Mojtaba Vosough

مجتبی وثوق

36 years old · Isfahan

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

He was the father of two children aged 6 years and 6 months.
Persian original
او پدر دو فرزند ۶ ساله و ۶ ماهه بود.
One of Mojtaba’s relatives told IranWire about the last moments he was seen: “On Friday night, Mojtaba was returning home from his brother’s house and shop near Se-rah Simin when he noticed an armed officer attacking a woman.
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One of Mojtaba’s relatives told IranWire about the last moments he was seen: “On Friday night, Mojtaba was returning home from his brother’s house and shop near Se-rah Simin when he noticed an armed officer attacking a woman.
Mojtaba’s friend further described him: “He owned a grocery store and was the father of two children, aged six years and six months.
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Mojtaba’s friend further described him: “He owned a grocery store and was the father of two children, aged six years and six months.
He had a very calm and gentle personality; rarely had anyone seen him angry.”
Persian original
He had a very calm and gentle personality; rarely had anyone seen him angry.”

He was a very calm and blameless person and had a supermarket in the neighbourhood.
Persian original
او فردی بسیار آرام و مظلوم بود و در محل سوپرمارکت داشت.
A written pledge not to take part in protests has been taken from Mojtaba Vosough's family.
Persian original
از خانواده مجتبی وثوق برای عدم شرکت در اعتراضات تعهد کتبی گرفته شده است.
Isfahan is Iran’s third-largest city and a major cultural and industrial center, with a long history of activism rooted in environmental struggles - such as the drying of the Zayanderud River—as well as broader civil rights demands.
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Isfahan is Iran’s third-largest city and a major cultural and industrial center, with a long history of activism rooted in environmental struggles - such as the drying of the Zayanderud River—as well as broader civil rights demands.
Iranian security agencies commonly seize the bodies of protesters.
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Iranian security agencies commonly seize the bodies of protesters.

How they died

Mojtaba Vosough, 36 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Isfahan" in the "Se-Rah-e Simin" area on "Hakim Nezami" Street by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
مجتبی وثوق ۳۶ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «اصفهان» در محدوده «سه‌راه سیمین» در خیابان «حکیم نظامی» با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
Mojtaba, who was returning home from his brother's, saw a government agent armed with a Kalashnikov attacking a woman and rushed to help, but the armed forces of the Islamic Republic shot him.
Persian original
مجتبی که از نزد برادرش به خانه بازمی‌گشت، حمله مامور حکومت مسلح به کلاشینکف را به زنی دید و به کمک شتافت اما نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی به او شلیک کردند.
Mojtaba is taken to hospital, but on the way he lost his life due to severe bleeding.
Persian original
مجتبی را به بیمارستان منتقل می‌کنند، اما او در مسیر به‌دلیل شدت خونریزی جان باخت.
Kalashnikov fire.
Persian original
شلیک‌ کلاشینکف.
Mojtaba Vossough was shot in the Se-Rah Simin area on Hakim Nezami Street in Isfahan by one of the agents who was firing a Kalashnikov at the crowd.
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Mojtaba Vossough was shot in the Se-Rah Simin area on Hakim Nezami Street in Isfahan by one of the agents who was firing a Kalashnikov at the crowd.
According to information obtained by IranWire, 36-year-old Mojtaba Vosough was shot dead by Islamic Republic security forces during protests in Isfahan on Friday, January 9.
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According to information obtained by IranWire, 36-year-old Mojtaba Vosough was shot dead by Islamic Republic security forces during protests in Isfahan on Friday, January 9.

After their death

Mojtaba's body was not handed over to his family for a week.
Persian original
پیکر مجتبی را تا یک هفته به خانواده‌اش تحویل ندادند.
Mojtaba Vosough was buried on 26 Dey in "Kersegan", Isfahan.
Persian original
مجتبی وثوق ۲۶دی در «کرسگان» اصفهان به خاک سپرده شد.
This stems from a well-documented fear that security forces wait at hospitals to arrest the injured, or that ambulance drivers may be undercover agents.
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This stems from a well-documented fear that security forces wait at hospitals to arrest the injured, or that ambulance drivers may be undercover agents.
A friend and neighbor told IranWire: “Mojtaba’s body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office and the Bagh-e Rezvan cemetery in Isfahan, but authorities refused to hand it over to the family.
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A friend and neighbor told IranWire: “Mojtaba’s body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office and the Bagh-e Rezvan cemetery in Isfahan, but authorities refused to hand it over to the family.
After one week, on January 16, he was forcibly buried in that same cemetery.
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After one week, on January 16, he was forcibly buried in that same cemetery.
This was against the family’s wishes; they are from the village of Kersegan and wanted the funeral to be held there.”
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This was against the family’s wishes; they are from the village of Kersegan and wanted the funeral to be held there.”

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

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