Saeed Khorcheh Farahani
سعید خورچه فراهانی
- Age
- 32
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Afsariyeh, Tehran (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+2 more)
- Cause of death
- shot in the back of the head by a sniper
Biography
Saeed Khorcheh Farahani was born on December 23, 1993. He was killed on January 8, 2026, in Tehran's Afsariyeh district during a protest movement. He was shot in the back of the head by a sniper from a tall building. According to his relatives, he had wished to be remembered as a "martyr in the way of Iran," a title the Islamic Republic did not permit on his death certificate.
سعید خورچه فراهانی در تاریخ ۲ دی ۱۳۷۲ به دنیا آمد. وی در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در منطقه افسریه تهران در جریان یک جنبش اعتراضی کشته شد. او از روی یک ساختمان بلند مورد اصابت گلوله جنگی تکتیرانداز جمهوری اسلامی از پشت سر قرار گرفت. به گفته نزدیکانش، او وصیت کرده بود که در صورت کشتهشدن، از او به عنوان «شهید در راه ایران» یاد شود، اما جمهوری اسلامی اجازه درج چنین عنوانی را در اعلامیه فوت وی نداد.
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A memorial portrait of Saeed Khorcheh Farahani, who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Afsariyeh, Tehran, during the Lion and Sun protest movement.
A portrait of Saeed Khorche Farahani, a 32-year-old killed by a sniper in Tehran's Afsariyeh neighborhood on January 8, 2026.
A portrait of Saeed Khorcheh Farahani, born in 1993, who was reportedly killed by a sniper in the Afsariyeh district of Tehran in January 2026 during the national revolution.
A memorial poster and flower wreath for Saeid Khorcheh Farahani, born in 1993 and killed by a sniper in the Afsariyeh district of Tehran on January 7, 2026.
A grave covered in floral tributes for Saeed Khorcheh Farahani, who was reportedly killed by a sniper in Tehran's Afsariyeh district in January 2026.