Arshia Hozouri

عرشیا حضوری

25 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He had travelled from Thailand to Iran only two days earlier to see his family and friends
  Persian original

  تنها دو روز بود از تایلند برای دیدار با خانواده و دوستانش به ایران سفر کرده بود

• Born in the Jannatabad neighbourhood of Tehran
  Persian original

  متولد محله جنت‌آباد تهران

In the words of those close to them

Arshia's family had two sons and lost both of them; how are they supposed to live now?— A person close to the family

Persian original

خانواده عرشیا دو پسر داشتند که جفت آنها را هم از دست دادند دیگر چطور زندگی کنند؟

How they died

• According to Hengaw, Arshia was shot in the forehead from a distance of 40 metres and died immediately
  Persian original

  به گزارش هه‌نگاو عرشیا از فاصله ۴۰ متری از ناحیهٔ پیشانی هدف شلیک قرار گرفته و بلافاصله جان باخته است

• In response to the call of Prince Reza Pahlavi he took part in the protests on Thursday, 18 Dey, and lost his life on Ferdows Boulevard in Tehran as a result of a direct bullet to his head fired by repressive agents.
  Persian original

  در پاسخ به فراخوان شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در اعتراضات روز پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی‌ماه شرکت کرد و بر اثر شلیک مستقیم گلوله مأموران سرکوبگر به سرش در بلوار فردوس تهران جان باخت.

After their death

• Government bodies received 700 million tomans from his family in exchange for handing over the body
  Persian original

  نهادهای حکومتی در ازای تحویل پیکر، مبلغ ٧٠٠ میلیون تومان از خانواده‌اش دریافت کرده‌اند

• After three days of searching, Arshia's family found his body at Kahrizak among thousands of other bodies of those killed
  Persian original

  خانواده عرشیا پس از سه روز جستجو پیکر او را در کهریزک بین هزاران پیکر جان‌باخته دیگر پیدا کردند

• For handing over the body they received 2 billion tomans from them.
  Persian original

  برای تحویل پیکر از آنها مبلغ ۲ میلیارد تومان دریافت کردند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Radio Farda
5. Kayhan London

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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