Nima Ninavapour was only 17 when he ran toward a wounded girl to help her. He never came home again. Nima was from Ardabil, born in 2008. He was bright and ambitious, but poverty had already forced him to give up part of the childhood he deserved. After finishing ninth grade, he reportedly left school to help support his family and began working at Younes Kebab Shop. He was still a child working to help his family. And somehow, alongside all of that, Nima became an accomplished wushu athlete, winning medals at the national level. People who knew him remembered him as kind-hearted, cheerful, and someone whose presence made a group of friends happier. During the protests in Ardabil in January 2026, Nima was critically wounded. He was trying to help a young woman who had been shot and fallen to the ground when he himself was struck by live ammunition. Nima was shot while helping the wounded girl. Hr was wounded with shotgun pellets, detained, and later sustained a severe gunshot injury to the neck while in custody. Nima then fell into a coma. For 21 days, this 17 year old boy lay in a hospital in Ardabil while his family waited for him to come back. He never woke up. After three weeks of fighting for his life, Nima died from his injuries. He should still have been blowing out birthday candles. He should have been training, competing, laughing with his friends and finding out how far his talent could take him His burial was held under severe security restrictions, with his family prevented from publicly announcing or freely holding the mourning ceremony they wanted. A boy who had already fought poverty, worked for his family and become a nationallevel athlete was given only 17 years of life. #IranWar‌ #KingRezaPahlavi‌ForIran #جاویدشاه