Mahan Ghadami

ماهان قدمی

23 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Rapper
  Persian original

  Rapper

• Mahan was passionate about hairdressing and protest art, and before going into the street had published a rap song on Instagram about the concerns of young people of his generation.
  Persian original

  ماهان شیفته حرفه آرایش‌گری و هنر اعتراضی بود و پیش از رفتن به خیابان یک ترانه رپ درباره دغدغه‌های جوانان هم‌نسل خود در اینستاگرام منتشر کرده بود.

How they died

• Mahan Ghadami, a 23-year-old rap singer and hairdresser, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Eslamshahr", Tehran Province, by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  ماهان قدمی، خواننده رپ و آرایش‌گر ۲۳ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «اسلامشهر» استان تهران با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

After their death

• Mahan's body was found at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
  Persian original

  پیکر ماهان را در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» پیدا کردند.

• He was buried in "Behesht-e Zahra" in Tehran.
  Persian original

  او در «بهشت زهرا» تهران به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

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

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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