Yadollah Heydari

یدالله حیدری

40 years old · Chamestan · Mazandaran Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

Yadollah Heydari was the father of two children.
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یدالله حیدری پدر دو فرزند بود.
He went for the future of his children and for the youth of this homeland.”
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He went for the future of his children and for the youth of this homeland.”
Yadollah Heidari was the father of two children.
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Yadollah Heidari was the father of two children.
Their mother passed away about 11 years ago.
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Their mother passed away about 11 years ago.

He owned a real estate agency in Chamestan.
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او صاحب یک دفتر مشاور املاک در چمستان بود.
The source emphasized: “He didn’t go for himself.
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The source emphasized: “He didn’t go for himself.
By taking him directly home, the family was able to carry out the last rites and bury him before the state could intervene.
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By taking him directly home, the family was able to carry out the last rites and bury him before the state could intervene.

How they died

Yadollah Heydari, 49 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Chamestan" by bullets of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
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یدالله حیدری ۴۹ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «چمستان» با گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
Yadollah Heydari was leaving the area when he was hit from behind by direct shooting.
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یدالله حیدری در حال ترک محل بوده که از پشت هدف شلیک مستقیم قرار گرفته است.
The bullet hit Yadollah Heydari's heart from behind and caused his death.
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گلوله از پشت به قلب یدالله حیدری اصابت کرده و موجب مرگ او شده است.
Heydari, a 49-year-old citizen living in the town of "Chamestan", was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, during the protests and the shooting by forces affiliated with the security and Basij bodies of the Islamic Republic. He owned a real estate agency in Chamestan. According to those close to him, "no one imagined that such shooting would happen in such a small neighbourhood."
Persian original
حیدری شهروند ۴۹ ساله و ساکن شهر «چمستان»، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات و تیراندازی نیروهای وابسته به نهادهای امنیتی و بسیجی جمهوری اسلامی کشته شده است. او صاحب یک دفتر مشاور املاک در چمستان بود. به گفته نزدیکانش «هیچ‌کس تصور نمی‌کرد در محله‌ای به این کوچکی چنین تیراندازی رخ دهد.»
According to information received by IranWire, Yadollah Heidari, a 49-year-old resident of Chamestan, a small town in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, was killed on Friday, January 9, during protests after security forces and Basij units opened fire.
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According to information received by IranWire, Yadollah Heidari, a 49-year-old resident of Chamestan, a small town in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, was killed on Friday, January 9, during protests after security forces and Basij units opened fire.
An informed source told IranWire that Heidari was leaving the area when he was shot from behind.
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An informed source told IranWire that Heidari was leaving the area when he was shot from behind.

After their death

Acquaintances took Yadollah Heydari's body home.
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پیکر یدالله حیدری را آشنایان به منزل منتقل کردند.
Government agents pressured his family to accept that Yadollah Heydari be presented as a "martyr".
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ماموران حکومتی خانواده او را تحت فشار گذاشتند تا بپذیرند که یدالله حیدری به‌عنوان «شهید» معرفی شود.
However, after a while, Basij and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) forces entered the area and began firing directly.”
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However, after a while, Basij and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) forces entered the area and began firing directly.”
The source also said that some of the shooters were local residents - people known in the neighborhood - who were members of the Basij or the IRGC.
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The source also said that some of the shooters were local residents - people known in the neighborhood - who were members of the Basij or the IRGC.
This points to a painful reality in many small Iranian towns: “local Basijis” are often ordinary civilians who volunteer for the regime.
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This points to a painful reality in many small Iranian towns: “local Basijis” are often ordinary civilians who volunteer for the regime.
The source added that after Heidari was shot, several acquaintances who were present took his body in a private vehicle and brought it to his home, where it was kept.
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The source added that after Heidari was shot, several acquaintances who were present took his body in a private vehicle and brought it to his home, where it was kept.

Sources

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

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