Sina Haghshenas
Dey 1404 Killed during protests
Life
- Owner of a flower shop
Persian original
صاحب یک مغازه گلفروشی
- florist
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florist
- a young florist from northern Iran
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a young florist from northern Iran
- Sina was the owner of a well-known flower shop called "Shahdeh" in Gorgan.
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سینا صاحب یک گلفروشی شناختهشده به نام «شهده» در گرگان بود.
- He cared about freedom, and when the protests intensified he went into the street.
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او دغدغه آزادی داشت و وقتی اعتراضات شدت گرفت، به خیابان رفت.
- Sina cared about freedom and had repeatedly published critical posts about economic problems.
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سینا دغدغه آزادی داشت و بارها پستهای انتقادی نسبت به مشکلات اقتصادی منتشر کرده بود.
- Sina Haghshenas was upset about the cost of running his flower shop in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan.
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Sina Haghshenas was upset about the cost of running his flower shop in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan.
How they died
- Sina Haghshenas, 27 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Gorgan" by government agents.
Persian original
سینا حقشناس ۲۷ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «گرگان» به دست ماموران حکومتی کشته شد.
- So he joined a protest on January 8 sparked by the economic crisis the country was facing. It was there that security forces fatally shot him
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So he joined a protest on January 8 sparked by the economic crisis the country was facing. It was there that security forces fatally shot him
After their death
- A video of the "mourning dance" of his family and acquaintances at the memorial ceremony
Persian original
ویدیوی «رقص سوگ» خانواده و آشنایانش در مراسم یادبود
- At his funeral, mourners celebrated his life even in death — refusing silence, and turning grief into a final act of pride and defiance.
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At his funeral, mourners celebrated his life even in death — refusing silence, and turning grief into a final act of pride and defiance.
- friends, who held a memorial for him, singing and chanting "with honor."
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friends, who held a memorial for him, singing and chanting "with honor."
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- IranWire
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran International
- Iran International
- IranWire
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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
- Shopkeepers and traders
- The year 1404 (2025–2026)
- Dey 1404
- Golestan Province
- Gorgan
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