Hossein Tehranchi

حسین طهرانچی

31 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Musician
  Persian original

  Musician

• Hossein's mother has asked those close to her to write "child of Iran" beside her son's name wherever it appears.
  Persian original

  مادر حسین از نزدیکان خود خواسته که هرکجا اسم پسرش آمد، جلوی آن بنویسند: «فرزند ایران».

• Hossein played several instruments.
  Persian original

  حسین چندین ساز می‌نواخت.

• He did sport.
  Persian original

  ورزش می‌کرد.

• He had also recently signed up for singing classes.
  Persian original

  به تازگی هم کلاس آوازخوانی ثبت‌نام کرده بود.

• In his Instagram bio Hossein had written: "If I'm gone, find me in the things I loved."
  Persian original

  حسین در بیوی اینستاگرام خود نوشته بود: «اگر نبودم، مرا در چیزهایی پیدا کنید که دوست‌شان داشتم.»

How they died

• Hossein Tehranchi, a 31-year-old artist, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in the "Narmak" area of Tehran by a bullet of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  حسین طهرانچیهنرمند ۳۱ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات منطقه «نارمک» تهران با گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

After their death

• His family found his body at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
  Persian original

  خانواده‌اش پیکر او را در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» پیدا کردند.

• Hossein's body was buried in "Behesht-e Zahra" in Tehran.
  Persian original

  پیکر حسین در «بهشت زهرا» تهران به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. IranWire
3. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
4. English Wikipedia
5. 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
• Artists
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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