Ayat Derakhshan

آیت درخشان

Eslamshahr · Tehran Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• He was the father of two children, eleventh and 9 years old.
  Persian original

  او پدر دو کودک یازدهم و ۹ ساله بود.

• Ayat Derakhshan was from "Sarab" and a resident of Eslamshahr.
  Persian original

  آیت درخشان اهل «سراب» بود و ساکن اسلامشهر.

How they died

• Ayat Derakhshan was hit by shooting of the forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Eslamshahr" and died in hospital after a week.
  Persian original

  آیت درخشان، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «اسلامشهر» هدف شلیک نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و بعد از یک هفته، در بیمارستان جان داد.

• The cause of his death has been given as the spread of infection resulting from a live round.
  Persian original

  دلیل مرگ او سرایت عفونت ناشی از گلوله جنگی عنوان شده است.

After their death

• Ayat Derakhshan's body was buried in the Eslamshahr cemetery.
  Persian original

  پیکر آیت‌ درخشان را در آرامگاه اسلامشهر به خاک سپردند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. 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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Eslamshahr

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