Mehdi Salehi
مهدی صالحی
- Age
- 20
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 26 February 2026
- Place of death
- Isfahan (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Najafabad, Isfahan
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- athlete
- Cause of death
- shot in the head by security forces
Biography
Mehdi Salehi was a 20-year-old athlete from Najafabad who was shot in the head by security forces during protests on January 8, 2026. He passed away on February 26, 2026, after spending 50 days in intensive care. His father, who had sold his only car to try to protect Mehdi from arrest, suffered a heart attack upon hearing of his son's death.
مهدی صالحی ورزشکار ۲۰ ساله اهل نجفآباد بود که در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی از ناحیه سر مجروح شد. او پس از ۵۰ روز بستری در بخش مراقبتهای ویژه، در ۷ اسفند ۱۴۰۴ درگذشت. پدر وی که برای محافظت از او در برابر بازداشت تنها داراییاش را فروخته بود، پس از اطلاع از مرگ فرزندش دچار سکته قلبی شد.
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Mehdi Salehi, a 20-year-old athlete from Najafabad, Isfahan, died on February 26, 2026, after spending 50 days in intensive care following a head injury from live ammunition fired by security forces.
Mehdi Salehi, a 20-year-old athlete from Najafabad, Isfahan, died on February 26, 2026, fifty days after being shot in the head by government forces during the January 2026 revolution.
Mehdi Salehi, a 20-year-old athlete from Najafabad, Isfahan, who died on February 26, 2026, after being shot in the head by security forces during the January 2026 protests.
A portrait of 20-year-old athlete Mahdi Salehi from Najafabad, Isfahan, who died on February 26, 2026, after being shot in the head by security forces during the January protests.