Mehdi Khalili
مهدی خلیلی
- Age
- 22
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Vavan, Eslamshahr (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Eslamshahr (Vavan)
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces (gunshot wounds to the heart and thigh)
Biography
Mehdi Khalili was a 22-year-old resident of Vavan, Eslamshahr, who was killed by security forces' gunfire. After disappearing on the night of January 8, 2026, his family searched for him for three days before identifying his body at the Kahrizak morgue on January 11. He had been shot twice, once in the thigh and once in the heart.
مهدی خلیلی، جوان ۲۲ ساله اهل واوانِ اسلامشهر، بر اثر اصابت گلولههای جنگی توسط نیروهای امنیتی جان باخت. او در شامگاه ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ پس از تماس با خانواده ناپدید شد و پس از سه روز جستوجو، خانوادهاش پیکر او را که از ناحیه ران پا و قلب هدف گلوله قرار گرفته بود، در ۲۱ دیماه در کهریزک شناسایی کردند.
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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.