Mohammadreza Ahangar

محمدرضا آهنگرسریزدی

Also known as محمدرضا آهنگر

20 years old · Tehran

Killed during protests

Life

Before joining the protests, Mohammad Reza had published a video addressing his followers on Instagram, saying: “I am going for the freedom of my homeland, so my people don’t have to migrate.
Persian original
Before joining the protests, Mohammad Reza had published a video addressing his followers on Instagram, saying: “I am going for the freedom of my homeland, so my people don’t have to migrate.
Don’t you want Iran to be free too?
Persian original
Don’t you want Iran to be free too?

How they died

Mohammadreza Ahangar, 21 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests on "Kashani" Street at the Second Roundabout of "Sadeghiyeh", Tehran, by a direct shot of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic to his head.
Persian original
محمدرضا آهنگر ۲۱ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات خیابان «کاشانی» در فلکه دوم «صادقیه» تهران با شلیک مستقیم گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی به سرش کشته شد.
Eyewitnesses say he was shot from the top of a tower at the gathering in front of "Ibn Sina" Hospital.
Persian original
شاهدان عینی می‌گویند به او در تجمع مقابل بیمارستان «ابن‌سینا» از بالای یک برج شلیک شد.
According to IranWire, a young man named Mohammad Reza Ahangar was shot dead by government forces on January 8, 1404, during protests on Kashani Street at Sadeghiyeh Square (Second Square).
Persian original
According to IranWire, a young man named Mohammad Reza Ahangar was shot dead by government forces on January 8, 1404, during protests on Kashani Street at Sadeghiyeh Square (Second Square).
Eyewitnesses told IranWire that Mohammad Reza Ahangar was shot by a sniper positioned on top of a tower across from Ibn Sina Hospital.
Persian original
Eyewitnesses told IranWire that Mohammad Reza Ahangar was shot by a sniper positioned on top of a tower across from Ibn Sina Hospital.
He was hit by a bullet and died on the spot.
Persian original
He was hit by a bullet and died on the spot.
In those few brief moments when the internet was connected, we learned he had been killed, and now we consider it our duty to be his voice.”
Persian original
In those few brief moments when the internet was connected, we learned he had been killed, and now we consider it our duty to be his voice.”

After their death

Mohammadreza's body was found on Friday, 19 Dey, at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
Persian original
پیکر محمدرضا را جمعه ۱۹دی در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک»‌ یافتند.
His relatives managed to identify and retrieve his body from among hundreds of lifeless forms at the Kahrizak morgue on January 9.
Persian original
His relatives managed to identify and retrieve his body from among hundreds of lifeless forms at the Kahrizak morgue on January 9.
An informed source who spoke with IranWire stated: “Despite immense pressure, his family stood their ground.
Persian original
An informed source who spoke with IranWire stated: “Despite immense pressure, his family stood their ground.

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

Do you know more about this person, or is something wrong? Submit information