Amir Hossein Mirzaei
امیرحسین میرزایی
- Age
- 23 (+1 more)
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Gorgan (+4 more)
- Hometown
- Gorgan
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- athlete
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces with live ammunition
Biography
Amir Hossein Mirzaei, a 23-year-old athlete from Gorgan, was killed on January 8, 2026, in Gorgan by direct fire from Islamic Republic security forces. He died instantly, and his body was held for six days before being buried late at night in Khalkhal under intense pressure from security forces. Authorities threatened to return his body to Gorgan, forcing his family to conduct a nighttime burial with only a brief ceremony allowed.
امیرحسین میرزایی، ورزشکار ۲۳ ساله اهل گرگان، در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در گرگان با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد. او درجا جان باخت و پس از شش روز، پیکرش تحت فشار شدید نیروهای امنیتی، در ساعات پایانی شب در خلخال به خاک سپرده شد. مسئولین با تهدید به بازگرداندن پیکر به گرگان، خانواده را مجبور به خاکسپاری شبانه کردند و فقط اجازه برگزاری مراسمی مختصر بر سر مزار را دادند.
Archive — 4 items
Portrait of Amirhossein Mirzaei, a 22-year-old athlete from Gorgan, who was killed by Islamic Republic agents with live ammunition on January 9, 2026.
A portrait of 23-year-old Amir Hossein Mirzaei, who was killed by direct fire from security forces in Gorgan on January 8, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolutionary movement.
Full-length portrait of 23-year-old Amir Hossein Mirzaei, who was killed by security forces in Gorgan on January 8, 2026, and later buried under pressure in Khalkhal.
Portrait of Amir Hossein Mirzaei, a 23-year-old who was killed in Gorgan, Golestan province on January 7, 2026.