Raham Saadatiunder 18

رهام سعادتی

Also known as Roham Saadati

17 years old · Karaj · Alborz Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• School students
  Persian original

  دانش‌آموزانی

• Member of the Setaregan Alborz volleyball team in Karaj
  Persian original

  عضو تیم والیبال ستارگان البرز در کرج

• The eternally remembered Raham Saadati loved volleyball and was a fan of Esteghlal and Real Madrid.
  Persian original

  جاویدنام رهام سعادتی عاشق والیبال‌ و علاقه‌مند به استقلال و رئال مادرید بود.

• Raham was a member of the "Setaregan Alborz" volleyball team.
  Persian original

  رهام عضو تیم والیبال «ستارگان البرز» بود.

How they died

• He was killed on the night of 18 Dey at the Mesbah intersection in Karaj by a live round from behind that hit his lung.
  Persian original

  او شب هجدهم دی‌ماه در چهارراه مصباح کرج با شلیک گلوله جنگی از پشت و اصابت آن به ریه، کشته شد.

• He lost his life on the evening of 18 Dey in Karaj during the protests at the Mesbah intersection, from a direct gunshot that hit his lung area.
  Persian original

  او شامگاه ۱۸ دی در کرج و در جریان اعتراضات چهارراه مصباح با شلیک مستقیم گلوله و اصابت آن به ناحیه ریه، جان باخت.

• On the evening of Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, he was killed by direct shooting of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic to the lung area
  Persian original

  شامگاه پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه ریه، کشته شد

• After being separated from his family in the crowd, he disappeared, and hours later his body was found at a clinic
  Persian original

  پس از جدا شدن از خانواده‌اش در شلوغی جمعیت، ناپدید شد و ساعاتی بعد پیکر او در یک درمانگاه پیدا شد

• Raham Saadati, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in the "Mesbah" neighbourhood of Karaj by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  رهام سعادتی نوجوان ۱۷ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات محله «مصباح» کرج با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Government agents shot Raham in the chest.
  Persian original

  ماموران حکومتی به قفسه سینه رهام شلیک کردند.

After their death

• The family were put under financial pressure for the handover of his body.
  Persian original

  خانواده برای تحویل پیکر او تحت فشار مالی قرار گرفتند.

• To receive their child's body, the Saadati family were forced to pay a heavy sum
  Persian original

  خانواده سعادتی برای دریافت پیکر فرزندشان، وادار به پرداخت هزینه‌ای سنگین شده

• Under pressure, in a securitised atmosphere and with restrictions, they buried Raham's body at the Hajiabad cemetery in Karaj
  Persian original

  تحت فشار، در فضایی امنیتی و با محدودیت، در قبرستان حاجی‌آباد کرج، پیکر رهام را به‌خاک سپردند

• Raham's family were able, in the very first hours after their child was killed, to receive Raham's body with a burial permit and bury him.
  Persian original

  خانواده رهام توانستند در همان ساعات نخست کشته شدن فرزندشان، پیکر رهام را با جواز دفن، تحویل گرفته و به خاک بسپارند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Euronews Persian
4. Independent Persian
5. Iran International — memorial map
6. Hana Human Rights Organization
7. Center for Human Rights in Iran — Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’ - Center for Human Rights in Iran
8. Independent Persian
9. Radio Zamaneh
10. Iran International
11. Iran International
12. IranWire
13. Voice of America Persian

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
• Children and teenagers killed
• School pupils
• Athletes
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Alborz Province
• Karaj

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