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IRAN - Identities of 2 killed in Ilam
January 23, 2026: January 23, 2026 - IRAN. Identities of 2 killed in Ilam
Milad Sademiri, Mehdi Ghanbari
The identities of two more Kurdish men killed during recent protests in Ilam Province have been confirmed: Milad Sademiri and Mehdi Ghanbari.
According to information obtained by Hengaw,
- Milad Sademiri, a 26-year-old unmarried man from Ilam, was killed on January 9, 2026, after being shot directly by government forces during protests in the city.
- Mehdi Ghanbari, a 27-year-old man from Malekshahi, in Ilam Province, died on January 17, 2026, after his condition deteriorated due to severe gunshot injuries sustained during protests on January 8. He had been shot in the kidney, intestines, and thigh, and despite intensive medical treatment, succumbed to his injuries days later.
Sources told Hengaw that security agencies imposed coercive conditions on Ghanbari’s family for the release of his body, giving them two options: either to publicly identify him as a Basij militia member killed by protesters, or to pay 500 million tomans and forgo burying him in his hometown of Malekshah. The family was warned that if they refused to comply with either of these conditions, the authorities would withhold his body.
Due to financial hardship, the family was unable to pay the demanded sum and was forced to comply with the authorities’ narrative in order to retrieve their son’s body. Following this, residents of Malekshahi refused to allow his burial in the town and boycotted his funeral, after learning that he had been officially presented as a government-affiliated force.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/01/article-188 (Source: Hengaw)
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