Huzaifa Avstakh
حذیفه اوستاخ
- Age
- 11
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 9 January 2026
- Place of death
- Mashhad (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Zahedan
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- student
- Cause of death
- shot in the chest and heart by security forces with live ammunition
Biography
Huzaifa Avstakh was an 11-year-old Baluch student from Zahedan who was killed during the protest movements. He died in Mashhad on January 9, 2026, after being shot directly in the chest and heart by security forces using live ammunition. His mother has publicly shared memorial images and requested that the memory of her young son not be forgotten.
حذیفه اوستاخ، کودک ۱۱ ساله بلوچ و اهل زاهدان، دانشآموزی بود که در جریان اعتراضات جان باخت. او در ۱۹ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در شهر مشهد بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی به ناحیه سینه و قلب با گلوله جنگی کشته شد. مادر او با انتشار تصاویر یادبود وی، از مردم خواسته است تا نام و خاطره فرزندش را فراموش نکنند.
Archive — 4 items
Portrait of 11-year-old Huzaifa Avstakh, who was killed by security forces in Mashhad on January 9, 2026.
A memorial photograph of Huzaifa Avstakh, an 11-year-old Baluch child killed during the 2022 protests, shown sitting on a decorated horse at a beach.
A memorial image showing Huzaifa Avstakh, a student killed by the Islamic Republic during the January massacre, in a portrait next to his body.
A memorial image of 11-year-old Huzaifa Avstakh, a Baluch child identified as a 'javidnam' (immortal) victim of state violence in Iran.