Davood Soltani Helisadi

داوود سلطانی هلیسادی

Also known as داوود سلطانی

38 years old · Isfahan

Killed during protests

Life

• Teacher with the Isfahan Education Department
  Persian original

  معلم آموزش‌ و پرورش اصفهان

• Father of three-year-old triplets
  Persian original

  پدر سه‌قلوهای سه‌ساله

• During the first two nights of the national uprising, he bought water and distributed it free among the protesters
  Persian original

  در دو شب نخست خیزش ملی، آب می‌خرید و رایگان بین معترضان پخش می‌کرد

• The security office of the Education Department had also repeatedly threatened him with dismissal
  Persian original

  حراست آموزش‌وپرورش هم بارها او را تهدید به اخراج کرده بودند

How they died

• On 19 Dey, on Robat-e Sevvom Street in Isfahan, he was killed by a live round to the face
  Persian original

  ۱۹ دی در خیابان رباط‌ سوم اصفهان با گلوله جنگی به صورت کشته شد

After their death

• State broadcasting (IRIB) tried to present him as a "government martyr"; a narrative his family consider an outright lie
  Persian original

  صداوسیما تلاش کرد او را «شهید حکومتی» معرفی کند؛ روایتی که خانواده‌اش آن را دروغ محض می‌دانند

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Independent Persian

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)
• Killed during protests
• Teachers
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Isfahan Province
• Isfahan

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