Alireza Tavakoli
علیرضا توکلی
- Age
- 19
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Lahijan, near Shohada Square (+6 more)
- Hometown
- Isfahan
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+3 more)
- Profession
- restaurant worker
- Cause of death
- shot in the head by security forces
Biography
Alireza Tavakoli, born in 2005 and 19 years old at the time of his death, was a restaurant worker in Lahijan, having moved there from his hometown of Isfahan with his mother. On January 8, 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he was killed in Lahijan near Shohada Square, shot in the head by security forces after leaving work early to join protests, leaving a note for his colleagues. His mother fondly remembered him, expressing her grief and imagining him as a groom on his 40th-day memorial.
علیرضا توکلی، متولد سال ۱۳۸۴ و ۱۹ ساله در زمان جان باختن، کارگر رستورانی در لاهیجان بود که چند سال پیش با مادرش از اصفهان به این شهر نقل مکان کرده بود. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در لاهیجان، نزدیک میدان شهدا، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای حکومتی به سرش کشته شد. او پیش از پیوستن به اعتراضات، یادداشتی برای همکارانش گذاشته بود: «علیام، میرم میدان شهدا». مادرش در چهلمین روز نبودش با بیقراری از او یاد کرد و نوشته بود که او را شبیه داماد میبیند.
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A portrait of Alireza Tavakoli, wearing a white sweatshirt with 'IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING' printed on it, who was killed by security forces in Lahijan on January 8, 2026.
A memorial photograph of Alireza Tavakoli, a restaurant worker in Lahijan who was shot in the head near Shohada Square during protests on January 8.
A message written on a window by Alireza Tavakoli, a restaurant worker in Lahijan who was shot in the head after heading to protests at Shohada Square on January 8.
Alireza Tavakoli, born in 2005 and a resident of Lahijan originally from Isfahan, is commemorated in this memorial image following his death in the context of the Lion and Sun revolution.
A memorial photo of Alireza Tavakoli, born in 2005, surrounded by flowers and candles, shared by his mother on the 40th day after his death.
VIDEO
Mourners gather at the grave of Alireza Tavakoli for his 40th-day memorial, holding his portrait and releasing white birds into the sky.
A memorial portrait of Alireza Tavakoli, a 19-year-old from Lahijan who is described as a martyr for the homeland on January 8 (18 Dey).