Reza Karimifar

Reza Karimifar (Persian: رضا کریمی‌فر), also recorded as Mohammadreza Karimifar and Reza Karimi-Far, was a retired teacher from Chalus in Mazandaran Province. Human-rights reports give his age as 56; some memorial posts say 58. His father's name was Mahmoud.

On Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026), during the nationwide protests in Chalus, he was shot by government forces while trying to help a young woman who had been hit in the head by a live round. Accounts say he was first shot in the leg and then hit by four bullets to the chest and heart. Some sources place his killing a day later, on Friday, 19 Dey. The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations condemned his killing and named him as a retired colleague.

Hengaw verified his identity among fourteen additional victims from Gilan and Mazandaran, including Mehdi Khakpour and 12-year-old Samira Khani. HRANA lists him among its confirmed victims in Chalus, and his name appears in the list of the dead published by the government in February 2026.