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Danial Maranki
Danial Maranki (Persian: دانیال مرانکی; also written Daniyal, Daniel, Meranki or Moranki) was a 29-year-old from Tehran. He earned his living as a motorcycle courier and wrote social and protest poetry.
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Danial Maranki (Persian: دانیال مرانکی; also written Daniyal, Daniel, Meranki or Moranki) was a 29-year-old from Tehran. He earned his living as a motorcycle courier and wrote social and protest poetry.
On the evening of Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026), during the nationwide protests, he was last seen with friends on Haji Sadeghi Street near Chehelom Square in Narmak, chanting for freedom. Minutes later he called from his phone, saying he was bleeding heavily. His body was found between the 17th and 40th squares of Narmak; he had been shot in the chest with a live round. Hengaw verified that he was killed by live ammunition in Narmak together with others from the same neighbourhood.
Memorial accounts say security agencies pressured his family to present him as a Basij member and forced them into silence. Despite that pressure, his name spread as a poet killed for freedom. HRANA lists him among its confirmed victims, and his name appears in the list of the dead published by the government in February 2026.
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