Matin Ghorbani

متین قربانی

24 years old · Fardis · Alborz Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Barista
  Persian original

  باریستا

• barista
  Persian original

  barista

• Mahsa Khanjani, Matin's wife
  Persian original

  مهسا خانجانی، همسر متین

• wife Mahsa Khanjani
  Persian original

  wife Mahsa Khanjani

• A year earlier he had begun his married life with "Mahsa".
  Persian original

  او یک‌سال قبل زندگی مشترک خود را با «مهسا» آغاز کرده بود.

• Matin was a barista and, like many of his generation, full of hope for the future.
  Persian original

  متین باریستا بود و مثل بسیاری از هم‌نسلانش پر از امید برای آینده.

In the words of those close to them

Why must this be our last photo?— Mahsa Khanjani, Matin's wife

Persian original

چرا این باید عکس آخرمان باشد؟

I wish I had known it was the last time ... I wish I had held you more, I wish I had looked at you more, I wish I had recorded your voice more in my mind ….— Mahsa

Persian original

کاش می‌دانستم آخرین بار است ... کاش بیشتر بغلت می‌کردم، کاش بیشتر نگاهت می‌کردم، کاش صدایت را در ذهنم بیشتر ثبت می‌کردم ….

Why does this have to be our last picture?— wife Mahsa Khanjani

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Why does this have to be our last picture?

I wish I had known it was the last time

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I wish I had known it was the last time

How they died

• Was killed by live ammunition on 19 Dey during the protests in Karaj.
  Persian original

  ۱۹ دی در جریان اعتراضات کرج با گلوله جنگی کشته شد.

• Matin Ghorbani, 27 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Karaj" by live fire from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  متین قربانی ۲۷ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «کرج» با شلیک تیر جنگی توسط نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Matin Ghorbani, a 23-year-old barista, was shot dead during protests in Karaj on January 9.
  Persian original

  Matin Ghorbani, a 23-year-old barista, was shot dead during protests in Karaj on January 9.

After their death

• Together with their last photo together, in which she is holding his cold, lifeless body, Mahsa wrote: "At the last moment you held my hand and said: Mahsa, take care of yourself".
  Persian original

  مهسا در همراه با آخرین تصویر مشترکشان در حالی که پیکر سرد و بی‌جان او را به آغوش کشیده نوشت: «لحظه آخر دستمو گرفتی و گفتی مهسا مراقبت خودت باش».

• Matin Ghorbani was buried at "Emamzadeh Taher" in Karaj.
  Persian original

  متین قربانی در «امام‌زاده طاهر» کرج به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran International
5. Iran International
6. IranWire
7. Iran International

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Alborz Province
• Fardis

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