Ghasem Salami
ابوالقاسم سلامی
- Age
- 52
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Khorasan Square, Tehran (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion and Sun revolution (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by a plainclothes officer and died from an embolism after surgeries
Biography
Abolghasem Salami, 52, was killed on January 8, 2026, at Khorasan Square in Tehran during protest movements. He was shot by a plainclothes officer while attempting to rescue three teenagers who were targeted by snipers. Salami succumbed to an embolism after undergoing two surgeries for his injuries.
ابوالقاسم سلامی، ۵۲ ساله، در تاریخ ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات در میدان خراسان تهران کشته شد. او در تلاش برای نجات سه نوجوان که هدف تکتیراندازان قرار گرفته بودند، مورد اصابت گلوله یک مامور لباسشخصی قرار گرفت. سلامی پس از دو عمل جراحی، بر اثر آمبولی جان باخت.
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A portrait of Ghasem Salami, identified as a victim of state violence.
Memorial portrait of Abolghasem Salami, 52, who was killed at Khorasan Square in Tehran during the Lion and Sun revolution.
VIDEO
Footage showing Ghasem Salami in a hospital bed and his subsequent funeral procession after he was shot while trying to save teenagers from snipers on January 8.
A portrait of Ghasem Salami, who was shot by a plainclothes officer while attempting to rescue three teenagers targeted by a sniper and later died of an embolism following surgeries.