Ali Ghorbani

علی قربانی

19 years old · Pasargad County · Fars Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Worker
  Persian original

  کارگر

• His mother had died, and since then Ali and his brother had lived relying only on each other
  Persian original

  مادرش درگذشته بود و از آن زمان علی و برادرش تنها با تکیه بر یکدیگر زندگی می‌کردند

• He has a sister and a brother. His mother had died six months earlier and his father is in prison
  Persian original

  یک خواهر و برادر دارد. مادرش شش ماه پیش فوت شده بود و پدرش زندانی است

• After his mother's death he lived with his maternal aunt
  Persian original

  بعد از فوت مادرش با خاله‌اش زندگی می‌کرد

• Born 4 Aban 1382
  Persian original

  متولد چهارم آبان ۱۳۸۲

• Hard-working, calm, sociable and family-loving
  Persian original

  زحمتکش، آرام، مردم‌دار و خانواده‌دوست

• From his teens Ali stood on his own feet and worked
  Persian original

  علی از نوجوانی روی پای خود ایستاد و کار می‌کرد

In the words of those close to them

For fear that the agents would take his body from us, we had put ice on his chest until morning. No one slept.— A family member

Persian original

از ترس اینکه مامورها پیکرش را از ما بگیرند، تا صبح روی سینه‌اش یخ گذاشته بودیم. هیچ‌کس نخوابید.

After our mother's death, Ali felt more responsible than before.— A family member

Persian original

بعد از فوت مادرمان، علی بیش از قبل احساس مسئولیت می‌کرد.

How they died

• Was killed by the government's repressive agents in the protests of 18 Dey in Pasargad County
  Persian original

  در اعتراضات ۱۸ دی‌ در شهرستان پاسارگاد به دست ماموران سرکوبگر حکومت کشته شد

• The bullet that hit Ali was live ammunition
  Persian original

  گلوله‌ای که به علی اصابت کرد جنگی بود

• On 18 Dey in Pasargad he lost his life after being hit in the heart by live ammunition
  Persian original

  ۱۸ دی‌ماه در در پاسارگاد بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی به قلبش جان باخت

After their death

• In the end they were forced to hand over the body to government officials
  Persian original

  درنهایت ناچار شدند پیکر را تحویل مقام‌های حکومتی بدهند

• Six full days in total uncertainty
  Persian original

  شش روز کامل در بی‌خبری مطلق

• In the following months family members were repeatedly summoned to the Pasargad intelligence office
  Persian original

  اعضای خانواده در ماه‌های بعد بارها به اداره اطلاعات پاسارگاد احضار شدند

• His family were forced to bury his body at five in the morning in the presence of security forces
  Persian original

  خانواده او مجبور شدند که پیکرش را ساعت پنج صبح در حضور نیروهای امنیتی به خاک بسپارند

• The security forces, with the mediation of the head of the Pasargad judiciary, took his body away
  Persian original

  نیروهای امنیتی با وساطت رئیس دادگستری پاسارگاد، پیکرش را بردند

• His sister and brother have been told that they have no right to leave their neighbourhood
  Persian original

  به خواهر و برادر او گفته شده است که حق خروج از محلهٔ خود را ندارند

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Independent Persian
6. Radio Farda

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
• Workers
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Fars Province

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