Karim Heydari

کریم حیدری

31 years old · Genaveh · Bushehr Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He was the father of a daughter aged three and a half.
  Persian original

  او پدر یک دختر ۳سال‌ونیمه بود.

• Karim Heydari was a decoration designer and was wearing his work clothes when he was killed.
  Persian original

  کریم حیدری طراح دکوراسیون بود و وقتی به قتل رسید، لباس کار به تن داشت.

• Karim Heydari was born in the village of "Shul".
  Persian original

  کریم حیدری زاده روستا «شول» بود.

How they died

• Karim Heydari, 31 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Bandar Genaveh", "Bushehr" Province, by a bullet of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic to his heart.
  Persian original

  کریم حیدری ۳۱ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «بندر گناوه» استان «بوشهر» با شلیک گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی به قلب‌اش کشته شد.

After their death

• They did not give Karim's body to his family for six days.
  Persian original

  پیکر کریم را برای شش روز به خانواده‌اش ندادند.

• On the seventh day Karim's family were able to receive his body and bury him in Genaveh itself.
  Persian original

  روز هفتم، خانواده کریم توانستند پیکر او را تحویل گرفته و در همان «گناوه» به خاک بسپارند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. 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
• Bushehr Province

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