Rostam Mobarakabadi

رستم مبارک‌آبادی

30 years old · Mobarakeh · Isfahan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• truck driver
  Persian original

  truck driver

• Truck (trailer) driver
  Persian original

  راننده تریلی

How they died

• shot dead by security forces on January 9 in Esfahan
  Persian original

  shot dead by security forces on January 9 in Esfahan

• Rostam Mobarakabadi, 30 years old, was killed in the Dey 1404 protests in the town of "Mobarakeh", Isfahan, by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  رستم مبارک‌آبادی ۳۰ساله، در اعتراضات دی۱۴۰۴ شهر «مبارکه» اصفهان با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• Forces of the Islamic Republic shot this citizen in the head from behind.
  Persian original

  نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی از پشت به سر این شهروند شلیک کردند.

• Rostam Mobarakabadi, a 30-year-old young man and truck driver, was hit on Friday night, 19 Dey, during the protests of the national Lion and Sun revolution, by direct shooting of the repressive forces, and lost his life after being taken to hospital.
  Persian original

  رستم مبارک‌آبادی، جوان ۳۰ ساله و راننده تریلی، جمعه‌شب، ۱۹ دی‌ماه در جریان اعتراضات انقلاب ملی شیروخورشید، هدف شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر قرار گرفت و پس از انتقال به بیمارستان جان باخت.

• He was first hit from behind by live fire of the repressive forces, and at the same time pellets had hit his body from the front.
  Persian original

  ابتدا از پشت، مورد هدف شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوب قرار گرفت و هم‌زمان از روبرو ساچمه‌هایی به بدنش برخورد کرده بود.

After their death

• his mother held his photograph high above her head ... leading the crowd in a revolutionary song invoking “Kaveh the blacksmith,”
  Persian original

  his mother held his photograph high above her head ... leading the crowd in a revolutionary song invoking “Kaveh the blacksmith,”

• Security agents did not hand over Rostam's body to his family until Thursday, 25 Dey.
  Persian original

  ماموران امنیتی پیکر رستم را تا پنج‌شنبه ۲۵دی به خانواده‌اش تحویل ندادند.

• In the end Rostam Mobarakabadi's body was handed over to his family, and no money was taken for it.
  Persian original

  در نهایت پیکر رستم مبارک‌آبادی به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده شد و بابت آن پولی هم دریافت نشد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Hengaw — Hengaw confirms identities of 21 additional people killed in Isfahan Province
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. Iran International
7. IranWire
8. Kayhan London

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
• Drivers
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Isfahan Province

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