Reza Ghanbariunder 18
3 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- A teenage worker
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نوجوانی کارگر
- Construction worker
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کارگر ساختمانی
- School student
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دانشآموز
- One of the child labourers
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از جمله کودکان کارگر
- Was the child of Mohsen and grew up without a mother
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فرزند محسن بوده و بدون مادر بزرگ شده است
- Kurdish
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Kurdish
In the words of those close to them
"Reza Ghanbari was a teenage worker who was present at the popular protests in the Jafarabad neighbourhood of Kermanshah, and around 7 p.m. on Saturday, 13 Dey 1404, on Artesh Street in this neighbourhood, during the IRGC forces' assault on protesters, he was hit by live ammunition in the back and side and died on the spot."— An informed sourcePersian original
«رضا قنبری نوجوانی کارگر بود که در اعتراضات مردمی محله جعفرآباد کرمانشاه حضور داشت و حوالی ساعت ۷ عصر روز شنبه ۱۳ دی ۱۴۰۴، در خیابان ارتش این محله، هنگام یورش نیروهای سپاه پاسداران به معترضان، از ناحیه پشت و پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و درجا جان باخت.»
His burial ceremony was held on 15 Dey in the village of "Jabbarabad-e Sofla, Bilavar" in Kermanshah County.Persian original
مراسم خاکسپاری وی ۱۵ دی ماه، در روستای «جبارآباد سفلی بیلوار» شهرستان کرمانشاه برگزار گردید.
Reza Ghanbari was a teenage worker who was present at the popular protests in the Jafarabad neighbourhood of Kermanshah, and around 7 p.m. on Saturday, 13 Dey 1404, on Artesh Street in this neighbourhood, during the IRGC forces' assault on protesters, he was hit by live ammunition in the back and side and died on the spot." According to this source, the agents present at the scene took this child's bloodied body with them, and so far his body has not been handed over to the family.— An informed source, confirming this news, told the Kurdistan Human Rights NetworkPersian original
رضا قنبری نوجوانی کارگر بود که در اعتراضات مردمی محله جعفرآباد کرمانشاه حضور داشت و حوالی ساعت ۷ عصر روز شنبه ۱۳ دی ۱۴۰۴، در خیابان ارتش این محله، هنگام یورش نیروهای سپاه پاسداران به معترضان، از ناحیه پشت و پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و درجا جان باخت.» به گفته این منبع، مأموران حاضر در محل پیکر خونین این کودک را با خود بردهاند و تاکنون پیکر او به خانواده تحویل داده نشده است.
How they died
- They were shot at on Artesh Street in the Jafarabad neighbourhood
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در خیابان ارتشِ محله جعفرآباد هدف تیراندازی قرار گرفتند
- He was killed around seven in the evening
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او حوالی ساعت هفت عصر کشته شده
- In the "Jafarabad" neighbourhood, "Artesh" Street in Kermanshah ... was shot from very close range and from behind with live ammunition by IRGC forces
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در محله «جعفرآباد»، خیابان «ارتش» در کرمانشاه ... از فاصله بسیار نزدیک و از پشت سر هدف شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران قرار گرفته
- Was hit by a bullet on 13 Dey in Kermanshah
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۱۳ دیماه در کرمانشاه هدف گلوله قرار گرفت
- Reza Ghanbari, a 16-year-old child, was killed on 13 Dey 1404 during the popular protests in the Jafarabad neighbourhood of Kermanshah by live ammunition fired by IRGC forces into his back and side.
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رضا قنبری، کودک ۱۶ ساله، ۱۳ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات مردمی محله جعفرآباد کرمانشاه، با شلیک گلوله جنگی از سوی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی به ناحیه پشت و پهلو کشته شد.
- During the popular protests in the Jafarabad neighbourhood of Kermanshah on 13 Dey 1404, a 17-year-old Kurdish child named Reza Ghanbari was killed by gunfire from IRGC forces.
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در جریان اعتراضات مردمی محله جعفرآباد کرمانشاه در تاریخ ۱۳ دی ۱۴۰۴، یک کودک ۱۷ ساله کُرد به نام رضا قنبری با تیراندازی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران کشته شد.
After their death
- The security forces also pressured and threatened Reza Ghanbari's family to present their child as a Basij member and to attribute his killing to protesters, but the family refused to accept this demand.
