Hossein Kazem, an Iranian cartoonist, shares a hand-drawn tribute to 2-year-old Ali Mohammad Sadeghi from Dehaq, Isfahan, depicting him as a winged angel with bloodstained clothing amid strawberries, evoking innocence lost.
The Persian text "From the father's shoulder to the angels' embrace" references the child's fatal shooting by security forces on January 9, 2026, while carried by his father during local unrest, as reported across social media and news outlets.
Posted on the one-month anniversary amid Iran's 2026 uprising, the illustration underscores the documented deaths of at least 153 children in protests, drawing from human rights monitors like Iran Human Rights.

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