Sam Sohbatezadehunder 18

سام صحبت‌زاده

Also known as Sam Sohbatzadeh

14 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• had worked since age 10 to help support his household
  Persian original

  had worked since age 10 to help support his household

• He left school in the fall to work full time
  Persian original

  He left school in the fall to work full time

How they died

• killed by a direct gunshot wound to the head on January 8 in southern Tehran
  Persian original

  killed by a direct gunshot wound to the head on January 8 in southern Tehran

• Sam Sohbatzadeh was a 14-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish child from Khalkhal in Ardabil Province, residing in Tehran, who lost his life on 18 Dey 1404 at Qaleh Hassan Khan Square in Tehran from direct live fire of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic to the head. On the same night he was shot, the family took his body by private car to their home county, and he was buried on 20 Dey in the cemetery of his native village "Lanbar" in Khalkhal County. Sam Sohbatzadeh was a child who from the age of 10 had worked alongside his schooling to help his family, but from Mehr 1404 he had left school and was only working.
  Persian original

  سام صحبت‌زاده، کودک ۱۴ ساله کورد کُرمانج اهل خلخال از توابع استان اردبیل و ساکن تهران بود که در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در میدان قلعه حسن‌خان تهران با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه سر جان خود را از دست داد. خانواده پیکر او را همان شب پس از اصابت گلوله با خودروی شخصی به شهرستان منتقل کردند و او در ۲۰ دی در آرامستان روستای زادگاهش «لنبر» از توابع خلخال به خاک سپرده شد. سام صحبت‌زاده کودکی بود که از ۱۰ سالگی برای کمک به خانواده هم‌زمان با تحصیل کار می‌کرد، اما از مهرماه ۱۴۰۴ مدرسه را ترک کرده و تنها به کار مشغول بود.

• Sam Sohbatzadeh, a 14-year-old child, was killed on 18 Dey 1404 during the popular protests in the city of Qods (Qaleh Hassan Khan), Tehran Province, by live ammunition to the head fired by the military-security forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  سام صحبت‌زاده، کودک ۱۴ ساله، ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شهر قدس (قلعه حسن خان) استان تهران، با شلیک گلوله جنگی به ناحیه سر، از سوی نیروهای نظامی-امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, "Sam Sohbatzadeh", a 14-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish child from Khalkhal County in Ardabil Province and residing in Tehran, was killed during the popular protests in Tehran as a result of direct live fire of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  Persian original

  بر اساس گزارشات رسیده به سازمان حقوق بشر هانا؛ روز پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی ماه ۱۴۰۴، “سام صحبت‌زاده”، کودک ۱۴ ساله کُرد کُرمانج، اهل شهرستان خلخال از توابع استان اردبیل و ساکن تهران، در جریان اعتراضات مردمی تهران بر اثر شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران به قتل رسیده است.

• Tehran: Sam Sohbatzadeh, a 14-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish child, the identity of another of those killed on 18 Dey, killed by a live round to the head.
  Persian original

  تهران؛ سام صحبت‌زاده، کودک ۱۴ ساله کورد کُرمانج، هویت یکی دیگر از جان‌باختگان ۱۸ دی کشته‌شده با شلیک گلوله جنگی به سر .

• 20 Bahman 1404: "Sam Sohbatzadeh", a 14-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish child from "Khalkhal" in Ardabil Province and residing in Tehran, is the identity of another of those killed in the popular protests of 18 Dey 1404 at "Qaleh Hassan Khan" Square in Tehran, who lost his life from direct live fire of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic to the head.
  Persian original

  ۲۰ بهمن ۱۴۰۴؛ «سام صحبت‌زاده»، کودک ۱۴ ساله کورد کُرمانج اهل «خلخال» از توابع استان اردبیل و ساکن تهران، هویت یکی دیگر از جان‌باختگان اعتراضات مردمی ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در میدان «قلعه حسن‌خان» تهران است که با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه سر جان خود را از دست داد.

After their death

• his family secretly transported his body overnight to their hometown, where he was buried two days later in a village cemetery in Ardabil province.
  Persian original

  his family secretly transported his body overnight to their hometown, where he was buried two days later in a village cemetery in Ardabil province.

• The burial ceremony was held on 20 Dey in the village of "Lanbar", Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province.
  Persian original

  مراسم خاکسپاری ۲۰ دی ماه، در روستای «لنبر» شهرستان خلخال استان اردبیل برگزار گردید.

• An informed source, confirming this news, told Kurdpa: on the same night he was shot, the family took his body by private car to their home county.
  Persian original

  یک منبع مطلع ضمن تأیید این خبر به کُردپا گفت؛ خانواده پیکر او را همان شب پس از اصابت گلوله با خودروی شخصی به شهرستان منتقل کردند.

• The body of "Sam Sohbatzadeh" was buried on 20 Dey 1404 in the cemetery of his native village "Lanbar" in Khalkhal, Ardabil Province.
  Persian original

  پیکر «سام صحبت‌زاده» در تاریخ ۲۰ دی ۱۴۰۴ در آرامستان روستای زادگاهش «لنبر» از توابع خلخال در استان اردبیل به خاک سپرده 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. Radio Zamaneh
8. Iran International
9. Iran International
10. Persian Wikipedia
11. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
12. Hana Human Rights Organization
13. Kurdpa

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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