Keyvan Rezaei

کیوان رضایی

35 years old · Kermanshah

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• A Kurdish follower of Yarsan
  Persian original

  از پیروان کُرد یارسان

How they died

• Was killed by gunfire of IRGC forces, hit by live ammunition
  Persian original

  با تیراندازی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران و اصابت گلوله جنگی کشته شده است

• Was killed in the "Darreh Derij" neighbourhood of Kermanshah by direct live fire from the IRGC's "Nabi Akram" forces
  Persian original

  با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی توسط نیروهای سپاه «نبی اکرمی» در محله «دره‌دریژ» کرمانشاه کشته شد

• According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, a Kurdish citizen identified as Keyvan Rezaei, a follower of the Yarsan faith and from Kermanshah, lost his life during the protests in the Darreh Derij neighbourhood of this province from direct live fire 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 شهروند کرد با هویت کیوان رضایی، از پیروان آیین یارسان و اهل کرمانشاه، در جریان اعتراضات در محله دره‌دریژ این استان، با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی توسط نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران جان خود را از دست داده است.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Hengaw
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
6. Kurdpa
7. Hana Human Rights Organization

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Kermanshah Province
• Kermanshah

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