Amirhossein Amirivafa

امیرحسین امیری‌وفا

29 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He was a welding worker and was coming back from work when he went into the street to protest.
  Persian original

  او کارگر جوشکاری بود و از سرِ کار برمی‌گشت که برای اعتراض خیابان رفت.

In the words of those close to them

23 Bahman 1404: "Amirhossein Amirivafa", a 29-year-old Kurdish young man from Mashhad, is one of those killed in the popular protests of 18 Dey 1404 at "Haft-e Tir" Square in Mashhad, who lost his life from direct live fire to the neck by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic.

Persian original

۲۳ بهمن ۱۴۰۴؛ «امیرحسین امیری‌وفا»، جوان ۲۹ ساله کورد اهل مشهد، از جان‌باختگان اعتراضات مردمی ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در میدان «هفت‌تیر» مشهد است که با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه گردن جان خود را از دست داد.

Mum, my blood is no more precious than that of our other young ones who have gone".— According to an informed source speaking to Kurdpa, his last sentence to his mother was

Persian original

مامان خون من از بقیه جونوهامون که رفتن رنگین‌تر نیست».

How they died

• Was killed by government forces
  Persian original

  از سوی نیروهای حکومتی کشته شد

• Amirhossein Amirivafa, 29 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Mashhad", in front of the "Haft-e Tir" police post of this city, by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic into his throat.
  Persian original

  امیرحسین امیری‌وفا ۲۹ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸‌دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «مشهد»، مقابل پاسگاه «هفت تیر» این شهر با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی به گلویش کشته شد.

• Mashhad: Amirhossein Amirivafa, a 29-year-old Kurdish young man, the identity of another of those killed on 18 Dey, killed by a live round to the neck.
  Persian original

  مشهد؛ امیرحسین امیری‌وفا، جوان ۲۹ ساله کورد، هویت یکی دیگر از جان‌باختگان ۱۸ دی کشته‌شده با شلیک گلوله جنگی به گردن .

• 23 Bahman 1404: "Amirhossein Amirivafa", a 29-year-old Kurdish young man from Mashhad, is one of those killed in the popular protests of 18 Dey 1404 at "Haft-e Tir" Square in Mashhad, who lost his life from direct live fire to the neck by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  ۲۳ بهمن ۱۴۰۴؛ «امیرحسین امیری‌وفا»، جوان ۲۹ ساله کورد اهل مشهد، از جان‌باختگان اعتراضات مردمی ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در میدان «هفت‌تیر» مشهد است که با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه گردن جان خود را از دست داد.

After their death

• They buried his body behind the tomb of Ferdowsi in the town of Tus
  Persian original

  پیکر او را در پشت آرامگاه فردوسی در شهر توس به خاک سپردند

• His body was handed over to the family two days later at "Behesht-e Rezvan" in Mashhad and buried there.
  Persian original

  پیکرش دو روز بعد در «بهشت رضوان» مشهد به خانواده تحویل داده شد و همان‌جا به خاک سپرده شد.

• His body was buried on 21 Dey 1404 at the "Ferdowsi" cemetery in Mashhad.
  Persian original

  پیکر او ۲۱ دی ۱۴۰۴ در آرامستان «فردوسی» مشهد به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. IranWire
6. Kurdpa

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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