Reza Nabi was born on June 17, 1964, in Yazd. His father, Hossein, was a grocer. He studied until the first year of middle school before taking up work as an auto body repairman to help support his family. For his military service, he was deployed from the Yazd Gendarmerie to the Qarabagh base in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province.
Finally, on December 26, 1984, he was assassinated on the Bukan-Mahabad road after suffering severe burns from a landmine explosion planted by the Komala terrorist group. His resting place is in the Khodabirin Martyrs' Cemetery in his hometown.