Ali-Asghar Hosseini

علی‌اصغر حسینی

Also known as Ali-Asghar Hosseini

18 years old · Kerman

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• School student
  Persian original

  دانش‌آموز

• Young bodybuilder
  Persian original

  جوان پرورش اندام

In the words of those close to them

My Ali was only 18 years old. He was a kind, pure-hearted and caring boy.— Ali-Asghar's fiancée

Persian original

علی من فقط ۱۸ سال داشت. پسری مهربان، پاکدل و دلسوز بود.

For me, Ali is not just a name. He was my whole world.— Ali-Asghar's fiancée

Persian original

برای من، علی فقط یک اسم نیست. او تمام دنیای من بود.

How they died

• Ali-Asghar was killed on 18 Dey in Azadi Square in Kerman by a live round to the heart.
  Persian original

  علی‌اصغر ۱۸ دی در میدان آزادی کرمان با اصابت گلوله جنگی به قلب کشته شد.

• He was killed by a direct live round of government forces to his heart
  Persian original

  با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی نیروهای حکومتی به قلبش کشته شد

• Ali-Asghar Hosseini was an 18-year-old school student who, on 18 Dey and during the protests of the Lion and Sun national revolution, lost his life at Bahonar Hospital in Kerman as a result of a live round fired by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic near the heart.
  Persian original

  علی‌اصغر حسینی یک دانش‌آموز ۱۸ ساله بود که در ۱۸ دی‌ماه و در جریان اعتراضات انقلاب ملی شیر و خورشید براثر شلیک گلوله جنگی نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی به ناحیه نزدیک قلب در بیمارستان باهنر کرمان جان خود را از دست داد.

• At the hospital, a resident opened his chest and took this young man's heart out in order to remove the bullet
  Persian original

  در بیمارستان، یک رزیدنت قفسه سینه او را شکافت و برای خارج کردن گلوله، قلب این جوان را بیرون آورد

After their death

• The mother of Ali-Asghar Hosseini, the 18-year-old young man killed in Kerman, has largely lost the sight of one eye.
  Persian original

  مادر علی‌اصغر حسینی، جوان ۱۸ ساله کشته‌شده در کرمان، بینایی یک چشم خود را تا حد زیادی از دست داده است.

• The family of this 18-year-old young man buried the body of their only son in silence and under tight security measures.
  Persian original

  خانواده این جوان ۱۸ ساله پیکر تنها پسر خود را در سکوت و تحت تدابیر شدید امنیتی به خاک سپردند.

Sources

1. Center for Human Rights in Iran — Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’ - Center for Human Rights in Iran
2. Radio Zamaneh
3. Iran International
4. Iran International
5. Independent Persian
6. 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
• School pupils
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Kerman Province
• Kerman

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