Arash Yazdani

آرش یزدانی‌همت‌آبادی

Also known as آرش یزدانی

27 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Arash, the family's eldest child, worked in the goldsmiths' bazaar.
  Persian original

  آرش فرزند ارشد خانواده، در بازار طلاسازی شاغل بود.

In the words of those close to them

For 9 months I haven't had you, and I miss you.— Arash's mother

Persian original

۹ ماه است که تو را ندارم و دلم برایت تنگ شده.

How they died

• Arash Yazdani-Hemmatabadi, 27 years old, was hit by gunfire of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Haft-Howz", Tehran, and was killed.
  Persian original

  آرش یزدانی‌همت‌آبادی، ۲۷ ساله، پنجشنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «هفت‌حوض» تهران، هدف شلیک گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی، قرار گرفت و کشته شد.

• Arash, who witnessed a young woman being shot at the protest site, wanted to move her to a safe place, but government agents shot him too.
  Persian original

  آرش که شاهد تیر خوردن یک زن جوان در محل اعتراضات بود، می‌خواست برای انتقال او به مکانی امن اقدام کند اما ماموران حکومتی او را هم هدف شلیک قرار دادند.

• Arash was killed by three live rounds to the kidney area.
  Persian original

  آرش با اصابت سه گلوله جنگی به ناحیه کلیه به قتل رسید.

After their death

• His body was handed over on Saturday, 20 Dey, after the family's inquiries.
  Persian original

  پیکر او شنبه ۲۰دی، پس از پیگیری‌های خانواده، تحویل داده شد.

Sources

1. IranWire
2. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran International
6. Iran International

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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