Saman Nazari

سامان نظری

23 years old · Kermanshah

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

According to reports received by IranWire, as well as videos published by media outlets and on social media, Islamic Republic security forces used widespread violence against protesters in Kermanshah.
Persian original
According to reports received by IranWire, as well as videos published by media outlets and on social media, Islamic Republic security forces used widespread violence against protesters in Kermanshah.
IranWire had earlier identified another injured protester in Dieselabad, Kermanshah.
Persian original
IranWire had earlier identified another injured protester in Dieselabad, Kermanshah.

How they died

Hana Human Rights Organisation has learned that on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, Saman Nazari lost his life during the popular protests in the Darreh Derij area of Kermanshah Province as a result of direct shooting by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Persian original
سازمان حقوق بشری هانا مطلع شده‌، روز پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴، سامان نظری در جریان اعتراضات مردمی در منطقه دره‌دریژ از توابع استان کرمانشاه، بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران جان خود را از دست داده است.
As a result of this repression, besides Saman Nazari, at least four other citizens named Mohammadreza Karami (16 years old), Reza Azimzadeh, Mehdi Emamipour and Fares (Mohsen) Aghamohammadi have lost their lives.
Persian original
در نتیجه این سرکوب، علاوه بر سامان نظری، دست‌کم چهار شهروند دیگر به نام‌های محمدرضا کرمی (۱۶ ساله)، رضا عظیم‌زاده، مهدی امامی‌پور و فارص (محسن) آقامحمدی، جان باخته‌اند.
It should be noted that two of those killed lost their lives after being taken to medical centres, due to the severity of their injuries.
Persian original
لازم به ذکراست، دو تن از این جان‌باختگان به دلیل شدت جراحات وارده، پس از انتقال به مراکز درمانی جان باخته‌اند.
Kermanshah: Saman Nazari, a 21-year-old Yarsan Kurdish young man, the identity of another of those killed on 18 Dey, killed by a live round to the eye.
Persian original
کرمانشاه؛ سامان نظری، جوان ۲۱ ساله کورد یارسان، هویت یکی دیگر از جان‌باختگان ۱۸ دی کشته‌شده با شلیک گلوله جنگی به چشم .
17 Bahman 1404: "Saman Nazari", a 21-year-old Yarsan Kurdish young man from Kermanshah, is the identity of another of those killed in the popular protests of 18 Dey 1404 in the "Darreh Derij" neighbourhood of Kermanshah, who lost his life from direct live fire to the eye area by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
۱۷ بهمن ۱۴۰۴؛ «سامان نظری»، جوان ۲۱ ساله کورد یارسان و اهل کرمانشاه، هویت یکی دیگر از جان‌باختگان اعتراضات مردمی ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در محله «دره‌دریژ» کرمانشاه است که با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی توسط نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه چشم جان خود را از دست داد.
According to information received by IranWire, three Yarsan citizens - Arman Fathi, Saman Nazari, and Afshar Najafi - were shot directly by security forces during the Thursday protests in the Darreh Deraz (Darreh Derij) neighborhood of Kermanshah.
Persian original
According to information received by IranWire, three Yarsan citizens - Arman Fathi, Saman Nazari, and Afshar Najafi - were shot directly by security forces during the Thursday protests in the Darreh Deraz (Darreh Derij) neighborhood of Kermanshah.

After their death

An informed source, confirming this news, told Kurdpa: the body of this person killed [in] 1404 was buried in the cemetery of the village of "Shovin" in Dalahu, Kermanshah.
Persian original
یک منبع مطلع ضمن تأیید این خبر به کُردپا گفت؛ پیکر این جان‌باخته۱۴۰۴ در آرامستان روستای «شوین» از توابع دالاهو در کرمانشاه به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

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