Mohammad Mehdi Safari Oliaeiunder 18

محمدمهدی صفری علیائی

Also known as محمدمهدی صفری

17 years old · Meymand · Fars Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• After leaving school, he had started working with his father, who works in the crane business
  Persian original

  پس از ترک تحصیل، همراه پدرش که در حوزه جرثقیل فعالیت می‌کند، مشغول کار شده بود

• He was the family's first child
  Persian original

  او فرزند اول خانواده بود

• He, who worked on a crane with his father, had taken part in the protests to have a better life.
  Persian original

  او که به همراه پدرش روی جرثقیل کار می‌کرد برای داشتن زندگی بهتر در اعتراضات شرکت کرده بود.

• After leaving school, he had started working with his father, who works in the crane business.
  Persian original

  پس از ترک تحصیل، همراه پدرش که در حوزه جرثقیل فعالیت می‌کند، مشغول کار شده بود.

How they died

• Mohammadmehdi Safari, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Meymand", Fars, by bullets of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  محمدمهدی صفری نوجوان ۱۷ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «میمند» فارس به ضرب گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Mohammadmehdi had joined the protests with his friends on "Sepah Street" in Meymand when he died instantly from a direct gunshot to his chest and severe damage to his lung.
  Persian original

  محمدمهدی، به همراه دوستانش در «خیابان سپاه» میمند در اعتراضات حاضر شده بود که با شلیک مستقیم گلوله به قفسه سینه‌اش و آسیب شدید به ریه در دم جان باخت.

• Mohammadmehdi Safari, a 17-year-old teenager from Meymand-e Olya in Fars Province, lost his life on 18 Dey after being hit in the chest by live ammunition and a torn lung. He was the family's first child and, after leaving school, had started working with his father, who works in the crane business. At the time of this incident several of his friends were also present at the scene, and at least two of them also lost their lives.
  Persian original

  محمدمهدی صفری، نوجوان ۱۷ ساله و اهل میمند علیا از توابع استان فارس، در روز ۱۸ دی‌ماه بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی به قفسه سینه و پارگی ریه جان خود را از دست داد. او فرزند اول خانواده بود و پس از ترک تحصیل، همراه پدرش که در حوزه جرثقیل فعالیت می‌کند، مشغول کار شده بود. در زمان وقوع این حادثه، چند تن از دوستان او نیز در محل حضور داشتند و دست‌کم دو نفر از آنان نیز جان باخته‌اند.

After their death

• His body was handed over to his family on Saturday, 20 Dey, after they were made to pledge that no protest slogans would be chanted and no gathering would take place.
  Persian original

  پیکر او را شنبه ۲۰دی در حالی به خانواده‌اش تحویل دادند که از آن‌ها تعهد گرفتند که هیچ شعار اعتراضی و تجمعی صورت نگیرد.

• Mohammadmehdi's funeral procession was held in "Meymand-e Olya" and he was buried.
  Persian original

  مراسم تشییع پیکر محمدمهدی در «میمند علیا» انجام و به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. hamahangi.org
3. hamahangi.org
4. Iran International — memorial map
5. Hana Human Rights Organization
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. IranWire
9. Persian Wikipedia
10. Telegram

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
• Fars Province

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