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Esmail Gholendarzahi
Esmail Gholendarzahi (اسماعیل قلندرزهی, also reported as Esmail Ghalandarzehi, and known as Kashani) was a 21-year-old Baloch man originally from Zahedan and a resident of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Saturday night, 10 January 2026 (20 Dey 1404), he was shot in the head with live ammunition by Iranian government forces during protests in Bandar Abbas and killed on the spot.
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Esmail Gholendarzahi (اسماعیل قلندرزهی, also reported as Esmail Ghalandarzehi, and known as Kashani) was a 21-year-old Baloch man originally from Zahedan and a resident of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Saturday night, 10 January 2026 (20 Dey 1404), he was shot in the head with live ammunition by Iranian government forces during protests in Bandar Abbas and killed on the spot.
Informed sources told Hengaw that Persian Gulf Hospital contacted his family. After receiving his body, the family transferred him to Zahedan and buried him on 12 January 2026 (22 Dey 1404) at Mohammad Rasulollah Cemetery. Iran International's Javidnaman memorial places him in Bandar Abbas and records him as 21.
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