Shahab Fallahpour

شهاب فلاح‌پور

Also known as شهاب پورفلاح

19 years old · Andimeshk · Khuzestan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

wrestler
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wrestler
Shahab Fallahpour, a 19-year-old wrestler killed in Andimeshk
Persian original
شهاب فلاح‌پور کشتی‌گیر ۱۹ ساله کشته شده در اندیمشک

Shahab Fallahpour was known as a local athlete in Andimeshk
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شهاب فلاح‌پور به‌عنوان ورزشکار محلی در اندیمشک شناخته می‌شد

How they died

He was hit by a sniper from a rooftop
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هدف شلیک تک‌تیراندازی از بالای پشت‌بام قرار گرفته است
The shooting was carried out directly and without warning, and it was not possible to give him aid
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تیراندازی به‌صورت مستقیم و بدون هشدار انجام شده و امکان امدادرسانی به او وجود نداشته است
Sources said Fallahpour, a wrestler from the Shohada neighborhood, was shot on January 9 by sniper fire from a rooftop on Parto Street, without warning.
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Sources said Fallahpour, a wrestler from the Shohada neighborhood, was shot on January 9 by sniper fire from a rooftop on Parto Street, without warning.
Iran International, citing sources, wrote that he had been targeted by a sniper from a rooftop.
Persian original
ایران اینترنشنال به نقل از منابعی نوشت که او توسط تک‌تیراندازی از روی پشت‌بام هدف قرار گرفته بود.

After their death

Three days after Shahab Fallahpour was killed, his body was buried at 4 a.m. with his father and mother present, without a funeral procession and under the supervision of government forces
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سه روز پس از کشته‌شدن شهاب فلاح‌پور، پیکر او ساعت ۴ بامداد و با حضور پدر و مادرش، بدون برگزاری مراسم تشییع و تحت نظارت نیروهای حکومتی به خاک سپرده شد
His family is still under pressure and threats to refrain from informing the media about the killing of their child
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خانواده او همچنان تحت فشار و تهدید قرار دارند تا از اطلاع‌رسانی درباره کشته‌شدن فرزندشان به رسانه‌ها خودداری کنند
His body was buried three days later, before dawn on January 12, in the presence of his parents and under the supervision of government forces
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His body was buried three days later, before dawn on January 12, in the presence of his parents and under the supervision of government forces
No funeral ceremony was permitted, and the family has since been pressured not to speak publicly, the sources said.
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No funeral ceremony was permitted, and the family has since been pressured not to speak publicly, the sources said.
Fallahpour's body three days later, early on 12 January at about 4 a.m., without a funeral procession and with only his parents present
Persian original
پیکر فلاح‌پور سه روز بعد، بامداد ۱۲ ژانویه حدود ساعت ۴ صبح، بدون برگزاری مراسم تشییع و تنها با حضور والدینش

Sources

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

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