Abolfazl Norouzi Anbarkehunder 18

ابوالفضل نوروزی عنبرکه

Also known as ابوالفضل نوروزی

14 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Abolfazl Norouzi had studied up to ninth grade and since Khordad had been working in a heavy-vehicle repair workshop.
  Persian original

  ابوالفضل نوروزی تا پایه نهم تحصیل کرده بود و از خرداد در یک تعمیرگاه ماشین‌های سنگین کار می‌کرد.

• He intended to buy a motorcycle with his earnings.
  Persian original

  او قصد داشت با درآمدش یک موتورسیکلت بخرد.

• About 10 minutes before being hit by the bullet, Abolfazl had told his friends in a voice message about the "terrifying" situation in the Seyyedi area
  Persian original

  ابوالفضل حدود ۱۰ دقیقه پیش از اصابت گلوله، در یک پیام صوتی برای دوستانش از وضعیت «وحشتناک» منطقه سیدی خبر داده بود

• He had also been present at protests before
  Persian original

  او پیش‌تر نیز در اعتراضات حضور داشته

• Abolfazl had planned to resume his studies in evening classes and dreamed of buying a motorcycle with his earnings.
  Persian original

  Abolfazl had planned to resume his studies in evening classes and dreamed of buying a motorcycle with his earnings.

• Friends and relatives describe him as kind, responsible, and eager to help
  Persian original

  Friends and relatives describe him as kind, responsible, and eager to help

• Government agents killed Abolfazl with a shot to the head in the "Seyyedi" area of Mashhad.
  Persian original

  ماموران حکومتی ابوالفضل را از ناحیه سر، در منطقه «سیدی مشهد» به قتل رساندند.

• This year Abolfazl had set his studies aside and started working in heavy-vehicle repair.
  Persian original

  ابوالفضل امسال درس را کنار گذاشته و در حوزه تعمیرات ماشین‌های سنگین مشغول به کار شده بود.

How they died

• Was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey, on Saba Boulevard in Mashhad by a direct shot to his head
  Persian original

  پنج‌شنبه ۱۸ دی در بلوار صبا مشهد، با شلیک مستقیم به سرش کشته شد

• Lost his life on the evening of 18 Dey during the protests in the Seyyedi area of Mashhad after being hit by live ammunition
  Persian original

  شامگاه ۱۸ دی در جریان اعتراضات منطقه سیدی مشهد با اصابت گلوله جنگی جان باخت

• This teenager was shot by security forces at about 9:45 p.m., and the bullet hit him below the eye
  Persian original

  این نوجوان حدود ساعت ۹:۴۵ شب هدف شلیک نیروهای امنیتی قرار گرفت و گلوله به زیر چشم او اصابت کرد

• killed by gunfire in Mashhad
  Persian original

  killed by gunfire in Mashhad

• Abolfazl Norouzi, a 16-year-old teenager, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Mashhad" by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  ابوالفضل نوروزی نوجوان ۱۶ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴، در اعتراضات «مشهد» با اصابت گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Shot
  Persian original

  Shot

After their death

• After hours of searching at Emdadi Hospital in Mashhad, Abolfazl's family identified his body among the images of those killed.
  Persian original

  خانواده ابوالفضل پس از ساعت‌ها جست‌وجو در بیمارستان امدادی مشهد، پیکر او را در میان تصاویر جان‌باختگان شناسایی کردند.

• Relatives say security authorities pressured the family to label him a member of the IRGC’s Basij volunteer paramilitary forces, a request they refused. They also report being denied permission to hold a formal mosque ceremony and say mourning banners were removed from their home.
  Persian original

  Relatives say security authorities pressured the family to label him a member of the IRGC’s Basij volunteer paramilitary forces, a request they refused. They also report being denied permission to hold a formal mosque ceremony and say mourning banners were removed from their home.

• Abolfazl Norouzi's body was taken by people that same night to "Emdad" Hospital in Mashhad, and at the same time his family was informed.
  Persian original

  پیکر ابوالفضل نوروزی، همان شب توسط مردم به بیمارستان «امداد» مشهد منتقل شد و هم‌زمان خانواده‌اش در جریان قرار گرفتند.

• Nevertheless, the family was able to bury Abolfazl's body on Friday, 19 Dey, in "Behesht-e Reza" in Mashhad.
  Persian original

  با این حال، خانواده جمعه ۱۹دی توانست پیکر ابوالفضل را در «بهشت رضا» مشهد به خاک بسپارند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International
4. Iran International
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. Iran Human Rights Society
7. Iran International — memorial map
8. Hana Human Rights Organization
9. Iran Human Rights Society
10. 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
11. Radio Zamaneh
12. Iran International
13. IranWire
14. Radio Farda
15. Persian Wikipedia

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
• Razavi Khorasan Province
• Mashhad

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