In the latest crime of the Iranian regime during the nationwide uprising of January 2026, Amir Mohammad Kouhkan, a young futsal coach and referee, a former goalkeeper for teams in Fars province and a youth-level coach, was killed on the evening of Saturday, January 3, in the city of Neyriz in Fars province after being directly shot by the Iranian regime’s security forces.
But the regime’s brutality did not end with killing him. Its agents abducted his bloodied body from the scene and took it to an unknown location. Despite all efforts, his family and friends were unable to determine where the body was being held.
According to reports, on Sunday, January 4, intelligence agents summoned and interrogated Amir Mohammad’s parents. They were angry that news of Amir Mohammad’s killing had become public and asked: “Why did foreign media publish the news? Why have people mentioned FIFA?”
The Iranian regime threatened the family to “confess” in front of the cameras of the state-run broadcasting network of Fars province that Amir Mohammad was not a protester but had left home to “help the poor” and was killed by “protesters.” When his parents refused to submit to this false narrative, they forced the family’s uncle to repeat this fabricated claim on camera.
Sources close to the family said that the people of Neyriz are furious. It is a small city, and everyone knows who killed Amir Mohammad. But the regime is trying to deceive the public through lies. Security institutions were even angered that the International Federation of Football (FIFA) had been informed and told the family to remain silent about the news so that the body would be handed over.
The family’s main concern is that the regime may secretly bury Amir Mohammad at night in an unknown location so that no ceremony can be held. He was a hardworking young man who rose from goalkeeping to coaching and refereeing; the entire city loved him, and now everyone is mourning him.
This crime is part of the Iranian regime’s recurring pattern: killing, abducting bodies, pressuring families for forced confessions, and spreading media disinformation.
