Hossein Heidari
حسین حیدری
- Age
- 50 (+1 more)
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Haft-Hoz Square, Tehran (+9 more)
- Hometown
- security forces in Haft-Hoz Square
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces with live ammunition
Biography
Hossein Heidari, 50, was killed on January 8, 2026, in Haft-Hoz Square, Tehran, during protests. He was shot by security forces with live ammunition to the back of his head and side, just two days before his birthday. A father of a 20-year-old daughter, his family found his body, wrapped in a blue blanket, among other victims in the back courtyard of Al-Ghadir Hospital after hours of searching.
حسین حیدری، ۵۰ ساله، روز ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در جریان اعتراضات در میدان هفتحوض تهران کشته شد. او تنها دو روز مانده به تولدش، با شلیک گلوله جنگی ماموران از پشت سر و پهلو مورد اصابت قرار گرفت. خانواده او که پدر یک دختر ۲۰ ساله بود، پس از ساعتها جستجو پیکر او را پیچیده در پتویی آبیرنگ، در میان انبوه پیکرهای دیگر 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.
A graphic showing the portrait of 50-year-old protester Hossein Heydari, alongside bodies found in the backyard of Al-Ghadir Hospital after he was shot and killed in Haft Houz, Tehran.