Daniel Maranki
Dey 1404 Killed during protests
Life
- He was last seen in the area of Haji Sadeghi Street with his friends chanting slogans, and suddenly disappeared from among them.
Persian original
او آخرین بار در محدوده خیابان حاجی صادقی همراه دوستانش در حال شعار دادن دیده شد و به ناگاه از میان آنها ناپدید شد.
- Minutes later, when his friends were trying to find him, he answered his mobile phone and said he was bleeding.
Persian original
دقایقی بعد وقتی دوستانش تلاش می‌کردند او را پیدا کنند به تلفن همراهش جواب داد و گفت خونریزی دارد.
- A pledge was taken from them not to inform media outside Iran.
Persian original
از آنها تعهد گرفته شد که به رسانه‌های خارج از ایران اطلاع‌رسانی نکنند.
- Danial was interested in writing protest poetry and wrote texts with social themes.
Persian original
دانیال به نوشتن شعر اعتراضی علاقه داشت و متن‌های با مضامین اجتماعی می‌نوشت.
How they died
- Danial Maranki, 29 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Tehran" by bullets of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
دانیال مرانکی۲۹ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «تهران» به ضرب گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
- Danial worked as a motorcycle courier and lost his life at Chehelom Square in "Narmak", Tehran, from direct live fire of the repressive agents to his chest.
Persian original
دانیال به‌عنوان پیک موتوری کار می‌کرد که در میدان چهلم «نارمک» تهران بر اثر شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی ماموران سرکوب به قفسه سینه‌اش جان باخت.
- One of Danial's friends tells IranWire: "We called several times until he finally answered and said he had been wounded. He gave an address in the area of Hefdahom Square, but we found him at Chehelom Square with a gunshot wound to his chest."
Persian original
یکی از دوستان دانیال به ایران‌وایر می‌گوید: «چندین بار تماس گرفتیم تا بالاخره جواب داد و گفت زخمی شده است. آدرس داد که در محدوده میدان هفدهم است ولی ما در میدان چهلم در حالی که به قفسه سینه‌اش شلیک شده بود، او را یافتیم.»
After their death
- His body was found in the area of Hefdahom and Chehelom Squares in Narmak.
Persian original
پیکر او در محدوده میدان‌های هفدهم و چهلم نارمک پیدا شد.
- To receive his body, his family were pressured to declare that Danial had been a "Basij member".
Persian original
خانواده او برای تحویل پیکرش تحت فشار بودند تا اعلام کنند دانیال «بسیجی» بوده است.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- IranWire
- Persian Wikipedia
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
- Tehran Province
- Tehran
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