Erfan Faraji^*

عرفان فرجی

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

18 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• They killed Mohammad Erfan on the night of his birthday in "Behesht Square", Naziabad.
  Persian original

  محمدعرفان را شب تولدش در «میدان بهشت» نازی‌آباد کشتند.

How they died

• Mohammad Erfan Faraji, 18 years old, was hit by a bullet of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, during the protests in "Naziabad", Tehran, and was killed.
  Persian original

  محمدعرفان فرجی، ۱۸ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات «نازی‌آباد» تهران هدف شلیک گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و کشته شد.

After their death

• Erfan's body was found at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
  Persian original

  پیکر عرفان را در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» پیدا کردند.

• Mohammad Erfan Faraji's body was buried in "Behesht-e Zahra", Tehran.
  Persian original

  پیکر محمدعرفان فرجی در «بهشت زهرا» تهران به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. Iran Human Rights Society
2. Radio Zamaneh
3. 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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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