Mahdi Nafari

Name Mahdi Nafari Location Marvdasht, Fars Province, Iran Date of Birth: 22 years old Date of Incident January 9, 2025 Report According to the information provided, Mahdi Nafari, 22 years old and son of Hadi Nafari, was present at the protest gatherings in the city of Marvdasht on the night of the call on January 9, 2025, along with his brother. During this gathering, the two were separated from each other in the crowd. A few hours later, Mahdi's brother was informed that several people had been killed in a lower area. Upon arriving at the scene, he realized that one of the deceased was his brother, Mahdi Nafari. According to this account, Mahdi's teenage brother attempted to personally bury his body but was unable to do so due to his young age and physical inability. Around four in the morning, he transferred the body to the morgue. There, security forces intervened and took the body from the family. The family was pressured to declare the cause of death unrelated to the protests and to state that Mahdi was killed while returning from work, but the family did not accept this narrative. Ultimately, with a commitment and a bail of one billion tomans, permission for burial was granted. The security forces stipulated that if buried in Marvdasht, only Mahdi's father could conduct the burial ceremony at midnight, or the body could be transferred to a village. Considering the burial place of Mahdi's maternal grandfather, for whom the fortieth day ceremony had recently been held, the family decided to bury the body in one of the villages in the Kalvar region. According to the father's statements, who personally washed his son's body, a bullet struck Mahdi from behind the head and exited through the eye after passing beside the head. No further details are available regarding the shooter or any potential legal proceedings. Sources: Close contacts with the House of Iran