Parsa Maadan Chianunder 18

پارسا معدنچیان

Also known as Parsa Madanchian

17 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• The eternally remembered Parsa Maadanchian had told his mother that he had put on two jackets so that if he was hit by a bullet he would only be wounded.
  Persian original

  جاویدنام پارسا معدنچیان به مادرش گفته بود دو کاپشن پوشیده تا اگر گلوله‌ خورد، فقط زخمی شود.

• A video of him, in which his mother passes him under the Quran as he leaves for school, was widely shared.
  Persian original

  ویدیویی از او که هنگام رفتن به مدرسه، مادرش او را از زیر قرآن عبور می‌دهد، بسیار بازتاب داشت.

How they died

• He was killed on 18 Dey in Tehran by a shot to the head.
  Persian original

  او هجدهم دی‌ماه در تهران، با شلیک به سر کشته شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Hana Human Rights Organization
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. Center for Human Rights in Iran — Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’ - Center for Human Rights in Iran
7. Independent Persian
8. Independent Persian
9. Radio Zamaneh

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
• The massacre of 8 and 9 January 2026
• Killed during protests
• Children and teenagers killed
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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