Javad Heydari
جواد حیدری
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 25 September 2022
- Place of death
- Qazvin (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Qazvin
- Event
- Woman Life Freedom (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by government forces
Biography
Javad Heydari was killed after being shot by government forces in Qazvin on September 25, 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. A video of his sister cutting her hair over his grave during his burial became a powerful symbol of the movement's mourning and resistance. His family has since remained active in the justice-seeking movement, hosting memorial gatherings at his grave for other grieving families.
جواد حیدری در تاریخ ۳ مهر ۱۴۰۱ در جریان اعتراضات سراسری در قزوین هدف گلوله ماموران حکومتی قرار گرفت و جان باخت. ویدیوی بریدن گیسوان خواهرش بر مزار او در جریان مراسم خاکسپاری، به یکی از نمادهای مقاومت و سوگواری در جنبش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» تبدیل شد. خانواده وی با پایداری بر دادخواهی، مزار او را به محلی برای تجمع و تجدید میثاق خانوادههای کشتهشدگان اعتراضات تبدیل کردهاند.
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Javad Heydari was shot and killed by government forces in Qazvin on September 25, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.
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A video report investigating the location and circumstances of the killing of Javad Heydari in Qazvin during the 2022 protests, including his burial permit.
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The mother of Javad Heydari visits the graves of protesters killed in northern Iranian cities during the Nowruz holiday.
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Leila Mahdavi, the mother of Siavash Mahmoudi, presents a bouquet and ties a red ribbon to the grave of protest victim Javad Heidari as a sign of justice-seeking.
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Families of several protest victims gather at the grave of Javad Heydari to seek justice and honor his memory.
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Families of victims gather at the grave and family home of Javad Heydari, who was killed during the 2022 nationwide protests, to commemorate the Persian New Year.
A memorial banner for Mohammad Javad Heidari, who was killed on January 9, 2026, in Masjed Soleyman.