Ahmad Khosravani

احمد خسروانی

21 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

Basketball player of Sharif University
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بسکتبالیست دانشگاه شریف
professional basketball player
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professional basketball player
University student
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دانشجو

Ahmad Khosravani's father is one of those wounded in the Iran–Iraq war.
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پدر احمد خسروانی، از مجروحان جنگ ایران و عراق به‌شمار می‌رود.
His father is also a disabled veteran of the Iran–Iraq war.
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پدر او نیز از جانبازان جنگ ایران و عراق است.

With the Farzan Shemiran team he had become champion of the Tehran 3x3 basketball competitions and also held the title of best player of the Tehran league in 1404
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با تیم فرزان شمیران در مسابقات بسکتبال سه نفره تهران قهرمان شده بود و عنوان برترین بازیکن لیگ تهران در سال ۱۴۰۴ هم داشت
Together with the Farzan Shemiran team he had won the championship of the Tehran 3x3 basketball competitions and had been chosen as the best player of the Tehran league in 1404.
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همراه تیم فرزان شمیران عنوان قهرمانی مسابقات بسکتبال سه‌نفره تهران را کسب کرده و به عنوان بهترین بازیکن لیگ تهران در سال ۱۴۰۴ انتخاب شده بود.
He was from Eyvan-e Gharb in Ilam Province and a student at Sharif University in Tehran, and played basketball.
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او اهل ایوان غرب استان ایلام و دانشجوی دانشگاه شریف تهران بود و در رشته بسکتبال فعالیت ورزشی داشت.

In the words of those close to them

They said that because Ahmad is over 198 tall and the graves in my dad's section are 193 long, we have to break his legs so that he fits in the grave.— His sister
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گفتند چون قد احمد بالای ۱۹۸ است و سایز قبرهای قطعه بابام ۱۹۳ است ‏باید پاهایش را بشکنیم تا داخل قبر جا شود.

They said: "You cannot bury a rioter next to the grave of a disabled veteran; they are pure, but these are rioters."— His sister
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گفتند: «نمی توانید اغتشاشگر را کنار مزار جانباز دفن کنید، آنها مطهرند، اما اینها اغتشاشگر.»

You were afraid of the name of my brother Ahmad Khosravani; now you are even terrified of his shirt number.— Sister
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از نام برادرم احمد خسروانی ترسیدید، حالا از شماره پیراهنش هم وحشت دارید.

He was not acting on behalf of any foreign government,— sister
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He was not acting on behalf of any foreign government,

They shot him directly in the heart.— sister
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They shot him directly in the heart.

How they died

Was killed on the evening of Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, by a direct bullet.
Persian original
شامگاه پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ با شلیک مستقیم گلوله کشته شد.
On 18 Dey 1404, during the nationwide protests, he lost his life as a result of direct shooting by security forces.
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روز ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات سراسری، بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی جان باخت.
They shot him directly in the heart.
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They shot him directly in the heart.
Student at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
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دانشجوی دانشگاه صنعتی شریف، تهران
Ahmad Khosravani, 21 years old, was killed on 18 Dey 1404 during the popular protests in the city of Tehran by gunfire from the military-security forces of the Islamic Republic.
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احمد خسروانی، ۲۱ ساله، ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شهر تهران، با شلیک گلوله از سوی نیروهای نظامی-امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, a Kurdish citizen identified as "Ahmad Khosravani", 21 years old, from Eyvan-e Gharb and residing in Tehran, lost his life during the popular protests in Tehran as a result of direct shooting by 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، یک شهروندکُرد با هویت “احمد خسروانی” ۲۱ ساله و اهل ایوانغرب و ساکن تهران، در جریان اعتراضات مردمی در تهران بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران جان خود را از دست داده است.

After their death

"After begging and paying money to the hungry ones of the Islamic Republic, they agreed to let us put Ahmad on my dad's grave"
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«‏بعد از التماس و پول دادن به گرسنگان جمهوری اسلامی، قبول کردند احمدو روی مزار بابام بزاریم»
"They were talking about Ahmad, and we were only humiliated amid the pain, and all they were after was money."
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«احمد را می گفتند و ما فقط تحقیر شدیم میان درد و اون ها فقط دنبال پول بودند.»
The basketball federation of the Islamic Republic has ordered all players who play with the number 91 to change their shirt number.
Persian original
فدراسیون بسکتبال جمهوری اسلامی به همه بازیکنانی که با شماره ۹۱ به میدان می‌روند، دستور داده است شماره پیراهن خود را تغییر دهند.

Sources

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