Mehrab Golestaniunder 18

محراب گلستانی

17 years old · Isfahan

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Mehrab was a student at a school for the gifted and was preparing to take the national university entrance exam.
  Persian original

  محراب دانش‌آموز مدرسه تیزهوشان بود و برای شرکت در آزمون سراسری آماده می‌شد.

• His mother, Sureh Dehqani, an illustrator of children's and young adult books
  Persian original

  مادرش، سوره دهقانی، تصویرگر کتاب کودک و نوجوان

• Mehrab was a student at the Isfahan school for the gifted and was to take the university entrance exam this year.
  Persian original

  محراب دانش‌آموز مدرسه تیزهوشان اصفهان بود و قرار بود امسال در کنکور شرکت کند.

In the words of those close to them

Forty days have passed… When my dear aunt gave me this dress as a gift, to bring me out of mourning according to custom, I said no, don't ask this of me… I am in mourning forever.— Mother (Sureh Dehqani)

Persian original

چهل روز گذشت… وقتی عمه‌ی عزیزم این لباس را به من هدیه داد تا به رسم سنت مرا از عزا دربیاورد، گفتم نه، از من نخواهید… من تا همیشه عزادارم.

How they died

• He lost his life on the evening of 19 Dey from direct shooting by government forces.
  Persian original

  او شامگاه نوزدهم دی‌ماه با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای حکومتی، جان باخت.

• On the evening of 19 Dey in Isfahan he was hit by a bullet of government agents and lost his life
  Persian original

  شامگاه ۱۹ دی در اصفهان هدف گلوله ماموران حکومتی قرار گرفت و جان خود را از دست داد

• Mehrab Golestani, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Isfahan" by live fire from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  محراب گلستانی، نوجوان ۱۷ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «اصفهان» با شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شدند.

• Shot
  Persian original

  Shot

• Mehrab Golestani, a gifted 17-year-old teenager, was hit by a bullet of government agents on the evening of 19 Dey in Isfahan and lost his life. Golestani was born in Kerman, lived in Isfahan and was a student at a school for the gifted.
  Persian original

  محراب گلستانی، نوجوان ۱۷ ساله تیزهوش، در شامگاه ۱۹ دی در اصفهان هدف گلوله مأموران حکومتی قرار گرفت و جان خود را از دست داد. گلستانی متولد کرمان، ساکن اصفهان و دانش‌آموز مدرسه تیزهوشان بود.

After their death

• His mother, Sureh Dehqani, is an illustrator of children's and young adult books, and the picture she made of her child amid grief and tears received a great deal of attention.
  Persian original

  مادرش، سوره دهقانی، تصویرگر کتاب کودک و نوجوان، است و تصویری که از فرزندش در میان اندوه و اشک ثبت کرد، بسیار موردتوجه قرار گرفت.

• Mehrab's body was handed over to the family after six days, after a pledge was taken for a "burial in silence".
  Persian original

  پیکر محراب را پس از شش روز و با گرفتن تعهد برای «خاکسپاری در سکوت» به خانواده تحویل دادند.

• He was buried on Thursday, 25 Dey.
  Persian original

  او روز پنجشنبه ۲۵دی به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Independent Persian
6. Independent Persian
7. IranWire
8. Radio Farda
9. Persian Wikipedia
10. Telegram

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
• The massacre of 8 and 9 January 2026
• Killed during protests
• Children and teenagers killed
• School pupils
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Isfahan Province
• Isfahan

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