Hadi Forough
هادی فروغ
- Age
- 43
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Tehran (+6 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- basketball player
- Cause of death
- shot to the heart by Islamic Republic forces
Biography
Hadi Forough, born in January 1983, was a basketball player. He was killed on January 8, 2026, shortly after his 43rd birthday, from a gunshot to the heart by Islamic Republic forces. He left behind a three-year-old son named Avash.
هادی فروغ، متولد دی ۱۳۶۱، یک بسکتبالیست بود. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴، اندکی پس از جشن تولد ۴۳ سالگیاش، با شلیک گلوله به قلبش توسط نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد. او یک پسر سه ساله به نام آوش داشت که از او به یادگار ماند.
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Memorial portrait of Hadi Forough, who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Asadabad, Hamadan, during the January 2026 Lion and Sun revolutionary wave.
Hadi Forough, born in January 1983, was killed by Islamic Republic forces with a gunshot to the heart on January 8, 2026, in the Aryashahr neighborhood of Tehran shortly after his 43rd birthday.
VIDEO
A three-year-old child reacts with joy upon seeing the image of his deceased father, basketball player Hadi Forough, on television, unaware that he was killed in Aryashahr on January 8.