Saeed Estaki^*

سعید استکی

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

24 years old · Golpayegan · Isfahan Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• Saeed Estaki was standing on the edge of a wall filming the crowd of protesters.
  Persian original

  سعید استکی روی لبه دیواری ایستاده بود و از جمعیت معترضان فیلم می‌گرفت.

How they died

• His body was found in an alley with a fractured skull from severe blows to the head
  Persian original

  پیکر او با جمجمه شکسته بر اثر ضربات شدید به سر، در یک کوچه پیدا شد

• He was killed "by direct blows to the head" by agents
  Persian original

  او «بر اثر ضربات مستقیم به سر» از سوی ماموران کشته شده است

• Saeed Estaki, 24 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Golpayegan" by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  سعید استکی ۲۴ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «گلپایگان» با شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• At that moment a shooter of the Islamic Republic targeted him in the side and killed him.
  Persian original

  در همان حین تیرانداز جمهوری اسلامی او را از ناحیه پهلو مورد هدف قرار داد و کشت.

After their death

• The Islamic Republic tried to pass off his killing as suicide
  Persian original

  جمهوری اسلامی تلاش کرد قتل او را خودکشی جا بزند

• Saeed's family were also put under security pressure to say their child's death was unrelated to the protests
  Persian original

  خانواده سعید نیز تحت فشار امنیتی قرار گرفتند تا مرگ فرزندشان را بی‌ربط به اعتراضات بخوانند

• The security forces of the Islamic Republic had told his family that they would hand over his body only on condition that they announce he had fallen from the edge of the roof and that his death had nothing to do with the protests.
  Persian original

  نیروهای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی به خانواده‌اش گفته بودند که پیکرش را تنها در شرایط تحویل می‌دهند که اعلام کنند او از لبه پشت بام پرت شده و فوتش ارتباطی با اعتراضات ندارد.

• Saeed Estaki's body was buried on Saturday, 20 Dey 1404, in "Golpayegan".
  Persian original

  پیکر سعید استکی، شنبه ۲۰دی۱۴۰۴ در «گلپایگان» به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

1. Iran International — memorial map
2. Iran International
3. IranWire

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
• Isfahan Province

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