Mohammad Javad Heydari
8 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- 32-year-old MMA athlete
Persian original
ورزشکار ۳۲ ساله رشته MMA
- "I swear to God, I for one am ready to die if only this country reaches some stability; dying a thousand times is worth more than this wretched and humiliating life."
Persian original
«والا به خدا من یکی حاضرم بمیرم ولی این کشور به یه ثباتی برسه، هزار بار مردن به این زندگی نکبت‌بار و ذلت‌بار ارزش داره.»
How they died
- On Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the Pasdaran neighbourhood of the city of Masjed Soleyman, he was killed by direct shooting of the repressive forces
Persian original
پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴، در محله پاسداران شهر مسجدسلیمان، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوب، به قتل رسید
- At 9:30 p.m., while helping a wounded protester, he was killed by a gunshot
Persian original
ساعت ۹:۳۰ شب، درحالی که به یک معترض زخمی کمک می‌کرد، با شلیک گلوله کشته شد
After their death
- After killing this athlete, the security forces buried the eternally remembered Heydari as a "Basij martyr" on 25 Dey 1404 at 4 a.m., under security measures, in "Behesht-e Zahra" of Chaharbisheh in Masjed Soleyman
Persian original
نیروهای امنیتی پس از قتل این ورزشکار، جاویدنام حیدری را به‌عنوان «بسیجی شهید»، روز ۲۵ دی ۱۴۰۴، ساعت ۴ صبح، با تدابیر امنیتی در «بهشت‌زهرای» چهاربیشه در مسجدسلیمان به خاک سپرد
- The videos and photos that had been published on his personal Instagram page were made inaccessible by the security forces
Persian original
فیلم‌ها و عکس‌هایی که در صفحه اینستاگرام شخصی او منتشر شده بود، توسط نیروهای امنیتی از دسترس خارج شد
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
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
- Khuzestan Province
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