Soheil Zilabi Rostamabadi

سهیل زیلابی رستم آبادی

Also known as سهیل زیلابی

25 years old · Yazdanshahr · Isfahan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

Worked as an apprentice in car paint colour matching
Persian original
به‌عنوان شاگرد تشخیص رنگ خودرو کار می‌کرد

His mother had raised Soheil and his two sisters with hardship.
Persian original
مادرش با سختی سهیل و دو خواهرش را بزرگ کرده بود.

Soheil was an extraordinarily kind and lovable child.
Persian original
سهیل بچه‌ای فوق‌العاده مهربان و دوست‌داشتنی بود.
He had returned from military service less than a year earlier
Persian original
کمتر از یک سال بود که از سربازی برگشته بود
He went to work at 5 in the morning and worked until 5 in the afternoon
Persian original
از ساعت ۵ صبح سر کار می‌رفت و تا ساعت ۵ بعدازظهر کار می‌کرد

In the words of those close to them

Soheil was an extraordinarily kind and lovable child.— A relative
Persian original
سهیل بچه‌ای فوق‌العاده مهربان و دوست‌داشتنی بود.

His mother had raised Soheil and his two sisters with hardship.— A relative
Persian original
مادرش با سختی سهیل و دو خواهرش را بزرگ کرده بود.

He worked as an apprentice in car paint colour matching; he went to work at 5 in the morning and worked until 5 in the afternoon.— A relative
Persian original
به‌عنوان شاگرد تشخیص رنگ خودرو کار می‌کرد؛ از ساعت ۵ صبح سر کار می‌رفت و تا ساعت ۵ بعدازظهر کار می‌کرد.

How they died

Security agents shot him in the head on Motahari Boulevard in Yazdanshahr
Persian original
مأموران امنیتی در بلوار مطهری یزدانشهر، به سر او شلیک کردند
He was taken to Fatemeh-Zahra Hospital in Yazdanshahr and lost his life there
Persian original
به بیمارستان فاطمه الزهرا یزدانشهر منتقل شد و در آنجا جان باخت
Was killed during the protests in Yazdanshahr by direct shooting of security agents.
Persian original
در جریان اعتراضات در یزدانشهر با شلیک مستقیم مأموران امنیتی کشته شد.

After their death

The security forces handed over only Soheil's bloodied clothes to his family
Persian original
نیروهای امنیتی تنها لباس‌های خونین سهیل را به خانواده‌اش تحویل دادند
For three days the family went to Bagh-e Rezvan cemetery, and finally, five days later, Soheil's body was handed over to them
Persian original
خانواده به مدت سه روز به قبرستان باغ رضوان مراجعه کردند و در نهایت، پنج روز بعد پیکر سهیل به آنان تحویل داده شد

Sources

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