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Portrait of Sahba Rashtian, a 23-year-old football referee who was killed after being shot in the side with a live bullet on January 9 in Isfahan.

Portrait of Sahba Rashtian, a 23-year-old football referee who was killed after being shot in the side with a live bullet on January 9 in Isfahan.

پرتره صهبا رشتیان، داور ۲۳ ساله فوتبال که در ۱۹ دی در اصفهان بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی به پهلویش جان باخت.

[Twitter — web scraper CSV ingest] @javidnaman30916 فرزند عزیز ایران و جان‌فدای میهن جاویدنام صهبا رشتیان ۲۳ ساله داوری که رویای قضاوت بازی های جام جهانی را داشت اصابت گلوله جنگی از ناحیه پهلو ۱۹ دی - اصفهان عزیز #صهبا_رشتیان [English — machine translation] Dear son of Iran and a martyr for the homeland
 Javidnam
 Sahba Rashtian
 23 years old
 The referee who dreamed of refereeing World Cup matches
 Shot in the side by a war bullet
 19th of January - Dear Isfahan
 #Sahba_Rashtian [Heuristic from caption — age years: 23] Tweet id: 2056771022477541400 URL: https://x.com/javidnaman30916/status/2056771022477541400 Tweet created_at: 2026-05-19 16:16:39+00:00

Event date

Friday, 9 January 2026

Location

Isfahan, Iran

Event

Lion and Sun revolution

Type

photo