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Ashkan Alipour
Ashkan Alipour (Persian: اشکان علیپور) was a 19-year-old from Fardis, Karaj, in Alborz Province. He was a talented barista and bartender who shared videos on his Instagram page showing his professional skills and moves behind the counter.
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Ashkan Alipour (Persian: اشکان علیپور) was a 19-year-old from Fardis, Karaj, in Alborz Province. He was a talented barista and bartender who shared videos on his Instagram page showing his professional skills and moves behind the counter.
On Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026), during the nationwide protests in Fardis, he was shot directly by government forces. Reports gathered by the IranMassacre documentation project say the live round hit him in the neck. He did not survive. Hengaw verified his killing, Witness Report records him as shot dead by security forces, and HRANA lists his death in Fardis as confirmed.
Hengaw listed him among five civilians whose killings in the Karaj protests of that week it had verified.
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