Arshia Rashidian^*

ارشیا رشیدیان

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

24 years old · Karaj · Alborz Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Employee of Iran Khodro
  Persian original

  کارمند ایران‌خودرو

• The family's only child
  Persian original

  تنها فرزند خانواده

• Grandson of a soldier killed in the Iran–Iraq war
  Persian original

  نوه سرباز کشته شده در جنگ ایران و عراق

How they died

• Arshia Rashidian, 25 years old, the only child of the family and an employee of Iran Khodro, lost his life during the protests on Friday, 19 Dey [1]404, on the central street of Golshahr, Karaj, after being hit in the abdomen by a bullet and due to severe bleeding.
  Persian original

  ارشیا رشیدیان ۲۵ ساله، تنها فرزند خانواده و کارمند ایران‌خودرو در جریان اعتراضات روز جمعه ۱۹ دی۴۰۴ در خیابان مرکزی گلشهر کرج به دلیل اصابت گلوله به شکم و بر اثر خونریزی شدید جان باخت.

After their death

• The body of this eternally remembered man was missing for 12 days
  Persian original

  پیکر این جاوید نام، به مدت ۱۲ روز مفقود بود

• When handing over the body to Arshia Rashidian's family, security agents had said: either bury the body at night with few people, or bury it in another city other than Karaj and Tehran.
  Persian original

  مأموران امنیتی هنگام تحویل پیکر به خانواده ارشیا رشیدیان گفته بودند یا با تعداد افراد کم، شبانه پیکر را دفن کنید و یا در شهر دیگری به غیر از کرج و تهران دفن کنید.

Sources

1. Iran International — memorial map
2. Kayhan London

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
• Alborz Province
• Karaj

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