Amirali Ghanbarzadeh Noshanghunder 18

امیرعلی قنبرزاده نوشنق

Also known as امیرعلی قنبرزاده

16 years old · Garmdareh · Alborz Province

Killed during protests

Life

• Basketball player and member of the Pas Academy junior team
  Persian original

  بسکتبالیست و بازیکن تیم نونهالان آکادمی پاس

• 16-year-old basketball player and member of the junior team of the Pas Basketball Academy
  Persian original

  بسکتبالیست ۱۶ ساله و بازیکن تیم نونهالان آکادمی بسکتبال پاس

• Witnesses say he was moving ahead of the others with his arms spread to protect those around him; a familiar move on the basketball court.
  Persian original

  شاهدان می‌گویند جلوتر از دیگران حرکت می‌کرد و دست‌هایش را باز کرده بود تا از اطرافیان محافظت کند؛ حرکتی آشنا در زمین بسکتبال.

• In a photo published by his father, written on his shirt is: "You may see me struggle, but you will never see me give up."
  Persian original

  در عکسی که پدرش منتشر کرد، روی پیراهنش نوشته شده: «ممکن است مرا در تقلا ببینی، اما تسلیم شدنم را هرگز نخواهی دید.»

• During the protests he was moving ahead of the others, and at the same time had spread his arms to protect the others
  Persian original

  در جریان اعتراضات جلوتر از دیگران حرکت می‌کرد و در همان حال دست‌هایش را باز کرده بود تا از سایرین محافظت کند

• "You may see me struggle, but you will never see me give up."
  Persian original

  «ممکن است مرا در تقلا ببینی، اما هرگز تسلیم شدنم را نخواهی دید.»

How they died

• At that very moment, three live rounds were fired at his head.
  Persian original

  در همان لحظه، سه گلوله جنگی به سمت سر او شلیک شد.

• Amirali Ghanbarzadeh, a 16-year-old basketball player and member of the junior team of the Pas Basketball Academy, was killed on the evening of 19 Dey 1404 in Garmdareh, Alborz Province, by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic. During the protests he was moving ahead of the others, and at the same time had spread his arms to protect the others, similar to a defensive move he had learned in basketball. At that same time, three live rounds were fired at his head by the repressive forces and he lost his life.
  Persian original

  امیرعلی قنبرزاده، بسکتبالیست ۱۶ ساله و بازیکن تیم نونهالان آکادمی بسکتبال پاس، در شامگاه ۱۹ دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴ در گرمدره استان البرز به دست نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد. او در جریان اعتراضات جلوتر از دیگران حرکت می‌کرد و در همان حال دست‌هایش را باز کرده بود تا از سایرین محافظت کند، مشابه حرکتی دفاعی که در بسکتبال آموخته بود. در همان زمان، سه گلوله جنگی از سوی نیروهای سرکوب به سمت سر او شلیک شد و او جان باخت.

• Amirali Ghanbarzadeh, a 16-year-old teenager and basketball player, was shot on 19 Dey during the protests and lost his life in his mother's arms.
  Persian original

  امیرعلی قنبرزاده، نوجوان ۱۶ ساله و بسکتبالیست، ۱۹ دی‌ماه در جریان اعتراضات هدف گلوله قرار گرفت و در آغوش مادرش جان باخت.

After their death

• His burial and mourning ceremony were also held under security measures.
  Persian original

  خاکسپاری و مراسم عزاداری او نیز تحت تدابیر امنیتی برگزار شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International
4. Iran International — memorial map
5. Hana Human Rights Organization
6. Iran Human Rights Society
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. Independent Persian
10. Radio Zamaneh
11. Iran International
12. Persian Wikipedia
13. 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)
• Killed during protests
• Children and teenagers killed
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Alborz Province

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