Mehdi Heydar Arabi
مهدی حیدرعربی
- Age
- 18
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Piroozi, Tehran (+1 more)
- Hometown
- behind and
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Cause of death
- Shot from behind with live ammunition
Biography
Mehdi Heydar-Arabi was an 18-year-old killed during the protests in Tehran. On January 8, 2026, he was targeted and shot from behind with live ammunition in the Piroozi neighborhood. He is memorialized by the movement as a 'Javidnam' (immortalized) for his sacrifice.
مهدی حیدرعربی جوانی ۱۸ ساله بود که در جریان اعتراضات تهران جان باخت. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در محله پیروزی تهران با شلیک گلوله جنگی از ناحیه پشت هدف قرار گرفت و کشته شد. از او به عنوان یکی از جاویدنامان راه آزادی یاد میشود.
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18-year-old Mehdi Heydar Arabi was shot from behind and killed with live ammunition in the Piroozi neighborhood of Tehran on January 8, 2026.
A group of people gather around the flower-covered grave of 18-year-old Mehdi Heydar-Arabi, who was reportedly shot and killed in Tehran's Piroozi neighborhood on January 8, 2026.