Reza Askandar Pour

رضا اسکندرپور

37 years old · Tehran

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Owner of a cabinet-making workshop in Ariashahr
  Persian original

  صاحب یک کارگاه کابینت‌سازی در آریاشهر

• According to those close to him, he was about to get married
  Persian original

  به گفته نزدیکانش، در آستانه ازدواج قرار داشت

• His mother has said that before leaving the house Reza handed her his mobile phone, its passcode and his car keys and asked for her forgiveness.
  Persian original

  مادر او گفته رضا پیش از خروج از خانه، تلفن همراه، رمز آن و سوییچ خودرویش را به او تحویل داده و حلالیت طلبید.

• On 18 Dey he gave his mobile and car keys to his mother and went into the street to protest
  Persian original

  روز ۱۸ دی‌ماه موبایل و سوئیچ ماشین خود را به مادرش داد و برای اعتراض به خیابان رفت

How they died

• Reza returns to the scene to help his wounded friend.
  Persian original

  رضا برای کمک به دوست مجروح خود به محل بازمی‌گردد.

• Then the repressive agents target Reza Askandar Pour with six live rounds, and he is killed on the spot.
  Persian original

  در ادامه، ماموران سرکوب با شلیک شش گلوله جنگی رضا اسکندرپور را هدف قرار داده و او در محل کشته می‌شود.

• Reza Askandar Pour, 37 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in the "Ariashahr" area of Tehran by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  رضا اسکندرپور ۳۷ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات منطقه «آریاشهر» تهران با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Reza's head, heart, throat, chest and leg were targeted by the weapons of the repressors.
  Persian original

  سر، قلب، گلو، قفسه سینه و پای رضا هدف سلاح سرکوب‌گران قرار گرفت.

• shot
  Persian original

  shot

• Shot
  Persian original

  Shot

After their death

• Reza Askandar Pour was buried on Sunday, 21 Dey, in "Behesht-e Zahra".
  Persian original

  رضا اسکندرپور را یکشنبه ۲۱دی در «بهشت زهرا» به خاک سپردند.

• Two days later his family identified his body in Kahrizak among a mass of corpses
  Persian original

  دو روز بعد خانواده‌اش،‌ پیکر او را در کهریزک در میان انبوهی از اجساد شناسایی کردند

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran Human Rights Society
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran International
6. IranWire
7. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
8. Radio Farda
9. Radio Farda
10. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)

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
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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