Amir Mehdi Nemati-Nejadunder 18

امیرمهدی نعمتی‌نژاد

Also known as Amir Mehdi Nemati-Nejad

17 years old · Arak · Markazi Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Tailoring worker
  Persian original

  کارگر خیاطی

• Amirmehdi was a child labourer.
  Persian original

  امیرمهدی کودک کار بود.

• He worked as a labourer in a tailoring shop.
  Persian original

  او در خیاطی کارگری می‌کرد.

• He had entered the world of work to help provide for his family's livelihood.
  Persian original

  او برای کمک به تامین معیشت خانواده‌اش به دنیای کار پا نهاده بود.

How they died

• He was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey, in the protests at Shura Square in the city of Arak by shooting of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  او پنجشنبه هجدهم دی‌ماه در اعتراضات میدان شورا در شهر اراک، با شلیک نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Amirmehdi Nemati-Nejad, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests at "Shura Square" in "Arak" by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  امیرمهدی نعمتی‌نژاد نوجوان ۱۷ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «میدان شورا» در «اراک» با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• He went into the street for a better life and for having the minimum of human rights in Iran, but they answered him with bullets.
  Persian original

  برای زندگی بهتر و برخورداری از حداقل حقوق انسانی در ایران به خیابان رفت اما پاسخ‌اش را با گلوله دادند.

• Direct shooting by repressive forces
  Persian original

  شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر

After their death

• Amirmehdi's body was handed over to his family on Friday, 19 Dey, and they buried their teenage son with a small crowd present.
  Persian original

  پیکر امیرمهدی را جمعه ۱۹دی به خانواده‌اش تحویل دادند و آن‌ها در جمعیتی اندک، پسر نوجوان خود را به خاک سپردند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Independent Persian
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Hana Human Rights Organization
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. IranWire

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
• Workers
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Markazi Province
• Arak

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