Mehdi Khalili
مهدی خلیلی
- Age
- 22
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Islamshahr (+7 more)
- Hometown
- Eslamshahr
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Mehdi Khalili, a 22-year-old from Eslamshahr (Vavan), disappeared on January 8, 2026, after last contacting his family from the Vavan area. His family searched for three days before identifying his body at Kahrizak on January 11. He was killed in Islamshahr, shot by security forces with one bullet to his thigh and another to his heart.
مهدی خلیلی، جوان ۲۲ ساله اهل اسلامشهر (واوان)، در ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ پس از تماس با خانوادهاش از سمت واوان ناپدید شد. خانوادهاش سه روز در جستوجوی او بودند تا اینکه پیکرش را در ۲۱ دیماه در کهریزک شناسایی کردند. او در اسلامشهر توسط نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی با شلیک گلولهای به ران پا و گلولهای به قلبش کشته شده بود.
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Memorial portrait of Mehdi Khalili, who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Islamshahr during the January 2026 protests.
A portrait of 22-year-old Mehdi Khalili from Islamshahr, who was shot and killed by security forces in January 2026.
The image shows the decorated grave of 22-year-old Mehdi Khalili from Eslamshahr, who was killed by Islamic Republic forces after being shot in the heart and leg in January 2026.
A photo collage memorializing Mehdi Khalili, a 22-year-old from Eslamshahr who was reportedly killed by security forces' gunfire in January 2026.