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Saman Nazari
Saman Nazari was a follower of the Yarsan faith killed during protests in the Dareh Deraz (Mahdieh Township) area of Kermanshah. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that he was among at least five Yarsan followers, Keyvan Rezaei, Yasin Mirzaei, Behrouz Safaei, Saman Nazari, and Sayad Faramarzi, killed during the same protests on Thursday, 8 January 2026, when IRGC Nabi Akram Corps forces opened widespread fire including with Kalashnikov rifles and DShK machine guns.
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Saman Nazari was a follower of the Yarsan faith killed during protests in the Dareh Deraz (Mahdieh Township) area of Kermanshah. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that he was among at least five Yarsan followers, Keyvan Rezaei, Yasin Mirzaei, Behrouz Safaei, Saman Nazari, and Sayad Faramarzi, killed during the same protests on Thursday, 8 January 2026, when IRGC Nabi Akram Corps forces opened widespread fire including with Kalashnikov rifles and DShK machine guns.
Hengaw’s reporting on Dareh Deraz also documented the killings of Navid Salehi and Bayat Sobhani from Paveh in the same crackdown.
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