Sajad Soleimani

سجاد سلیمانی

42 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

Father of a young daughter
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پدر یک دختر خردسال
He was married and the father of a five-year-old daughter.
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او متاهل و پدر یک دختر پنج‌ساله بود.
He was 41, married, and the father of a five-year-old daughter.
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He was 41, married, and the father of a five-year-old daughter.
Sajjad Soleimani was the father of a five-year-old girl and was working to build a better future for her.
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Sajjad Soleimani was the father of a five-year-old girl and was working to build a better future for her.

He ran a furniture-making workshop and was financially stable.
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He ran a furniture-making workshop and was financially stable.
Those who knew him described him as social, witty, good-natured, and kind.
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Those who knew him described him as social, witty, good-natured, and kind.

In the words of those close to them

Sajjad was alive - until the agents raided,” the source said.
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Sajjad was alive - until the agents raided,” the source said.

As far as we know, they didn’t have to pay,” the source said.
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As far as we know, they didn’t have to pay,” the source said.

How they died

On 18 Dey in the Ariashahr area of Tehran he was hit in the leg and lower back by agents' live ammunition
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۱۸ دی‌ماه در منطقه آریاشهر تهران از ناحیه پا و کمر با گلوله جنگی ماموران هدف قرار گرفت
He was taken to Ibn Sina Hospital
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او به بیمارستان ابن‌سینا منتقل شد
Sajjad Soleimani, 41 years old, was shot by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the "Ariashahr" neighbourhood of Tehran, and lost his life.
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سجاد سلیمانی ۴۱ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در محله «آریاشهر» تهران هدف شلیک گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و جان باخت.
Two live rounds hit Sajjad, one in the leg and one from behind into the right kidney.
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دو تیر جنگی یکی به پا و یکی از پشت به کلیه سمت راست سجاد اصابت کرد.
They got him to "Ibn Sina" Hospital.
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او را به بیمارستان «ابن‌سینا» رساندند.
According to those close to him, Sajjad was alive until the security agents raided the hospital.
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به گفته نزدیکانش، سجاد تا زمان حمله ماموران امنیتی به بیمارستان زنده بود.

After their death

On 19 Dey the family was told in a phone call to go to Kahrizak to identify the body
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در ۱۹ دی طی تماسی به خانواده اعلام شد برای شناسایی پیکر به کهریزک مراجعه کنند
But the agents threw out those accompanying the wounded with threats and shouting.
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اما ماموران همراهان مجروحان را با تهدید و عربده‌کشی بیرون کردند.
It was after that that they gave Sajjad's family the news of his death and told them to receive his body from the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
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بعد از آن بود که خبر فوت سجاد را به خانواده‌اش دادند و گفتند پیکرش را از مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» تحویل بگیرند.
“They forcibly removed all companions, shouting threats.
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“They forcibly removed all companions, shouting threats.
Later, they announced that Sajjad had died and told them to go to the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center to collect his body.”
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Later, they announced that Sajjad had died and told them to go to the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center to collect his body.”
Security forces repeatedly stormed emergency rooms to arrest wounded protesters or seize patients who may have seen the shooters’ faces.
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Security forces repeatedly stormed emergency rooms to arrest wounded protesters or seize patients who may have seen the shooters’ faces.
The person who spoke to IranWire said the family was “lucky” because they received Sajjad’s body without being forced to pay a fee.
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The person who spoke to IranWire said the family was “lucky” because they received Sajjad’s body without being forced to pay a fee.

Sources

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

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