Emad Moudatipour

عماد مودتی پور

28 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Teacher of English and German
  Persian original

  مدرس زبان انگلیسی و آلمانی

• Emad was an athlete and a Persepolis supporter and was on the verge of emigrating and leaving Iran.
  Persian original

  عماد ورزشکار و از هواداران پرسپولیس بود و در آستانه مهاجرت و ترک ایران قرار داشت.

How they died

• He was wounded by direct shooting of security forces ... due to severe bleeding, and despite efforts to save him, he lost his life.
  Persian original

  با شلیک مستقیم نیرو‌های امنیتی مجروح شد ... به دلیل خون‌ریزی شدید و با وجود تلاش برای نجاتش، جان خود را از دست داد.

After their death

• So that it would not be seized by security forces, they kept his body until morning in a house near the place where he was shot.
  Persian original

  پیکر او را برای ربوده نشدن به دست نیرو‌های امنیتی تا صبح در خانه‌ای در اطراف محل تیر‌خوردنش نگه داشتند.

Sources

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

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
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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