Seyed Aref Mir Mousavi Dehshal

سید عارف میرموسوی دهشال

Also known as سید عارف میر موسوی

33 years old · Tehran

14 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

He was originally from Lahijan and lived in Tehran.
Persian original
او اصالتا اهل لاهیجان و ساکن تهران بود.
Early on 19 Dey his family found him in the intensive care unit.
Persian original
بامداد ۱۹دی خانواده او را در بخش مراقبت‌های ویژه پیدا کردند.
The main artery of his leg had been torn.
Persian original
شریان اصلی پایش پاره شده بود.
Ayatollah Kashani Boulevard is a major artery in a densely populated residential and commercial area.
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Ayatollah Kashani Boulevard is a major artery in a densely populated residential and commercial area.
It has frequently been a focal point for demonstrations and is often met with a heavy security presence, including motorized units and rapid-response forces.
Persian original
It has frequently been a focal point for demonstrations and is often met with a heavy security presence, including motorized units and rapid-response forces.

In the words of those close to them

First the kidneys, then the liver and spleen,” the source said.
Persian original
First the kidneys, then the liver and spleen,” the source said.

They said his body had to be transferred to Kahrizak.
Persian original
They said his body had to be transferred to Kahrizak.

How they died

Seyed Aref Mir Mousavi Dehshal, 33 years old, was wounded on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests on "Kashani" Boulevard in Tehran with severe injuries from baton blows, machete wounds and gunshots, and five days later lost his life in hospital.
Persian original
سیدعارف میرموسوی‌دهشال۳۳ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات بلوار «کاشانی» تهران با آسیب‌های بسیار ناشی از ضربات باتوم، زخم قمه و شلیک گلوله مجروح شد و پنج روز بعد در بیمارستان جان باخت.
He had been hit from behind by live ammunition.
Persian original
از پشت هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفته بود.
His head was swollen and the doctors said it had probably been injured by a baton blow.
Persian original
سرش متورم بود و پزشکان می‌گفتند احتمالا با ضربه باتوم آسیب دیده است.
The fronts and backs of his legs were covered with machete wounds.
Persian original
جلو و پشت پاهایش سراسر با ضربه‌های قمه مجروح بود.
Aref lost his life early on Wednesday, 24 Dey, in hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
Persian original
عارف بامداد چهارشنبه ۲۴دی بر اثر شدت جراحات وارده در بیمارستان جان باخت.
He was wounded on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 during the protests in Tehran, and on 24 Dey lost his life from injuries caused by live ammunition, baton blows and a machete.
Persian original
شامگاه ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات در تهران مجروح شد و ۲۴ دی بر اثر جراحات ناشی از اصابت گلوله جنگی، ضربات باتوم و قمه جان باخت.

After their death

He was body number 12876 at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
Persian original
او پیکر شماره ۱۲۸۷۶ در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» بود.
The security forces prevented a ceremony from being held at his grave in his birthplace, Dehshal in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County.
Persian original
نیروهای امنیتی از برگزاری مراسم بر سر مزار او در زادگاهش، دهشال از توابع آستانه اشرفیه، جلوگیری کردند.
A written pledge was taken from Aref Mir Mousavi's mother, father and sister not to attend the ceremony.
Persian original
از مادر، پدر و خواهر عارف میرموسوی تعهد کتبی گرفته شد که در مراسم حاضر نشوند.
Several family members were also attacked and injured.
Persian original
چند نفر از اعضای خانواده نیز مورد حمله قرار گرفته و آسیب دیده‌اند.
“During those five nights, the family stayed beside him, afraid that security forces would take his body.”
Persian original
“During those five nights, the family stayed beside him, afraid that security forces would take his body.”
Families of injured protesters have reported fears that bodies may be removed from hospitals or morgues without notice, preventing public funerals and limiting scrutiny of the cause of death.
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Families of injured protesters have reported fears that bodies may be removed from hospitals or morgues without notice, preventing public funerals and limiting scrutiny of the cause of death.
Kahrizak refers to the Medical Examiner’s Office and a detention facility south of Tehran.
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Kahrizak refers to the Medical Examiner’s Office and a detention facility south of Tehran.
“They handed over a black body bag labeled 12876,” the source said.
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“They handed over a black body bag labeled 12876,” the source said.

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

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