Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard

امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد

Also known as امیرحسام خدایاری فرد

22 years old · Kuhdasht · Lorestan Province

31 December 2025 Killed during protests

Life

The Khodayari-Fard family are followers of the "Yarsan" faith and are also living in difficult economic circumstances
Persian original
خانواده خدایاری‌فرد از پیروان آیین «یارسان» هستند و به‌لحاظ اقتصادی نیز در وضعیت معیشتی دشواری به سر می‌برند

Born 29 Khordad 1382
Persian original
متولد ۲۹ خرداد ۱۳۸۲
Born 1382
Persian original
متولد ۱۳۸۲

In the words of those close to them

Stated explicitly that his son was not a Basij member— Father of the late Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard
Persian original
به صراحت اعلام کرد که فرزندش بسیجی نبود

One of Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard's friends, in a conversation with Iran International, also stressed that he was a protester and that security and government agents are trying, with the promise of declaring Amirhesam a martyr, to force his family to cooperate with the government's scenario of fabricating deaths.— One of Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard's friends
Persian original
یکی از دوستان امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد هم در گفت‌وگو با ایران‌اینترنشنال، با تاکید بر معترض بودن او تاکید کرده، ماموران امنیتی و حکومتی تلاش می‌کنند با وعده شهید‌خواندن امیرحسام، خانواده او را وادار به همکاری با سناریو کشته‌سازی حکومت کنند.

Khodayari-Fard's father also stressed at his son's burial ceremony that Amirhesam had not been a "Basij member".— Khodayari-Fard's father
Persian original
پدر خدایاری‌فرد، نیز در مراسم خاکسپاری فرزندش تاکید کرد که امیرحسام «بسیجی» نبوده است.

My son was not a Basij member; he did not riot.— His father
Persian original
پسرم بسیجی نبود، اغتشاش نکرد.

The burial ceremony of Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, a 22-year-old Yarsan citizen residing in Kuhdasht, who had lost his life on 10 Dey 1404 from gunfire by IRGC forces, was held at Davud Rashid Cemetery in this county with a large presence of people".— An informed source in Kuhdasht told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network
Persian original
مراسم خاکسپاری امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد، شهروند ۲۲ ساله یارسان و ساکن کوهدشت، که در تاریخ ۱۰ دی ۱۴۰۴ با تیراندازی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران جان خود را از دست داده بود، در قبرستان داوود رشید این شهرستان و با حضور گسترده مردم برگزار شد».

How they died

Lost his life after being hit in the head by a stone during the recent unrest in Kuhdasht
Persian original
بر اثر اصابت سنگ به سر در جریان آشوب اخیر کوهدشت جان باخت
This young protester was hit by direct shooting of security forces during the popular protests on Wednesday evening, 10 Dey, in Kuhdasht County, and lost his life
Persian original
این جوان معترض در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شامگاه چهارشنبه ۱۰ دی در شهرستان کوهدشت هدف تیراندازی مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی قرار گرفته و جان‌باخته است
Was killed during the protests on Wednesday evening, 10 Dey, in Kuhdasht
Persian original
در جریان اعتراضات شامگاه چهارشنبه ۱۰ دی‌ماه در کوهدشت کشته شد
Hessam Khodayarifard was shot dead in the western Iranian city of Kuhdasht on the evening of New Year's eve.
Persian original
Hessam Khodayarifard was shot dead in the western Iranian city of Kuhdasht on the evening of New Year's eve.
Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard's father stated explicitly that his son was not a Basij member.
Persian original
پدر امیرحسام خدایاری فرد، به صراحت اعلام کرد که فرزندش بسیجی نبود.
Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, 22 years old, was killed by gunfire from IRGC forces on 10 Dey 1404 during the popular protests in the city of Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province.
Persian original
امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد، ۲۲ ساله، ۱۰ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شهر کوهدشت استان لرستان، با شلیک گلوله از سوی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی کشته شد.

