Erfan Kari Kenzagh

عرفان کاری کنزق

Also known as عرفان کاری

20 years old · Tehran Province

Killed during protests

Life

• Wrestling champion of Tehran Province
  Persian original

  قهرمان کشتی استان تهران

• He had a special fondness for Navid Afkari, the Shiraz wrestler who was executed by the Islamic Republic, and always named him as his role model
  Persian original

  به نوید افکاری، کشتی‌گیر شیرازی که از سوی جمهوری اسلامی اعدام شد، علاقه خاصی داشته و همواره از او به‌عنوان الگوی خود نام می‌برده است

In the words of those close to them

Those close to him have recounted that the eternally remembered Kari had a special fondness for Navid Afkari, the Shiraz wrestler who was executed by the Islamic Republic, and always named him as his role model.— Those close to him

Persian original

نزدیکان او روایت کرده‌اند جاویدنام کاری، به نوید افکاری، کشتی‌گیر شیرازی که از سوی جمهوری اسلامی اعدام شد، علاقه خاصی داشته و همواره از او به‌عنوان الگوی خود نام می‌برده است.

How they died

• On the evening of Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the Khalij-e Fars area of Tehran, he was killed by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic with live ammunition
  Persian original

  شامگاه پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴ در منطقه خلیج فارس تهران توسط نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی و با تیر جنگی قتل رسید

• shot
  Persian original

  shot

• Wrestling champion of Tehran Province
  Persian original

  قهرمان کشتی استان تهران

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
3. Iran International
4. Iran International — memorial map
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
7. Persian Wikipedia

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
• Athletes
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Tehran Province

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