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Memorial portrait of Sahba Rashtian, a 23-year-old football referee who hoped to officiate World Cup matches, killed in Isfahan on January 9 after being shot in the side with a live bullet.

Memorial portrait of Sahba Rashtian, a 23-year-old football referee who hoped to officiate World Cup matches, killed in Isfahan on January 9 after being shot in the side with a live bullet.

یادبود صهبا رشتیان، داور ۲۳ ساله فوتبال که آرزوی قضاوت بازی‌های جام جهانی را داشت؛ در ۱۹ دی در اصفهان بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی به پهلو کشته شد.

[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

Part of Lion & Sun Revolution

Type

photo