Pouya Derakhshan
پویا درخشان
- Age
- 17
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Haft-Hoz Square, Tehran (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Cause of death
- killed by security forces
Biography
Pouya Derakhshan was a 17-year-old only child who was killed by security forces in Tehran's Haft-Hoz Square on January 8, 2026. His family gained attention for refusing multi-billion toman bribes and government pensions intended to coerce them into declaring him a 'government martyr.' He is memorialized through images of his final birthday celebration and daily life.
پویا درخشان، نوجوان ۱۷ ساله و تنها فرزند خانواده، در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در میدان هفتحوض تهران به دست ماموران جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد. خانواده وی با شجاعت در برابر پیشنهادهای مالی میلیاردی و حقوق ماهانه حکومت برای معرفی او به عنوان «شهید حکومتی» مخالفت کردند. یاد او به عنوان یکی از جانباختگان راه آزادی در یادها زنده مانده است.
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Pouya Derakhshan, a 17-year-old and the only child of his family, is shown sitting behind a birthday cake with lit candles before he was killed by government agents in Tehran.
Pouya Derakhshan, a 17-year-old only child, was killed by Islamic Republic agents on January 8, 2026, in Haft-Hoz Square, Tehran.
A mirror selfie of Pouya Derakhshan, a 17-year-old who was reportedly killed by security forces in Tehran's Haft Hoz Square on January 8, 2026.