Pouya Derakhshanunder 18

پویا درخشان

Also known as Pouya Derakhshan

17 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• School student
  Persian original

  دانش‌آموز

• student
  Persian original

  student

• He lived with his grandfather and grandmother
  Persian original

  او با پدربزرگ و مادربزرگش زندگی می‌کرد

• He lived with his grandfather and grandmother and from a young age worked to help the family.
  Persian original

  او با پدربزرگ و مادربزرگش زندگی می‌کرد و از سن پایین برای کمک به خانواده کار می‌کرد.

How they died

• The eternally remembered Pouya Derakhshan lost his life on 19 Dey in the Haft-Howz area of Tehran after being hit in the heart by a bullet.
  Persian original

  جاویدنام پویا درخشان نوزدهم دی‌ماه، در منطقه هفت‌حوض تهران، با اصابت گلوله به قلب جان باخت.

• He was first attacked with baton blows to the head, and then a bullet hit his heart
  Persian original

  ابتدا با ضربات باتوم به سرش حمله شد و سپس گلوله‌ای به قلب او اصابت کرد

• He was first attacked with baton blows to the head, and then a bullet hit his heart.
  Persian original

  ابتدا با ضربات باتوم به سرش حمله شد و سپس گلوله‌ای به قلب او اصابت کرد.

• Pouya was taken by ambulance to Al-Ghadir Hospital, but after examining him the doctors said he had no pulse.
  Persian original

  پویا با آمبولانس به بیمارستان الغدیر منتقل شد، اما پزشکان پس از معاینه اعلام کردند او فاقد نبض بوده است.

• near the Haft Hoz metro station with friends when security forces attacked protesters
  Persian original

  near the Haft Hoz metro station with friends when security forces attacked protesters

• he was beaten on the head with batons, then shot in the heart
  Persian original

  he was beaten on the head with batons, then shot in the heart

After their death

• After being transferred to Kahrizak, his body was lost for a time among the other corpses because of an incorrectly recorded identification code
  Persian original

  پیکر او پس از انتقال به کهریزک، به‌دلیل ثبت اشتباه کد شناسایی، برای مدتی در میان سایر اجساد مفقود شده بود

• He was buried on 20 Dey under security measures in Section 326 of Behesht-e Zahra.
  Persian original

  او ۲۰ دی‌ماه تحت تدابیر امنیتی در قطعه ۳۲۶ بهشت زهرا به خاک سپرده شد.

• a wrong identification code left him missing among the dead
  Persian original

  a wrong identification code left him missing among the dead

• He was buried on January 10 in section 326 under security measures.
  Persian original

  He was buried on January 10 in section 326 under security measures.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Independent Persian
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Hana Human Rights Organization
5. 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
6. Independent Persian
7. Radio Zamaneh
8. Iran International
9. Iran International
10. 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
• Children and teenagers killed
• University students
• School pupils
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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