Abbas Keshavarz

Abbas Keshavarz (Persian: عباس کشاورز; also recorded as Abbas Keshavarz Lafmajani) was a Gilak worker from the village of Lafmajan in Lahijan County, Gilan Province, and the father of one child. Memorial posts give his age as 39.

According to an account shared after his death, he joined the protests in Rasht on 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026) and was hit by two pellets that night, but went back to the streets the next day. On the evening of Friday, 19 Dey 1404 (9 January 2026), he was shot by government forces near Seighalan Square in Rasht. The same account says a man in the street carried him into the yard of a house, and that he was later taken to hospital, where treatment was withheld, and died. His reported last words were: "Don't shoot, I have a little child." Hengaw verified his killing, and HRANA lists him among its confirmed victims in Rasht.

He was buried in his home village of Lafmajan, where his fortieth-day memorial was held on Thursday, 30 Bahman 1404 (19 February 2026), with music and clapping at his grave. Afterwards his mother went to his grave at night and spoke to him, recalling their phone calls: "Answer me just once more and tell me you are well where you are. Come into my dream once and say: yes, Mom." Video of her words was shared by Independent Persian. He is remembered among the dead of Gilan from those days, including Mohammad Hajipour and Hamed Bamdadi.