Ali Jafari^*

علی جعفری

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

31 years old · Sain Qaleh

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He was married and had two small daughters aged one and three.
  Persian original

  متاهل بود و دو دختر خردسال یک ساله و سه ساله داشت.

• Ali Jafari worked for years at the "Parchin Sain Qaleh" company.
  Persian original

  علی جعفری سال‌ها در شرکت «پرچین صایین قلعه» کار می‌کرد.

How they died

• Ali Jafari, 31 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic in the protests in "Sain Qaleh", Zanjan Province.
  Persian original

  علی جعفری ۳۱ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ با شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی در اعتراضات «صایین‌قلعه» استان زنجان کشته شد.

After their death

• The security bodies handed over Ali's body to his family up to two days after he was killed.
  Persian original

  نهادهای امنیتی تا دو روز بعد از کشته شدن علی، پیکر او را به خانواده‌اش تحویل دادند.

• Ali Jafari's body was buried on Monday, 22 Dey 1404, after a pledge was taken not to hold a mourning ceremony, in the cemetery of the town of "Sain Qaleh" in "Abhar" County, Zanjan Province.
  Persian original

  پیکر علی جعفری، دوشنبه ۲۲دی۱۴۰۴ پس از گرفتن تعهد برای عدم برگزاری مراسم عزاداری، در قبرستان شهر «صایین قلعه» از توابع شهرستان «ابهر» استان زنجان، به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. Iran Human Rights Society
2. 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

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