Hossein Heidari
حسین حیدری
- Age
- 50 (+1 more)
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Tehran (Haft-Hoz Square) (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Shiraz
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces with live ammunition
Biography
Hossein Heidari was a 50-year-old father of a 20-year-old daughter who was killed on January 8, 2026, during protests in Tehran's Haft-Hoz Square. He was shot in the back of the head and side with live ammunition just two days before his birthday. His family discovered his body hours later wrapped in a blue blanket in the backyard of Al-Ghadir Hospital.
حسین حیدری، پدر ۵۰ ساله یک دختر ۲۰ ساله، در شامگاه ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ (دو روز مانده به تولدش) در جریان اعتراضات در میدان هفتحوض تهران با شلیک مستقیم گلولههای جنگی به پشت سر و پهلو توسط نیروهای امنیتی کشته شد. خانوادهاش پس از ساعتها جستجو، پیکر او را در حالی که در یک پتوی آبی پیچیده شده بود، در حیاط پشتی بیمارستان الغدیر پیدا کردند.
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A portrait of Hossein Heidari, 49, who was killed by direct fire from security forces in Haft-Hoz Square, Tehran, on January 8, 2026.
The body of 50-year-old Hossein Heidari, who was killed by gunfire on January 8, was found by his family wrapped in a blue blanket among other victims in the courtyard of Al-Ghadir Hospital in Tehran.
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Hossein Heidari, 50, was shot and killed by security forces during protests in Haft Howz, Tehran, on January 8, 2026.