Hossein Ajam

حسین عجم

22 years old · Gonabad · Razavi Khorasan Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

University student
Persian original
دانشجو

In the words of those close to them

My son went to express freedom and truth. They answered him with a bullet.— Father of the eternally remembered Hossein Ajam
Persian original
پسرم برای بیان آزادی و حقیقت رفت. جواب او را با گلوله دادند.

How they died

Was killed by bullets of agents of the Islamic Republic
Persian original
به ضرب گلوله ماموران جمهوری‌ اسلامی کشته شد
Physical education student at Neyshabur University, bullet to the head. After Hossein Ajam was hit in the head by a bullet, his body lay for more than two hours in front of the door of the governorate, and no one dared to approach. The Gonabad governorate had forced Hossein Ajam's family to take his body out of the town of Gonabad before 5 a.m. Hossein Ajam's body has been buried in the village of Zobeyd, Behesht-e Qasem, near Gonabad.
Persian original
دانشجوی تربیت بدنی دانشگاه نیشابور، اصابت گلوله به سر. بعد از اصابت گلوله به سر حسین عجم، پیکرش بیش از دو ساعت مقابل درِ فرمانداری بوده بود و کسی جرئت نزدیک‌شدن نداشت. فرمانداریِ گناباد خانوادهٔ حسین عجم را مجبور کرده بود که پیش از ساعت ۵ صبح پیکر او را از شهر گناباد خارج کنند. پیکر حسین عجم در روستای زُبیدِ بهشتِ قاسم در نزدیکی گناباد به خاک سپرده شده است.

Sources

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