Aria Honarmand

آریا هنرمند

27 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Rap singer
  Persian original

  خواننده رپ

• Rapper
  Persian original

  Rapper

• Three days before his killing he had released a rap song called "Azadi" (Freedom).
  Persian original

  او سه روز قبل از قتل، ترانه رپی را با نام «آزادی» منتشر کرده بود.

• Aria, a rapper and composer, lived in the "Shahrak-e Gharb" area of Tehran and on Thursday had joined the protests in the "Naziabad" area.
  Persian original

  آریا رپر و آهنگساز، ساکن منطقه «شهرک غرب» تهران بود و پنج‌شنبه به اعتراضات منطقه «ناز‌ی‌آباد» پیوسته بود.

How they died

• Was killed by two live rounds
  Persian original

  با دو گلوله جنگی کشته شد

• Aria Honarmand, 27 years old, was shot and killed by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Naziabad", Tehran.
  Persian original

  آریا هنرمند، ۲۷ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «نازی‌آباد» تهران هدف شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و کشته شد.

• Aria was hit by two live rounds to his throat and lower back and was killed.
  Persian original

  آریا هدف شلیک دو گلوله جنگی به گلو و کمرش قرار گرفت و به قتل رسید.

After their death

• At Aria Honarmand's fortieth-day memorial his rap songs were also played.
  Persian original

  در مراسم چهلم آریا هنرمند، نیز ترانه‌های رپ او پخش شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran International
6. IranWire
7. English 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
• Artists
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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