Mostafa Khorsandian
8 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- Mechanic
Persian original
مکانیک
- Mostafa lived in Rasht and was originally from Rudbar; he returned to his hometown for the protests.
Persian original
مصطفی ساکن رشت و اصالتا رودباری بود، برای اعتراضات به شهر زادگاهش برگشت.
- Mostafa was a mechanic and lived in Rasht.
Persian original
مصطفی مکانیک بود و در رشت زندگی میکرد.
In the words of those close to them
They become worried, break the morgue door and take Mostafa's body home in a Samand car— Sina Mirzaei, a relative (Sweden)Persian original
نگران میشوند درِ سردخانه را میشکنند و پیکر مصطفی را با یک ماشین سمند به خانه میبرند
How they died
- Mostafa Khorsandian, 23 years old, was hit by a bullet of armed agents of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Rudbar", Gilan, and lost his life.
Persian original
مصطفی خرسندیان ۲۳ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «رودبار» گیلان هدف گلوله ماموران مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و جان باخت.
- Mostafa was shot and wounded in front of Police Station 11 in Rudbar.
Persian original
مصطفی مقابل کلانتری ۱۱ رودبار هدف شلیک قرار گرفت و مجروح شد.
- Mostafa was taken to "Valiasr" Hospital in Rudbar but died due to severe bleeding.
Persian original
مصطفی را به بیمارستان «ولیعصر» رودبار بردند اما بهعلت شدت خونریزی جان داد.
- shot
Persian original
shot
- On 18 Dey, near the police building in Rudbar, Gilan Province, he lost his life from direct shooting by IRGC agents
Persian original
۱۸ دیماه در نزدیکی ساختمان نیروی انتظامی رودبار در استان گیلان با شلیک مستقیم ماموران سپاه جان باخته است
- A live round hit his chest and he lost his life
Persian original
گلولهٔ جنگی به سینهاش اصابت کرد و جان باخت
After their death
- Mostafa's friends broke the windows of the hospital morgue, took his body out and carried it to their family village.
Persian original
دوستان مصطفی با شکستن شیشههای سردخانه بیمارستان پیکر او را از آنجا خارج کردند و به روستای خانوادگیشان بردند.
- Early on 19 Dey 1404, for fear that agents would attack to seize the body, Mostafa's body was buried in the dark, in his clothes.
Persian original
پیکر مصطفی بامداد ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ از بیم حمله ماموران برای توقیف پیکر، در تاریکی هوا و با لباسهایش به خاک سپرده شد.
- Mostafa's mother begged his friends to take off his jacket and sneakers and then carry out the burial.
Persian original
مادر مصطفی از دوستان او خواهش کرد که کاپشن و کتونیهای او را از تنش جدا کنند و بعد خاکسپاری انجام شود.
- His family buried him without washing and in his own clothes
Persian original
خانوادهاش، او را بدون شستشو و با لباسهای خودش به خاک سپردند
- His body is at the Rudbar hospital but they would not hand it over to them
Persian original
پیکرش در بیمارستان رودبار است اما به آنها تحویل نمیدادند
- They buried Mostafa in lonely circumstances, without washing and in his own clothes, in the cemetery of the Taklim neighbourhood in the town of Rudbar
Persian original
مصطفی را غریبانه، بدون شستشو و با لباسهای خودش در قبرستان محلهٔ تکلیم در شهر رودبار به خاک سپردهاند
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
- IranWire
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Radio Farda
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
- Gilan Province
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