Ahmad Ghasempour Pileh Roudi

احمد قاسم پورپیله رودی

Also known as احمد قاسم‌پور

34 years old · Fardis · Alborz Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• The Ghasempour family had earlier lost one of their relatives in the eight-year Iran–Iraq war
  Persian original

  خانواده قاسم‌پور پیش‌تر یکی از بستگان خود را در جنگ هشت‌ساله ایران و عراق از دست داده

• Ahmad went to help this person
  Persian original

  احمد برای کمک به این فرد رفت

In the words of those close to them

They want to silence us.— A source close to the family

Persian original

می‌خواهند ما را ساکت کنند.

How they died

• On 19 Dey, in the area of the Third Roundabout of Fardis, he was killed after being hit in the heart by live ammunition.
  Persian original

  ۱۹ دی‌ماه در محدوده فلکه سوم فردیس با اصابت گلوله جنگی به قلبش کشته شد.

• Ahmad went to help this person and was hit by a bullet fired from the top of the Arg-e Fardis shopping complex.
  Persian original

  احمد برای کمک به این فرد رفت و هدف گلوله‌ای قرار گرفت که از بالای مجتمع تجاری ارگ فردیس شلیک شد.

After their death

• His body was buried at the "Behesht-e Ali" cemetery in Eshtehard
  Persian original

  پیکر او در آرامستان «بهشت علی» اشتهارد به خاک سپرده شد

• They were asked to consent to his name being registered as a "martyr" and "Basij member"
  Persian original

  از آنان خواسته شد رضایت دهند نام او به‌عنوان «شهید» و «بسیجی» به ثبت برسد

• At one point even a payment of 200 million tomans was offered for presenting Ahmad as a "martyr", but the family did not accept it
  Persian original

  در مقطعی حتی پرداخت ۲۰۰ میلیون تومان برای معرفی احمد به‌عنوان «شهید» پیشنهاد شد، اما خانواده آن را نپذیرفت

• Their home telephone line was cut off by order of a judicial official
  Persian original

  خط تلفن منزل آنان با دستور مقام قضایی قطع شد

• The family was told that the number of participants must not exceed 10
  Persian original

  به خانواده اعلام کردند شمار شرکت‌کنندگان نباید از ۱۰ نفر بیشتر شود

• Ghasempour's father has been warned not to hold a ceremony for his son's anniversary
  Persian original

  به پدر قاسم‌پور هشدار داده شده است برای سالگرد فرزندش مراسم برگزار نکند

• If they continue publishing material about Ahmad, "legal action" will be taken against them
  Persian original

  در صورت ادامه انتشار مطالب درباره احمد، علیه آنان «اقدام قانونی» خواهد شد

• His body was buried at the "Behesht-e Ali" cemetery in Eshtehard.
  Persian original

  پیکر او در آرامستان «بهشت علی» اشتهارد به خاک سپرده شد.

• At one point even a payment of 200 million tomans was offered for presenting Ahmad as a "martyr", but the family did not accept it.
  Persian original

  در مقطعی حتی پرداخت ۲۰۰ میلیون تومان برای معرفی احمد به‌عنوان «شهید» پیشنهاد شد، اما خانواده آن را نپذیرفت.

• Ghasempour's father has been warned not to hold a ceremony for his son's anniversary.
  Persian original

  به پدر قاسم‌پور هشدار داده شده است برای سالگرد فرزندش مراسم برگزار نکند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran International
4. 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
• Alborz Province
• Fardis

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