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Pouya Derakhshan
Pouya Derakhshan (Persian: پویا درخشان) was born on 21 July 2008 (31 Tir 1387) and was 17 years old. He was the only child of his parents, Amir and Mina, and lived with his grandparents. Because his family faced hard financial conditions, he began working at a young age to help cover the household's living costs. People close to him told Witness Report that despite these economic struggles, he kept trying to build a better life for himself and his family.
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Pouya Derakhshan (Persian: پویا درخشان) was born on 21 July 2008 (31 Tir 1387) and was 17 years old. He was the only child of his parents, Amir and Mina, and lived with his grandparents. Because his family faced hard financial conditions, he began working at a young age to help cover the household's living costs. People close to him told Witness Report that despite these economic struggles, he kept trying to build a better life for himself and his family.
During the nationwide protests, he was shot in the heart in the Haft Hoz area of Narmak in eastern Tehran. Iran International's Javidnaman memorial dates his killing to Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026); Witness Report's narrative gives 19 Dey (9 January). He was buried in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.
After his death, his family refused an offer from agents of the Islamic Republic of several billion tomans and a monthly salary in exchange for declaring Pouya a "government martyr".
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