Elina Hojjati

الینا حجتی

23 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Elina was a final-year student of microbiology.
  Persian original

  الینا سال دانشجوی سال آخر رشته میکروبیولوژی بود.

How they died

• Elina Hojjati, 23 years old, was hit by live fire of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Tehran", and died in hospital.
  Persian original

  الینا حجتی ۲۳ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «تهران»، هدف شلیک تیر جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و در بیمارستان جان داد.

• After she was shot, Elina was taken to "Shohada" Hospital in Tajrish.
  Persian original

  الینا را بعد از تیر خوردن به بیمارستان «شهدا» تجریش منتقل کردند.

• But the security forces threw Elina's family out of the hospital, and on Friday morning, 19 Dey, gave them the news of Elina's death.
  Persian original

  نیروهای امنیتی اما خانواده الینا را از بیمارستان بیرون کردند و صبح جمعه ۱۹دی، به آن‌ها خبر مرگ الینا را دادند.

After their death

• Elina's body was not handed over to her family for three days.
  Persian original

  پیکر الینا تا سه روز به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده نشد.

• After three days, Elina's family found the body of their loved one at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
  Persian original

  بعد از سه روز، خانواده الینا پیکر عزیزشان را در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» پیدا کردند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. IranWire

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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