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Arvin Vafaei

آروین وفایی

Age: 17
Sex: male
Date of death: 8 January 2026
Place of death: Piroozi Street, Tehran (+8 more)
Hometown: Tehran
Event: Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
Cause of death: shot by security forces

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Arvin Vafaei was a 17-year-old patriotic teenager. He was killed on January 8, 2026, during protests on Piroozi Street in Tehran. Reports indicate he died from direct gunfire by security forces.

آروین وفایی، نوجوان میهن‌پرست ۱۷ ساله‌ای بود. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ (۸ ژانویه ۲۰۲۶) در خیابان پیروزی تهران و در جریان اعتراضات با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر کشته شد.

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Arvin Vafaei was 17 when he was killed on January 8, 2026, during protests in Tehran. He died on Piroozi Street. Reports say security forces shot and killed him. The killing happened during the nationwide protests known as the Lion and Sun Revolution. He is remembered as a "son of Iran" and a "martyr of freedom."

آروین وفایی ۱۷ ساله بود. در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ (۸ ژانویه ۲۰۲۶)، در جریان اعتراضات تهران، در خیابان پیروزی کشته شد. بر اساس گزارش‌ها، نیروهای امنیتی او را با شلیک مستقیم کشتند. این کشته‌شدن در دوران اعتراضات سراسری معروف به «انقلاب شیر و خورشید» بود. از او به‌عنوان «فرزند ایران» و «شهید راه آزادی» یاد می‌شود.

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Arvin Vafaei, 17, was killed by security forces on January 8 in the Piroozi neighborhood of Tehran.

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Piroozi, Tehran, Iran8 Jan 2026

VIDEO

A memorial video featuring Arvin Vafaei, a 17-year-old killed by direct gunfire on Pirouzi Street in Tehran on January 8, 2026.

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Pirouzi Street, Tehran, Iran2026-01

VIDEO

Memorial video for 17-year-old Arvin Vafaei, showing his portrait and footage of mourners, following reports that he was killed by security forces on Piroozi Street, Tehran, on January 8th.

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Piroozi Street, Tehran, Iran2026-01

Memorial portrait of Arvin Vafaei, son of Iran and eternal sacrifice of the homeland.

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Iran8 Jan 2026

VIDEO

A memorial portrait of Arvin Vafaei, 17, who was killed on January 8 in Tehran's Piroozi Street during protests for justice.

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Piroozi Street, Tehran8 Jan 2026

Memorial portrait of Arvin Vafaie on a childhood photo with the overlaid question, 'What will I become when I grow up?'

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Iran2026-01

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Updated 2026-10-10T21:42:56.957754+00:00 . Based on co-tagged people, roster name match, face similarity, visual similarity, and duplicate links within this person's archive items (6 visible in catalog).

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