Mohammad Mahdi Ganjdanesh
محمدمهدی گنجدانش
- Age
- 17
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Zanjan
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- student and boxer
- Cause of death
- shot in the head by security forces
Biography
Mohammad Mahdi Ganj-Danesh was a 17-year-old student and boxer from Zanjan who was killed during protests on January 8, 2026. He died after being shot in the back of the head with live ammunition by Islamic Republic security forces. His body was returned to his family on January 12, following four days of disappearance.
محمدمهدی گنجدانش، دانشآموز ۱۷ ساله و بوکسور اهل زنجان، در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی ماموران جمهوری اسلامی به پشت سر جان باخت. پیکر او پس از ۴ روز بیخبری در تاریخ ۲۲ دی به خانوادهاش تحویل داده شد.
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A portrait of 17-year-old Mohammad Mahdi Ganjdanesh, a boxer from Zanjan who was killed by security forces during the January 2026 protests.
Mohammad Mehdi Ganjdanesh, a 17-year-old student and boxer from Zanjan, was killed by Islamic Republic security forces on January 8, 2026, after being shot in the back of the head.
Mohammad Mahdi Ganj-Danesh, a 17-year-old boxer from Zanjan, was killed on January 8, 2026, after being shot in the head by Islamic Republic security forces.