Yashar Soltani Rad

یاشار سلطانی راد

27 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Wrestler
  Persian original

  کشتی‌گیر

• Yashar Soltani-Rad, a 26-year-old rising wrestling star killed in Tehran
  Persian original

  یاشار سلطانی‌راد ستاره‌ی نوظهور ۲۶ ساله‌ی کشتی کشته شده در تهران

How they died

• On the evening of Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests at the Tafresh intersection in the South Mehrabad neighbourhood of Tehran, he was killed by direct shooting of the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic
  Persian original

  شامگاه جمعه ۱۹ دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴، در اعتراضات چهارراه تفرش در محله مهرآباد جنوبی تهران، بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به قتل رسید

• After being hit by a bullet in the abdomen he was taken to hospital, but lost his life a few hours later
  Persian original

  پس از اصابت گلوله به ناحیه شکم به بیمارستان منتقل شد، اما ساعاتی بعد جان خود را از دست داد

After their death

• Security agents, on learning of this, took his body with them
  Persian original

  ماموران امنیتی با اطلاع از این موضوع، پیکر او را با خود بردند

• The Soltani-Rad family were able to get his body back by paying money and [signing] a confession statement
  Persian original

  خانواده سلطانی‌راد با پرداخت پول و اقرارنامه توانستند پیکر او را پس بگیرند

Sources

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

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