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نیروهای امنیتی همچنین خانواده رضا قنبری را تحت فشار قرار داده و تهدید کردهاند تا فرزند خود را بسیجی معرفی کنند و کشته شدن او را به معترضان نسبت دهند، اما خانواده از پذیرش این خواسته خودداری کردهاند.
- He was buried in one of the villages of Kamyaran
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او در یکی از روستاهای کامیاران به خاک سپرده شد
- It has also been reported about Ghanbari that he was killed around seven in the evening and that his family was pressured not to inform others.
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درباره قنبری نیز گزارش شده است که او حوالی ساعت هفت عصر کشته شده و خانوادهاش برای خودداری از اطلاعرسانی، تحت فشار قرار گرفتهاند.
- Took his body with them and kept it until 15 Dey 1404
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پیکر او را با خود برده و تا روز ۱۵ دی ۱۴۰۴ نزد خود نگه داشته
- The family were forced to bury his body very secretly and without people present
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خانواده مجبور شدند پیکر او را بهصورت بسیار مخفیانه و بدون حضور مردم به خاک بسپارند
- They were forcing them to present their child as a "government Basij member"
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آنها را مجبور میکردند فرزند خود را به عنوان «بسیج حکومت» معرفی کنند
- The body of this protesting worker was also buried in the village of Jabbarabad-e Sofla
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پیکر این کارگر معترض هم در روستای جبارآباد سفلی به خاک سپرده شد
- His burial ceremony was held on 15 Dey in the village of "Jabbarabad-e Sofla, Bilavar" in Kermanshah County.
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مراسم خاکسپاری وی ۱۵ دی ماه، در روستای «جبارآباد سفلی بیلوار» شهرستان کرمانشاه برگزار گردید.
- According to information received, before handing over Reza Ghanbari's body, the security bodies pressured his family to present him as a member of the Basij and to attribute responsibility for his death to protesters.
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بر اساس اطلاعات دریافتی، نهادهای امنیتی پیش از تحویل پیکر رضا قنبری، خانواده او را تحت فشار قرار دادند تا وی را به عنوان عضو بسیج معرفی کنند و مسئولیت مرگ او را به معترضان نسبت دهند.
- An informed source, confirming this news, told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network: "Reza Ghanbari was a teenage worker who was present at the popular protests in the Jafarabad neighbourhood of Kermanshah, and around 7 p.m. on Saturday, 13 Dey 1404, on Artesh Street in this neighbourhood, during the IRGC forces' assault on protesters, he was hit by live ammunition in the back and side and died on the spot." According to this source, the agents present at the scene took this child's bloodied body with them, and so far his body has not been handed over to the family.
Persian original
یک منبع مطلع با تأیید این خبر به شبکه حقوق بشر کردستان گفت: «رضا قنبری نوجوانی کارگر بود که در اعتراضات مردمی محله جعفرآباد کرمانشاه حضور داشت و حوالی ساعت ۷ عصر روز شنبه ۱۳ دی ۱۴۰۴، در خیابان ارتش این محله، هنگام یورش نیروهای سپاه پاسداران به معترضان، از ناحیه پشت و پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و درجا جان باخت.» به گفته این منبع، مأموران حاضر در محل پیکر خونین این کودک را با خود بردهاند و تاکنون پیکر او به خانواده تحویل داده نشده است.
- However, in the death notice published by the family, the time and place of the burial was announced as Monday, 15 Dey, in the village of "Jabbarabad-e Sofla" in the Bilavar area of Kermanshah County.
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با این حال، در اعلامیه ترحیم منتشر شده از سوی خانواده، زمان و محل خاکسپاری روز دوشنبه ۱۵ دی در روستای «جبارآباد سفلی» منطقه بیلوار از توابع شهرستان کرمانشاه اعلام شده است.
- Security authorities reportedly pressured the family to describe Ghanbari as affiliated with the Basij and to attribute his death to protesters, which the family declined.
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Security authorities reportedly pressured the family to describe Ghanbari as affiliated with the Basij and to attribute his death to protesters, which the family declined.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Kurdistan Human Rights Network
- Hengaw
- Iran International — memorial map
- Hana Human Rights Organization
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran International
- Iran International
- Kurdpa
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Radio Farda
- Kurdistan Human Rights Network
- English Wikipedia
Listed in
- Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
- Killed during protests
- Children and teenagers killed
- School pupils
- Workers
- The year 1404 (2025–2026)
- Dey 1404
- Kermanshah Province
- Kermanshah
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