Mohammad Erfan Faraji

محمد عرفان فرجی

18 years old · Rey · Tehran Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Final-year high-school student
  Persian original

  دانش‌آموز سال آخر دبیرستان

• Lost his life two days after his birthday
  Persian original

  دو روز بعد از تولدش جان باخت

In the words of those close to them

My nephew, Erfan Faraji. This news, before anything else, brought to mind the face of a young man who will never come home again.— Majid Moqaddasi, maternal uncle

Persian original

خواهرزاده‌ام، عرفان فرجی. این خبر قبل از هر چیز یادآور چهرهٔ جوانی بود که دیگر هرگز به خانه برنمی‌گردد.

How they died

• Shot
  Persian original

  Shot

• Was killed during the protests in the city of Tehran at Behesht Square in the "Naziabad" area by gunfire of security forces. A video of the last birthday of "Mohammad Erfan Faraji", an 18-year-old protester who was killed two nights after his birthday by a bullet in the Behesht Square neighbourhood of Naziabad, Tehran. According to Majid Moqaddasi, Erfan's maternal uncle, speaking to "IranWire", the bullet hit Erfan's body from behind and, after passing through his heart, exited from his chest. This incident occurred at around 8 p.m. on 18 Dey. Erfan lived in Shahr-e Rey.
  Persian original

  در جریان اعتراضات شهر تهران در میدان بهشت منطقه «نازی‌آباد» با شلیک گلوله نیروهای امنیتی کشته شد. ویدیوی آخرین تولد «محمد عرفان فرجی» معترض ۱۸ ساله که دو شب پس از تولدش با اصابت گلوله در محله میدان بهشتِ نازی‌آباد تهران کشته شد. به گفته مجید مقدسی، دایی عرفان، به «ایران‌وایر»، گلوله از پشت به بدن عرفان اصابت کرده و پس از عبور از قلب، از سینه او خارج شده است. این حادثه حوالی ساعت ۸ شبِ ۱۸ دی‌ماه رخ داده است. عرفان ساکن شهر ری بود.

• On 18 Dey, Mohammaderfan Faraji was filming the protests with his mobile phone at Behesht Square in Naziabad when he was hit from behind by live ammunition of military and security agents and lost his life.
  Persian original

  ۱۸ دی ماه، محمدعرفان فرجی در میدان بهشت نازی آباد با موبایلش از اعتراضات فیلم می‌گرفت که از پشت هدف گلوله جنگی ماموران نظامی و امنیتی قرار گرفته و جان باخت.

• The bullet entered from his lower back and exited from his heart
  Persian original

  گلوله از پشت کمر وارد شده و از قلب او خارج شده است

After their death

• His family are under heavy pressure, and they have been threatened that Erfan's grave will be opened and his body taken out
  Persian original

  خانواده او به شدت تحت فشار هستند و آنها را تهدید کرده‌اند که قبر عرفان را باز کرده و پیکر او بیرون خواهند آورد

• The People's Mojahedin have put Erfan's name on their list, whereas this is in no way true
  Persian original

  مجاهدین خلق اسم عرفان را در لیست خود گذاشته‌اند در حالیکه این به هیچ عنوان واقعیت ندارد

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. IranWire
3. Hengaw
4. Iran International — memorial map
5. Radio Farda
6. Persian Wikipedia
7. Radio Farda

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
• School pupils
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province

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