Mehrdad Zare Safa^*

مهرداد زارع صفا

Also known as مهرداد زارع

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

22 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• From Asadabad, Hamedan
  Persian original

  اهل اسدآباد همدان

How they died

• Mehrdad Zare Safa was a 22-year-old young man from Asadabad, Hamedan, who lost his life during the protests of 18 Dey in Tehran after being hit by a bullet of government agents.
  Persian original

  مهرداد زارع صفا جوان ۲۲ ساله، اهل اسدآباد همدان بود که در جریان اعتراضات ۱۸ دی‌ماه در تهران بر اثر اصابت گلوله مأموران حکومتی جان باخت.

After their death

• They poured white paint over the phrase "From the blood of the homeland's youth, tulips have bloomed", which was engraved on his gravestone.
  Persian original

  آنها بر روی عبارت «از خون جوانان وطن لاله دمیده» که بر سنگ مزار او حک شده بود رنگ سفید ریخته‌اند.

Sources

1. Iran Human Rights Society
2. Iran Human Rights Society
3. Kayhan London
4. Iran International — memorial map

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
• Tehran

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