Sina Kazemi

سینا کاظمی

22 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

22-year-old software engineering student
Persian original
دانشجوی ۲۲ ساله مهندسی نرم‌افزار

In the days of the Mahsa protests he was a 19-year-old young man. He went into the street and raised his cry of anger alongside his generation
Persian original
او در روزهای اعتراضات مهسا، جوانی ۱۹ ساله بود. به خیابان رفت، فریاد خشمش را در کنار هم‌نسلانش سر داد
Sina Kazemi was a final-semester software engineering student.
Persian original
سینا کاظمی دانشجوی ترم آخر مهندسی نرم‌افزار بود.
He played the guitar and was an athlete.
Persian original
گیتار می‌نواخت و ورزش‌کار بود.

In the words of those close to them

I testify that my brother was unarmed when he was killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s forces on January 8, 2026,— sister
Persian original
I testify that my brother was unarmed when he was killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s forces on January 8, 2026,

He was not acting on behalf of any foreign government. I seek truth, justice, and accountability.— sister
Persian original
He was not acting on behalf of any foreign government. I seek truth, justice, and accountability.

How they died

On 18 Dey he was targeted from behind by direct shooting of the forces of the Islamic Republic and killed.
Persian original
۱۸ دی‌ماه با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی، از پشت هدف قرار گرفت و کشته شد.
Sina Kazemi, 22 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Tehranpars", Tehran, by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
سینا کاظمی ۲۲ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «تهران‌پارس» تهران، با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
Government agents targeted Sina from behind with their weapons.
Persian original
ماموران حکومتی، سینا را از پشت‌سر هدف شلیک سلاح‌ خود قرار دادند.
Eighth-semester software engineering student, athlete and guitarist. Shot in the back; the family found out after 6 days.
Persian original
دانشجوی ترم ۸ مهندسی نرم‌افزار، ورزشکار و گیتاریست. شلیک به ناحیه پشت، خانواده پس از ۶ روز اطلاع یافتند.

After their death

After several days of his family's searching he was identified among the bodies.
Persian original
پس از چند روز جست‌وجوی خانواده‌اش در میان اجساد شناسایی شد.
It took Sina's family several days to find their loved one's body.
Persian original
خانواده سینا چندین روز طول کشید تا پیکر عزیزشان را پیدا کنند.

Sources

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