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Alireza Bagheri Manjili
Alireza Bagheri Manjili was a 24-year-old Gilak man from Manjil in Gilan Province, and a devoted Persepolis fan who, friends and memorials say, always went to Azadi Stadium to watch the Reds and dreamed of playing on that pitch. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in Manjil.
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Alireza Bagheri Manjili was a 24-year-old Gilak man from Manjil in Gilan Province, and a devoted Persepolis fan who, friends and memorials say, always went to Azadi Stadium to watch the Reds and dreamed of playing on that pitch. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in Manjil.
Iran International, citing informed sources, reported that his mother witnessed the moment the bullet struck her son. After his death his father wrote words that circulated among fans mourning the Red-and-Blue dead of Bloody Dey: that God loved him for not playing on that field among “dishonorable” footballers, yet his name would remain forever in their hearts.
Hengaw listed him among fourteen people confirmed killed across Gilan and Mazandaran that week, thirteen of them Gilak, alongside Mehdi Khakpour, also shot in Manjil.
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“God loved you that you did not play on that field, because the footballers are not men of honor, but your name will always remain in our hearts.”
Words attributed to Alireza’s father after his death, circulated in Iran International’s memorial of Persepolis and Esteghlal fans killed in Bloody Dey 1404.
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