Mashhad; Arin Karimian, 21-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish student, killed by a live bullet on January 8 Sixth-semester mechanical engineering student

February 2, 2026; “Arin Karimian,” a 21-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish youth from “Mashhad” and a sixth-semester mechanical engineering student, is the identity of another victim of the popular protests of January 8, 2026, on “Haft-e Tir” Street in “Mashhad,” who lost his life due to the direct firing of live ammunition by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic.

An informed source confirmed in a conversation with “Kurdpa”; his body was buried on January 13, 2026, in an intensely securitized atmosphere and in the presence of repressive forces at the “Behesht-e Reza” cemetery in “Mashhad”. The family's mourning ceremony was held at home under duress, and security forces monitored the area from the front door of the house to the sidewalks. Furthermore, security agencies repeatedly contacted the family, demanding that he be introduced as a “Government Martyr”, a request that the family has rejected.

Arin Karimian was born in 2004 and was a native of “Mashhad.”