Hossein Naseri

حسین ناصری

73 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

His two children outside Iran
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دو فرزندش در خارج از ایران
his two children, both outside Iran
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his two children, both outside Iran
Hossein Naseri was a retiree and the father of two children who live outside Iran.
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حسین ناصری بازنشسته و پدر دو فرزندی بود که خارج از ایران زندگی می‌کنند.

"I am at ease about the safety and welfare of my children, and it doesn't matter what happens to me. I am going to the protests for a better future for the next generation."
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«از امنیت و رفاه فرزندانم خیالم راحت است و مهم نیست چه بر سرم بیاید. به اعتراضات می‌روم برای آینده بهتر نسل بعد.»
"Let me be sacrificed for you young people."
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«من فدای شما جوان‌ها بشوم.»
Born 1331
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متولد ۱۳۳۱
Hossein Naseri, born in 1952
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Hossein Naseri, born in 1952
“I am going to the protests for a better future for the next generation.”
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“I am going to the protests for a better future for the next generation.”
he replied: “Let me be sacrificed for you young people.”
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he replied: “Let me be sacrificed for you young people.”

On his second night at the protests Naseri was hit by direct shooting, and the bullet hit the main artery of his leg.
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ناصری در دومین شب حضورش در اعتراضات هدف شلیک مستقیم قرار گرفت و گلوله به شاهرگ پایش اصابت کرد.
He was taken by car to Al-Ghadir Hospital in Tehran, and according to informed sources he was still alive during the transfer.
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او را با خودرو به بیمارستان الغدیر تهران منتقل کردند و به گفته منابع آگاه، او در زمان انتقال همچنان زنده بود.
Naseri was shot on his second night at the protests. The bullet hit a main artery in his leg.
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Naseri was shot on his second night at the protests. The bullet hit a main artery in his leg.
sources said he was still alive when he arrived.
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sources said he was still alive when he arrived.
As the wounded were being brought in, security forces raided the hospital
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As the wounded were being brought in, security forces raided the hospital
Hossein Naseri, 73 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Tehran" by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
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حسین ناصری ۷۳ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «تهران» با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

Four days later, Naseri's wife found his body at Kahrizak on her own.
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چهار روز بعد، همسر ناصری به تنهایی پیکر او را در کهریزک پیدا کرد.
He was buried without a ceremony and the usual burial, while his two children outside Iran were unaware of their father's fate.
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او بدون برگزاری مراسم و خاکسپاری معمول به خاک سپرده شد؛ در حالی که دو فرزندش در خارج از ایران، از سرنوشت پدرشان بی‌اطلاع بودند.
Four days later, Naseri’s wife found his body alone at Kahrizak morgue.
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Four days later, Naseri’s wife found his body alone at Kahrizak morgue.
Relatives said he was buried without a normal funeral
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Relatives said he was buried without a normal funeral
They buried his body in "Behesht-e Zahra".
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پیکر او را در «بهشت‌ زهرا» به خاک سپردند.

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

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