Fallen Hero Mohammad Reza Khani; a hero who stayed behind for others and never returned
Death Mohammad Reza Khani Qomlijeh 18 years old in Iran Karaj Kianmehr
Written by: Rudabeh
Some people live short lives, yet the footprints they leave behind are so deep that years after their passing, they remain alive in the hearts of their family, friends, and people. Mohammadreza Khani is one of those people; a youth who lived only eighteen years, yet in those very eighteen years endured suffering, fought, built, and lived for others. Mohammadreza Khani, a Kurdish youth from the county of Harsin in Kermanshah Province and a resident of Alborz Province, lost his life on the evening of 9 January 2026 (19 Dey 1404) during popular protests in the Kianmehr area of Karaj, after being shot directly in the back by two live rounds of combat ammunition. He had entered his eighteenth year of life just a month and a few days earlier—an age that for many marks the dawn of dreams, but for him became the end of a road traversed through immense hardship. Mohammadreza's life was intertwined with adversity from early childhood. He was nothing more than a child when he lost his father. The family was suddenly confronted with a profound void, yet he did not surrender. In the very heart of these hardships, he discovered sports—a path that was not merely a pastime for him, but a bridge to…
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