Mohammad Saleh Zarif-Moghaddam

محمد صالح ظریف مقدم

28 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

A boxing coach who lived in the city of Tehran and was self-employed
Persian original
مربی بوکس که ساکن شهر تهران بود، شغل آزاد داشت

He has a five-year-old son named Barsam
Persian original
پسر پنج ساله‌ای به نام برسام دارد

He had also been present at the protests in 1401
Persian original
او در اعتراضات سال ۱۴۰۱ هم در اعتراضات حاضر شده بود
"Since the start of the protests in Iran he had been telling other family members that he would take part in every protest gathering held."
Persian original
«از زمان آغاز اعتراضات در ایران او با دیگر اعضای خانواده‌ صحبت می‌کرد که در هر تجمع اعتراضی که برگزار شود، شرکت خواهد کرد.»

In the words of those close to them

"How do you tell a five-year-old child that they killed your father with two live rounds?"— Farzaneh, Mohammadsaleh's paternal aunt
Persian original
«چطور به یک بچه پنج ساله بگویند، پدرت را با دو گلوله جنگی کشتند.»

"These were all ordinary young people with empty hands.— Farzaneh, Mohammadsaleh's paternal aunt
Persian original
«این‌ها همه جوانان عادی با دست خالی بودند.

The only thing they had was their voices to chant slogans, and their fists."— Farzaneh
Persian original
تنها چیزی که داشتند صدایشان بود که شعار دهند و مشتشان.»

How they died

"According to the account of his friend's girlfriend, who survived unharmed, after he fell to the ground they fired a coup de grâce into his head."
Persian original
«به روایت دوست‌دختر دوستش که او سالم مانده، پس از اینکه او روی زمین می‌افتد، به سرش تیر خلاص زدند.»
Mohammadsaleh Zarif-Moghaddam, 28 years old, was hit in the side by live fire of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests on "Sattarkhan" Street in Tehran, was wounded and fell to the ground.
Persian original
محمدصالح ظریف‌مقدم ۲۸ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی‌۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات خیابان «ستارخان» در تهران هدف شلیک تیر جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی از ناحیه پهلو قرار گرفت، مجروح شد و به زمین افتاد.
Boxing coach, self-employed, killed on the path of freedom. After being wounded in the side, they fired a coup de grâce into his head
Persian original
مربی بوکس، شغل آزاد، در راه آزادی کشته شد. پس از اینکه از پهلو زخمی شد، به سرش تیر خلاص زدند

After their death

"After they identified his body, they set the condition for its handover that they must sign a paper stating that their son was a Basij member, otherwise they would not hand over the body."
Persian original
«پس از اینکه جسد او را شناسایی کردند، برای تحویل پیکرش شرط گذاشتند که باید برگه‌ای را امضا کنند که پسرشان بسیجی بود و در غیراین صورت جسد را تحویل نخواهند داد.»
The agents had at first demanded payment of 700 million, but this struggle continued for four days until they were finally able to receive Mohammadsaleh's body by paying 200 million.
Persian original
ماموران در ابتدا تقاضای پرداخت ۷۰۰ میلیون کرده بودند اما چهار روز این کشمکش ادامه داشته تا نهایتا توانسته‌اند با پرداخت ۲۰۰ میلیون، جسد محمد صالح را تحویل بگیرند.
Mohammadsaleh's body was finally handed over to the family on Monday, 22 Dey, and he has been buried in a completely securitised atmosphere in Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran.
Persian original
پیکر محمدصالح را در نهایت روز دوشنبه ۲۲ دی ماه به خانوده تحویل دادند و در فضایی کاملا امنیتی در بهشت‌زهرای تهران به خاک سپرده شده است.
His family have not yet been able to tell him the news of his father's killing
Persian original
خانواده‌اش هنوز نتوانسته‌اند خبر کشته شدن پدرش را به او بدهند
The Basijis began beating him, and when his friends tried to get him to hospital, a Basij agent killed him with a shot to his forehead.
Persian original
بسیجی‌ها شروع به ضرب‌و‌شتم او کردند و وقتی دوستانش تلاش کردند او را به بیمارستان برسانند، یک مامور بسیجی با شلیک گلوله به پیشانی‌اش، او را کشت.
On Tuesday, 23 Dey, by paying 200 million tomans, Mohammadsaleh's family were able to receive his body and bury him in "Behesht-e Zahra" in Tehran.
Persian original
سه‌شنبه ۲۳دی، خانواده محمدصالح با پرداخت مبلغ ۲۰۰میلیون تومان توانستند پیکرش را تحویل بگیرند و در «بهشت زهرا» تهران به خاک بسپارند.

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