Arash (Majid) Behfar

آرش بهفر

Also known as مجید

32 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He was a "generous, kind and down-to-earth" man
  Persian original

  مردی «سفره‌دار، مهربان و خاکی» بود

• He, who had spent his childhood without a father
  Persian original

  او که کودکی‌ را بدون پدر گذرانده بود

How they died

• Was arrested in Nezamabad, Tehran, but did not return alive
  Persian original

  در نظام‌آباد تهران بازداشت شد، اما زنده برنگشت

• The agents pressed a shotgun against his abdomen and fired
  Persian original

  ماموران اسلحه ساچمه‌ای را به شکمش چسباندند و شلیک کردند

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Independent Persian

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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