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Abbas Kalhor
Abbas Kalhor was a Kurdish man from Kermanshah. On Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), Hengaw Organization for Human Rights and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network verified that he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in the Fardis area of Karaj, Alborz Province.
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Abbas Kalhor was a Kurdish man from Kermanshah. On Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), Hengaw Organization for Human Rights and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network verified that he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in the Fardis area of Karaj, Alborz Province.
Hengaw identified him among eight Kurdish civilians from Kermanshah killed in Tehran and Karaj that week, among them Pouria Bahari, Mahan Mardani, and Abedin Khazaei of Kangavar.
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