Mohammad Soltani Fardunder 18

محمد سلطانی‌فرد

16 years old · Mahalat · Markazi Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• He was a first-year high-school student in the computer stream.
  Persian original

  او دانش‌آموز سال اول دبیرستان در رشته کامپیوتر بود.

How they died

• Mohammad Soltani Fard, 16 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Mahallat", Markazi Province, by bullets of agents of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  محمد سلطانی‌فرد ۱۶ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «محلات» استان مرکزی به ضرب گلوله ماموران جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• When Mohammad wanted to help "Behnam Kashani", who had been wounded, he was shot from behind by agents and died instantly.
  Persian original

  محمد وقتی می‌خواست به «بهنام کاشانی» که مجروح شده بود کمک کند از پشت سر هدف شلیک گلوله ماموران قرار گرفت و در دم جان باخت.

• He loved football and, with the dream of becoming a member of the national football team, had begun playing professionally for teams in Mahallat, but the bullet of the repressive agents of the Islamic Republic stole this dream.
  Persian original

  عاشق فوتبال بود و با رویای عضو تیم ملی فوتبال شدن، بازی حرفه‌ای در تیم‌های محلات را آغاز کرده‌ بود اما گلوله ماموران سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی این رویا را ربود.

• Shot from behind. He was trying to help "Behnam Kashani", who had been wounded by the agents' shooting. Both were killed by the agents' gunfire. According to one of Mohammad's friends, he was born on 15 Dey 1388 and was killed only 3 days after his 16th birthday. He tells IranWire about Mohammad: "Mohammad was a first-year high-school student in the computer stream and loved football. His dream was to play one day in the national football team, and he had just managed to get into the professional football teams of Mahallat, but the agents stole this dream from him and his family."
  Persian original

  شلیک از پشت سر. او تلاش داشت به «بهنام کاشانی» که بر اثر شلیک مأموران مجروح شده بود کمک کند. هر دو نفر بر اثر تیراندازی مأموران کشته‌ شدند. به گفته یکی از دوستان محمد، او ۱۵ دی ۱۳۸۸ به دنیا آمده بود و تنها ۳ روز پس از تولد ۱۶ سالگی‌اش کشته شد. او دربار محمد به ایران‌وایر می‌گوید: «محمد دانش‌آموز سال اول دبیرستان در رشته کامپیوتر بود و عاشق فوتبال. رویایش این بود که روزی در تیم ملی فوتبال بازی کند و تازه موفق شده وارد تیم‌های حرفه‌ای فوتبال محلات شود اما مأموران این رویا را از او و خانواده‌اش ربودند.»

After their death

• His body was handed over to his family three days later and, on condition that the funeral procession be held with a limited number of close family members, he was buried at 7 a.m. on 22 Dey.
  Persian original

  پیکر او سه روز بعد به خانواده‌اش تحویل شد و با این شرط که تشییع‌پیکر با تعداد محدودی از اعضای نزدیک خانواده اجرا شود ساعت ۷ صبح ۲۲دی به خاک سپرده‌ شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. IranWire
3. Persian Wikipedia
4. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
5. Iran International — memorial map
6. Hana Human Rights Organization
7. Iran Human Rights Society
8. Iran Human Rights Society
9. 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

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Markazi Province

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