Ahmad Niazi

احمد نیازی

38 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Ahmad Niazi, 47 years old, was married and the father of two children.
  Persian original

  احمد نیازی، ۴۷ ساله‌، متاهل و پدر دو فرزند بود.

• He was the father of two children, a bodybuilding champion and the manager of a sports club.
  Persian original

  او پدر دو فرزند، قهرمان بدنسازی و مدیر باشگاه ورزشی بود.

How they died

• Ahmad Niazi, 47 years old, was killed on 18 Dey 1404 during the popular protests in the city of Mashhad by live fire from the military-security forces of the Islamic Republic to the head and leg.
  Persian original

  احمد نیازی، ۴۷ ساله، ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شهر مشهد با شلیک گلوله جنگی از سوی نیروهای نظامی-امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه سر و پا کشته شد.

• According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, a Kurdish citizen identified as "Ahmad Niazi", a bodybuilding champion, manager of a sports club and from the village of "Jowzan" in Quchan County, lost his life during the popular protests in Mashhad as a result of direct shooting by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with bullets hitting the back of his head and his leg.
  Persian original

  بر اساس گزارشات رسیده به سازمان حقوق بشر هانا: روز پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی ماه ۱۴۰۴، یک شهروند کُرد با هویت “احمد نیازی” قهرمان بدن سازی، مدیر باشگاه ورزشی و اهل روستای “جوزان” از توابع قوچان، در جریان اعتراضات مردمی در مشهد بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران و اصابت گلوله به ناحیه پشت سر و پا جان خود را از دست داده است.

After their death

• After two days without news and searching, the family identified his body at the forensic medicine centre in Mashhad, and the burial ceremony was held in the village of "Jowzan", Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan Province.
  Persian original

  خانواده پس از دو روز بی‌خبری و جستجو پیکر وی را در پزشکی قانونی مشهد شناسایی کردند و مراسم خاکسپاری در روستای «جوزان» شهرستان قوچان استان خراسان رضوی برگزار گردید.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
4. Hana Human Rights Organization

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
• Razavi Khorasan Province
• Mashhad

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