Mohammad Rostami

محمد رستمی

42 years old · Qods · Tehran Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Employee of the transport department of Mahan Air
  Persian original

  کارمند بخش ترابری شرکت هواپیمایی ماهان

• Father of two children aged 14 and five
  Persian original

  پدر دو فرزند ۱۴ ساله و پنج ساله

• Born in 1362
  Persian original

  متولد سال ۱۳۶۲

• Those close to him have remembered Mohammad as a sporty person interested in football who had also won places and prizes in local competitions.
  Persian original

  نزدیکان او از محمد به‌عنوان فردی ورزشکار و علاقه‌مند به فوتبال یاد کرده‌اند که در مسابقات محلی نیز مقام و جایزه کسب کرده بود.

• After seeing Mehrdad Yaghoubi, who had been shot, he went to the spot to help him
  Persian original

  پس از دیدن مهرداد یعقوبی که هدف گلوله قرار گرفته بود برای کمک به او به محل رفت

In the words of those close to them

Those close to him have remembered Mohammad as a sporty person interested in football who had also won places and prizes in local competitions.— Those close to him

Persian original

نزدیکان او از محمد به‌عنوان فردی ورزشکار و علاقه‌مند به فوتبال یاد کرده‌اند که در مسابقات محلی نیز مقام و جایزه کسب کرده بود.

How they died

• While returning from work, in front of the governorate of Qaleh Hassan Khan, he came across Mehrdad Yaghoubi, who had been wounded by a bullet, and went to help him.
  Persian original

  او هنگام بازگشت از محل کار، در مقابل فرمانداری قلعه حسن‌خان با مهرداد یعقوبی که در اثر اصابت گلوله مجروح شده بود مواجه شد و برای کمک به او رفت.

• Government forces shot Mohammad Rostami in the heart at that very spot
  Persian original

  نیروهای حکومتی در همان محل به قلب محمد رستمی شلیک کردند

• Government forces shot Mohammad Rostami in the heart at that very spot.
  Persian original

  نیروهای حکومتی در همان محل به قلب محمد رستمی شلیک کردند.

After their death

• His body remained in the street from about 9:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. until finally his wife found him.
  Persian original

  پیکر او از حدود ساعت ۹:۱۵ شب تا ۱۲:۳۰ بامداد در خیابان باقی ماند تا در نهایت همسرش او را پیدا کرد.

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
• Qods

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