Araz Salimian

آراز سلیمیان

27 years old · Tehran

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Law student
  Persian original

  دانشجوی حقوق

• Only child of the family
  Persian original

  تک فرزند خانواده

• Araz was a law student and a hairdresser.
  Persian original

  آراز دانشجوی حقوق و آرایش‌گر بود.

In the words of those close to them

When you were dying, how many times did you call me when I wasn't there, Araz? It's the first time I've arrived late… I arrived late, forgive me, my son— A mother

Persian original

وقتی داشتی جون می‌دادی چند بار صدام کردی که من نبودم آراز؟ اولین باره که من دیر رسیدم… من دیر رسیدم مامان منو ببخش

It's the first time I've arrived late… I arrived late, forgive me, my son— Mother

Persian original

اولین باره که من دیر رسیدم… من دیر رسیدم مامان منو ببخش

How they died

• He lost his life after being hit in the throat by a bullet of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic
  Persian original

  بر اثر اصابت گلوله به ناحیه گلو توسط نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی جان باخت

• On 18 Dey he was hit by agents' gunfire.
  Persian original

  در ۱۸ دی ماه هدف شلیک گلوله ماموران قرار گرفت.

• Araz Salimian, 27 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Chalus" by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  آراز سلیمیان ۲۷ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی‌۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «چالوس» با شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Government agents targeted Araz Salimian in the throat with a military weapon.
  Persian original

  ماموران حکومتی آراز سلیمیان را از ناحیه گلو هدف سلاح جنگی قرار دادند.

After their death

• His mother searched for her child's body from about 9 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next day
  Persian original

  مادر او از حدود ساعت ۹ شب تا ۸ صبح روز بعد در جست‌وجوی پیکر فرزندش بوده است

• Araz Salimian's body was buried on Friday, 19 Dey, at "Mazar-e Arabkheyl" in Chalus.
  Persian original

  پیکر آراز سلیمیان جمعه ۱۹دی در «مزار عرب‌خیل» چالوس به خاک سپرده شد.

• Araz's family resisted the government's demand to call their loved one a "Basij member".
  Persian original

  خانواده آراز مقابل خواسته حکومت مبنی بر «بسیجی» خواندن عزیزشان مقاومت کردند.

Sources

1. Iran International
2. Iran Human Rights Society
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran International
5. Iran International
6. IranWire

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
• University students
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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