Mehdi Shafiei

مهدی شفیعی

41 years old · Eslamshahr · Tehran Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Worked on a construction project
  Persian original

  در یک پروژهٔ ساختمانی کار می‌کرد

• His son Mani Shafiei
  Persian original

  پسرش مانی شفیعی

• Of their family of four, only the mother and daughter remain
  Persian original

  از خانواده چهار نفره آن‌ها تنها مادر و دختر باقی مانده‌اند

Family and bonds

• Family Mani Shafiei مانی شفیعیunder 18

  پسرش مانی شفیعی

How they died

• Were shot at by agents in Eslamshahr and lost their lives
  Persian original

  در اسلامشهر هدف تیراندازی ماموران قرار گرفتند و جان خود را از دست دادند

• Was killed in the street after being hit by live ammunition in the heart area
  Persian original

  در خیابان با اصابت گلوله جنگی به ناحیه قلب کشته شد

• Shot
  Persian original

  Shot

• On 18 Dey, Mehdi Shafiei, beside his child Mani Shafiei, was killed in front of their family home after being hit by live ammunition in the heart area.
  Persian original

  در ۱۸ دی مهدی شفیعی در کنار فرزندش مانی شفیعی در مقابل منزل خانوادگیشان با اصابت گلوله جنگی به ناحیه قلب کشته شد.

• On 19 Dey, Mehdi Shafiei went out for the protests in Shahrak-e Qaemiyeh in Eslamshahr and lost his life with a live round to his heart, not knowing that his son Mani had also been hit by a bullet
  Persian original

  ۱۹ دی‌ماه مهدی شفیعی در شهرک قائمیه در اسلامشهر برای اعتراضات بیرون رفت و با گلوله جنگی به قلبش در حالی جان باخت که نمی‌دانست پسرش مانی هم هدف گلوله قرار گرفته است

After their death

• The bodies of this father and son were taken for burial to the village of Chenar-Sheikh in Asadabad County, Hamadan.
  Persian original

  پیکر این پدر و پسر برای خاکسپاری به روستای چنارشیخ از توابع اسدآباد همدان منتقل شد.

• The fortieth-day memorial of the eternally remembered Mehdi Shafiei, a protester who was killed, and his son Mani Shafiei, in the village of Chenar-Sheikh, Hamadan
  Persian original

  مراسم چهلم جاویدنام مهدی شفیعی، معترض کشته‌شده و پسرش مانی شفیعی را در روستای چنارشیخ همدان

• For handing over the bodies of these two, government forces demanded a sum of about 500 million tomans from the family
  Persian original

  نیروهای حکومتی برای تحویل پیکر این دو، مبلغی در حدود ۵۰۰ میلیون تومان از خانواده مطالبه کردند

• Was buried on 21 Dey in the village of Chenar-e Sofla (Sheikh) in Asadabad County, Hamadan Province
  Persian original

  روز بیست‌ویکم دی‌ماه، در روستای چنارسفلی (شیخ) از توابع شهرستان اسدآباد استان همدان به خاک سپرده شد

• The bodies of Mehdi and Mani Shafiei were buried on 21 Dey in the village of Chenar in Asadabad, Hamadan
  Persian original

  پیکر مهدی و مانی شفیعی ۲۱ دی‌ در روستای چنار در اسدآباد همدان به خاک سپرده شد

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran International
6. Independent Persian
7. Radio Farda
8. Persian Wikipedia
9. Radio Farda

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
• Families who lost more than one member
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Eslamshahr

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