Arvin Salemi Rad
آروین سالمی راد
- Age
- 16 (+1 more)
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 23 January 2026
- Place of death
- Bushehr (+4 more)
- Hometown
- Bushehr
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- footballer
- Cause of death
- shot in the head by security forces
Biography
Arvin Salemi Rad was a 16-year-old footballer from Bushehr. He was shot in the head with 20 shotgun pellets by security forces in Bushehr's Ashouri neighborhood on January 8, 2026, during protests. After a two-week struggle for his life, he succumbed to his injuries and died on January 23, 2026.
آروین سالمی راد، فوتبالیست ۱۶ ساله اهل بوشهر بود. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در محله عاشوری بوشهر، در جریان اعتراضات، توسط نیروهای امنیتی با شلیک ۲۰ گلوله ساچمهای به سرش مجروح شد. آروین پس از دو هفته مبارزه برای زندگی، در تاریخ ۳ بهمن ۱۴۰۴ بر اثر شدت جراحات جان باخت.
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Memorial portrait of 17-year-old Arvin Salemi Rad, who was injured in Bushehr on January 8, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolution and died of his injuries on January 23, 2026.
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A memorial birthday celebration for Arvin Salemi Rad, a 16-year-old footballer who died in February after being shot in the head by security forces in Bushehr on January 8th.
A memorial portrait of Arvin Salimi Rad, a 16-year-old footballer who was wounded on Dey 18 in Bushehr's Ashouri neighborhood by 20 shotgun pellets and became Javidnam on Bahman 3 after two weeks of fighting for life.