Three Kurds, including a 16-year-old, shot dead by Iranian forces during protests in Tehran and Rey

Hengaw – Monday, January 19, 2026

Three Kurdish protesters were killed during recent demonstrations in Tehran and Rey after being shot directly by Iranian government forces. Hengaw has confirmed their identities as Mohammadreza Abdolrahmanzadeh, 16, Yasin Elahi, 18, and Meysam Nazari, 20.

According to information received by Hengaw, Mohammadreza Abdolrahmanzadeh, a 16-year-old Kurdish boy from Salmas, was killed during public protests in Tehran on Friday, January 9, 2026.

A source told Hengaw that Mohammadreza’s body was transferred to Qom, and despite the passage of one week, his body has not yet been handed over to his family. He is the third resident of Salmas whose killing during protests in Tehran has been confirmed by Hengaw.

On the same day, and during the same protests in Tehran, Meysam Nazari, a 20-year-old Kurdish man from Kermanshah, was also killed after being shot directly by government forces.

According to informed sources, Meysam Nazari’s body was handed over to his family only after the payment of 700 million tomans and was buried in the cemetery of Ali Baqer village, in the Jalalvand region of Kermanshah.

Hengaw has also learned that on the same day, Yasin Elahi, 18, a Kurdish resident of the village of Ab Anar in Abdanan, was shot and killed by government forces during protests at First Square in the Dowlatabad area of Rey.

According to reports received by Hengaw, Yasin Elahi’s body was buried at Ibn Babawyeh Cemetery under strict security restrictions, without permission for a public funeral or memorial ceremony.