Shahriar Zarabadi^*

شهریار زرآبادی

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

65 years old · Rasht · Gilan Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• He had Iranian and German citizenship
  Persian original

  تابعیت ایرانی و آلمانی داشت

• He had previously lived for years in Cologne, Germany; in recent years he had returned to Iran and lived in Rasht
  Persian original

  پیشتر سال‌ها ساکن کلن آلمان بود در سال‌های اخیر به ایران بازگشته بود و در رشت زندگی می‌کرد

In the words of those close to them

Eskandar Abadi, a journalist in Cologne and one of Mr. Zarabadi's friends, says in conversation with Radio Farda that he had left the house to go shopping when he was killed by the repressive forces.— Eskandar Abadi, a journalist in Cologne and one of Mr. Zarabadi's friends

Persian original

اسکندر آبادی، روزنامه‌نگار در کلن و از دوستان آقای زرآبادی، در گفت‌وگو با رادیو فردا می‌گوید او برای خرید از خانه خارج شده بود که به دست نیروهای سرکوب کشته شد.

How they died

• He had left the house to go shopping when he was killed by the repressive forces
  Persian original

  او برای خرید از خانه خارج شده بود که به دست نیروهای سرکوب کشته شد

Sources

1. Radio Farda
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Gilan Province
• Rasht

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