused to hand over Reza's body, and so far his body has not been handed over
Persian original
این نهادها از تحویل پیکر رضا خودداری کرده‌اند و تاکنون پیکر او تحویل داده نشده است
These bodies have refused to hand over Reza's body, and so far his body has not been handed over.
Persian original
این نهادها از تحویل پیکر رضا خودداری کرده‌اند و تاکنون پیکر او تحویل داده نشده است.
Authorities initially refused to hand over his body.
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Authorities initially refused to hand over his body.

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