Afshin Miyarkiani

افشین میار کیانی

Chalous · Mazandaran Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Taekwondo champion and coach
  Persian original

  قهرمان و مربی تکواندو

• While helping wounded protesters
  Persian original

  هنگام کمک به معترضان زخمی

• Afshin Miyarkiani was one of the well-known taekwondo athletes and was also active as a coach.
  Persian original

  افشین میار کیانی از ورزشکاران شناخته‌شده تکواندو و به‌عنوان مربی نیز فعالیت داشت.

How they died

• When the repressive forces noticed his efforts to save others, they fired two bullets at him from behind and he lost his life on the spot
  Persian original

  زمانی که نیروهای سرکوب متوجه تلاش او برای نجات دیگران می‌شوند، دو گلوله از پشت به او شلیک کردند و او در همان محل جان باخت

• Taekwondo champion and coach, [killed] with two bullets from behind while helping wounded protesters
  Persian original

  قهرمان و مربی تکواندو، هنگام کمک به معترضان زخمی با دو گلوله از پشت

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Persian 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
• Athletes
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Mazandaran Province
• Chalous

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