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A teenage girl was among six brave young Iranians killed in cold blood by murderous regime forces whose identities were today released by freedom fighters.

Zahra (Raha) Bohlouli-Pour, 18, was a student at the University of Tehran. She was killed by the regime’s security forces in Tehran (Fatemi Street) on January 8, 2026.

Zahra and her fellow freedom-fighters were members of the network of “Resistance Units” which have been campaigning for a democratic Iran for decades.

The Resistance Units count many women among their members. They have been involved in low-key anti-regime activities including organizing demonstrations. In the past three weeks, in many cases they provided protection to the protests.

Given their growing role, the Ayatollah has clamped down on them fiercely. In recent days he ordered them to be gunned-down on the streets of Iran.

A spokesman for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) which backs the Resistance Units said: “We are releasing the names of six PMOI Resistance Units killed by the mullahs’ regime during the nationwide uprising. These were young freedom fighters who wanted nothing other than freedom for their country.

“Reza Ghanbari was a 17-year-old worker in Kermanshah. He was murdered by security forces on January 3 in Kermanshah as the regime opened fire on protesters.”

The names were released as the protests in Iran entered their 19th day today.

Shahin Gobadi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said: “There is a new mood in the country. Generation Z is fighting back against the repressive forces of the regime. Following attacks by security forces, people in several cities have destroyed some centers of repression and government-affiliated buildings. In many cities, there have been clashes between the regime’s repressive forces and the defiant youths. This is a new phenomenon.”

Some agencies were reporting the nationwide protest movement was slowing under the weight of the brutal crackdown which has left an estimated 3000 dead.

Tehran had returned to “relative calm”. But as internet services have been shut down by Ayatollah Ali Khemenei’s regime it is very difficult to confirm.

The White House claimed that 800 executions scheduled in Iran had been halted thanks to US pressure.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “The president understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday, were halted.”

However, the Pentagon said it was moving its carrier strike group from the South China Sea towards the Middle East – giving Donald Trump further leverage in the region should he need it.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group were spotted moving west away from the Indo-Pacific region.

A senior US official told The New York Times the President was watching Iran’s next move, but was still considering striking targets such as ballistic missile sites and Iran’s domestic security apparatus.

• Zahra (Raha) Bohlouli-Pour, 18, University of Tehran student — shot dead on Jan 8, 2026, Fatemi St., Tehran.

• Yasin Mirzaei Qaleh Zanjiri, student — shot dead on Jan 8, 2026, Kermanshah.

• Reza Ghanbari, 17, worker — killed in clashes on Jan 3, 2026, Kermanshah.

• Rasoul Kadivarian, 17, worker — killed in clashes on Jan 3, 2026, Kermanshah.

• Reza Kadivarian, 20, worker — killed in clashes on Jan 3, 2026, Kermanshah.

• Diar Pour-Chehriq, 32, self-employed, from Salmas — shot dead on Jan 9, 2026, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran.

X users responded with shock and anger but left deeply moving messages about those killed.

One wrote: “Rest well – you have made your people and the entire world stand in awe of your bravery and proud of everything that you stood for and everything that you sacrificed. Your fight goes on.”

And another: “We will follow their path till we triumph freedom and democratic republic in Iran.”