After their death

The Kuhdasht governorate and officials, as well as the IRGC of Lorestan Province, had referred to him as a Basij member and a martyr
Persian original
فرمانداری و مسئولان کوهدشت و نیز سپاه استان لرستان، از وی با عنوان بسیجی و شهید یاد کرده بودند
Ali Sepahvand, the Friday prayer leader of Kuhdasht, also visited Amirhesam's father to persuade him
Persian original
علی سپهوند، امام جمعه کوهدشت، نیز به دیدار پدر امیرحسام رفته تا او را راضی کند
The IRGC of Lorestan Province and other government bodies had presented this young protester, who was killed during the protests on Wednesday evening, 10 Dey, in Kuhdasht, as a Basij member
Persian original
سپاه استان لرستان و دیگر نهادهای حکومتی این جوان معترض را که در جریان اعتراضات شامگاه چهارشنبه ۱۰ دی‌ماه در کوهدشت کشته شد، بسیجی معرفی کرده بودند
According to this report, after killing this young man the government tried, through threats not to hand over his body combined with financial offers, to persuade his family to present their protester son as a Basij member.
Persian original
بنا بر این گزارش، حکومت پس از کشتن این جوان، تلاش کرده است از طریق تهدید به تحویل ندادن پیکر او، همراه با پیشنهادهای مالی، خانواده او را مجاب کند تا فرزند معترض‌شان را بسیجی معرفی کنند.
According to information received, Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard's body has not yet been handed over to his family.
Persian original
بر اساس اطلاعات دریافتی، هنوز پیکر امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده نشده است.
Authorities initially refused to hand over his body and pressured the family to present him as a member of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia, relatives said.
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Authorities initially refused to hand over his body and pressured the family to present him as a member of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia, relatives said.
The claim was later publicly rejected by Hessam’s father, who spoke at his son’s funeral after the body was eventually returned.
Persian original
The claim was later publicly rejected by Hessam’s father, who spoke at his son’s funeral after the body was eventually returned.
Confrontations erupted as security personnel moved in, turning the funeral into another site of repression
Persian original
Confrontations erupted as security personnel moved in, turning the funeral into another site of repression
The Hazrat Abolfazl IRGC of Lorestan claimed in a statement that he had been a Basij member
Persian original
سپاه حضرت ابوالفضل لرستان در بیانیه‌ای ادعا کرد که او بسیجی بوده
On 12 Dey, at the time of the burial ceremony in the village of "Davud Rashid" in Kuhdasht, Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard's father denied his son's membership in the Basij and declared that he had been killed by government forces.
Persian original
پدر امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد ۱۲ دی ماه، هم‌زمان با مراسم خاکسپاری در روستای «داوود رشید» کوهدشت، عضویت فرزندش در بسیج را رد کرد و اعلام کرد که او به دست نیروهای حکومتی کشته شده است.
According to information received, those present at the burial ceremony drove government forces out of the ceremony site, and the family also pulled down the banner put up by the IRGC in front of their residence.
Persian original
بر اساس اطلاعات دریافتی، حاضران در مراسم خاکسپاری نیروهای حکومتی را از محل مراسم خارج کردند و خانواده نیز بنر نصب‌شده از سوی سپاه پاسداران را از مقابل محل سکونت خود پایین کشیدند.
Also, people taking part in the burial ceremony of this protesting citizen at Davud Rashid Cemetery in Kuhdasht expelled the IRGC forces present at the burial site from the ceremony and clashed with them.
Persian original
همچنین مردم شرکت‌کننده در مراسم خاکسپاری این شهروند معترض در قبرستان داوود رشید کوهدشت، نیروهای سپاه پاسداران را که در محل خاکسپاری حضور داشتند از مراسم بیرون کرده و با آنان درگیر شدند.
An informed source in Kuhdasht told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network: "The burial ceremony of Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, a 22-year-old Yarsan citizen residing in Kuhdasht, who had lost his life on 10 Dey 1404 from gunfire by IRGC forces, was held at Davud Rashid Cemetery in this county with a large presence of people".
Persian original
یک منبع مطلع در کوهدشت به شبکه حقوق بشر کردستان گفت: «مراسم خاکسپاری امیرحسام خدایاری‌فرد، شهروند ۲۲ ساله یارسان و ساکن کوهدشت، که در تاریخ ۱۰ دی ۱۴۰۴ با تیراندازی نیروهای سپاه پاسداران جان خود را از دست داده بود، در قبرستان داوود رشید این شهرستان و با حضور گسترده مردم برگزار شد».
According to this source, those present at the ceremony drove the IRGC forces out of the burial site, and for some hours clashes took place between protesters and IRGC forces." This source added that although state media had presented this citizen as a member of the Basij force, his father rejected this claim at the burial ceremony on Friday, 12 Dey 1404, and declared that his son had been killed by security forces.
Persian original
به گفته این منبع، حاضران در مراسم نیروهای سپاه پاسداران را از محل خاکسپاری بیرون کردند و برای ساعاتی درگیری میان معترضان و نیروهای سپاه پاسداران رخ داد.» این منبع افزود هرچند رسانه‌های حکومتی این شهروند را عضو نیروی بسیج معرفی کرده بودند، اما پدر او روز جمعه ۱۲ دی ۱۴۰۴ در مراسم خاکسپاری این ادعا را رد کرد و اعلام نمود فرزندش به دست نیروهای امنیتی کشته شده است.
The family of this citizen also pulled down the banner put up by the IRGC from the door of their house, and people also drove the IRGC forces out of the burial ceremony.
Persian original
همچنین خانواده این شهروند بنر نصب شده از سوی سپاه پاسداران را از درب منزل پایین کشیدند و مردم نیز نیروهای پاسداران را از مراسم خاکسپاری بیرون کردند.
The government of the Islamic Republic first tried to present him as a "Basij member", but independent investigations and the testimony of those close to him showed that he was one of the protesters, and his family also resisted the pressure of threats and inducements to change the narrative.
Persian original
حکومت جمهوری اسلامی ابتدا تلاش کرد او را «بسیجی» معرفی کند، اما تحقیقات مستقل و شهادت نزدیکانش نشان داد او از معترضان بود و خانواده‌اش نیز زیر فشار تهدید و تطمیع برای تغییر روایت مقاومت کرده‌اند.
The Iranian government has tried, through threats not to hand over his body combined with financial offers, to persuade his family to present their protester son as a Basij member.
Persian original
حکومت ایران تلاش کرده است از طریق تهدید به تحویل ندادن پیکر او، همراه با پیشنهادهای مالی، خانواده او را مجاب کند تا فرزند معترض‌شان را بسیجی معرفی کنند.
His burial ceremony on 12 Dey was held in a tense atmosphere, under heavy pressure from security forces and attacks by agents.
Persian original
مراسم خاکسپاریش ۱۲ دی در فضایی ملتهب و تحت فشار شدید نیروهای امنیتی و حملات مأموران برگزار شد.

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