Erfan Kari
عرفان کاری
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Khalij-e Fars Boulevard, District 18, Tehran (+7 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- wrestling champion
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Erfan Kari was a wrestling champion who was killed on January 8, 2026, on Khalij-e Fars Boulevard in District 18, Tehran. Reports indicate he died after being shot by security forces during the January 2026 Lion and Sun revolutionary uprising. He was remembered as a youth wrestling champion.
عرفان کاری، قهرمان کشتی، در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در بلوار خلیج فارس منطقه ۱۸ تهران کشته شد. گزارشها حاکی از آن است که او در جریان خیزش انقلابی شیر و خورشید ۱۴۰۴ بر اثر شلیک نیروهای امنیتی جان باخت. او به عنوان قهرمان کشتی نونهالان شناخته میشد.
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A memorial photo of Erfan Kari, who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Tehran during the January 2026 Lion and Sun revolutionary uprising.
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A graphic video showing victims of a shooting from a police station on Persian Gulf Boulevard in District 18, Tehran, on January 8, 2026, with Erfan Kari identified as one of the casualties.
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Video captures the moment Erfan Kari was shot on Khalij-e Fars Boulevard in District 18, Tehran, on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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A tribute video showing Erfan Kari, a youth wrestling champion, including footage of him training and competing, following reports of him being shot by security forces on Khalij-e Fars Boulevard in Tehran on January 8, 2026.
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A night-time high-angle video frame captures a confrontation on a street where Erfan Kari was reportedly shot and killed by security forces in Tehran on January 8, 2026.