Hossein Niksarasht
Dey 1404 Killed during protests
Life
- Hossein Niksarasht was the father of two children aged 9 and 2.
Persian original
حسین نیکسرشت پدر دو فرزند ۹ و ۲ ساله بود.
- Government agents had at first stated his nationality as "Afghan", but later the family, by presenting identity documents, were able to change this falsification of records.
Persian original
ماموران حکومتی ابتدا ملیت او را «افغانستانی» عنوان کرده بودند اما بعد خانواده با ارایه مدارک هویتی توانستند این سندسازی را تغییر دهند.
How they died
- Hossein Niksarasht, 34 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Mashhad" by shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
حسین نیکسرشت ۳۴ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «مشهد» با شلیک نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
- Hossein was targeted with a weapon in the "Resalat, Siman Road" area of Rasht.
Persian original
حسین را در منطقه «رسالت، جاده سیمان» رشت هدف سلاح قرار دادند.
- It has been said that a member of the neighbourhood "Basij" base killed Hossein and then fled himself.
Persian original
گفته شده است که یکی از اعضای پایگاه «بسیج» محله حسین را کشته و خودش متواری شده است.
After their death
- After 13 hours of searching, his wife was able to find Hossein's body among hundreds of bodies at "Behesht-e Rezvan".
Persian original
همسر او بعد از ۱۳ساعت جستوجو توانست پیکر حسین را در میان صدها پیکر «بهشت رضوان» پیدا کند.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- IranWire
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
- IranWire
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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