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Mehdi Kabook
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Mehdi Kabook

مهدی کبوک

Age
31
Sex
male
Date of death
9 January 2026
Place of death
Tehranpars, Tehran (+7 more)
Hometown
Tehran
Event
Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
Profession
Engineer, composer, and programmer
Cause of death
shot by security forces

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Mehdi Kabook was a 31-year-old engineer, composer, and computer expert who was killed by security forces in Tehranpars on January 9, 2026. A newlywed, he was murdered just three days after his wedding ceremony. His death, marked by a fatal gunshot to the head and eyes, became a symbol of the immense personal cost of the Lion and Sun revolution.

مهدی کبوک، مهندس، آهنگساز و برنامه‌نویس ۳۱ ساله‌ای بود که در تاریخ ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴ توسط نیروهای امنیتی در تهرانپارس کشته شد. او یک تازه‌داماد بود که تنها سه روز پس از مراسم عروسی‌اش جان باخت. مرگ او که بر اثر اصابت گلوله به سر و چشمانش رخ داد، به نمادی از بهای سنگین انسانی در جریان انقلاب شیر و خورشید تبدیل شد.

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Mehdi Kabook was a 31-year-old engineer, composer, and computer expert from Tehran. On January 9, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolution, security forces shot him in the Tehranpars neighborhood of Tehran and he was killed. He died three days after his wedding. The gunshot wounded his head and eyes. His mother has spoken publicly about losing him and about the hardships of raising him.

مهدی کبوک، مهندس، آهنگساز و متخصص کامپیوتر ۳۱ ساله اهل تهران بود. در ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴، در جریان انقلاب شیر و خورشید، نیروهای امنیتی در منطقه تهرانپارس تهران به او شلیک کردند و او کشته شد. مرگ او سه روز پس از مراسم عروسی‌اش بود. گلوله به سر و چشمانش اصابت کرد. مادرش از دست دادن پسرش و از رنج سال‌های بزرگ کردنش سخن گفته است.

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A portrait of Mehdi Kabook, who was killed by agents of the Islamic Republic in Tehran on January 9, 2026.

A portrait of Mehdi Kabook, who was killed by agents of the Islamic Republic in Tehran on January 9, 2026.

javidnammehdi_kabooktehranprotest_victimslion_and_sun
Tehran, Iran9 Jan 2026
A memorial portrait of Mehdi Kabook, who was killed on January 9, 2026, in Tehranpars, Tehran, displayed with candles and flowers.

A memorial portrait of Mehdi Kabook, who was killed on January 9, 2026, in Tehranpars, Tehran, displayed with candles and flowers.

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Tehranpars, Tehran, Iran9 Jan 2026
Footage shows Mehdi Kabook, a 31-year-old newlywed who was killed in Tehranpars on January 9 during the Lion and Sun revolution, dancing at his wedding. VIDEO

Footage shows Mehdi Kabook, a 31-year-old newlywed who was killed in Tehranpars on January 9 during the Lion and Sun revolution, dancing at his wedding.

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Tehranpars, Tehran, Iran9 Jan 2026
Mehdi Kabuk, a 31-year-old engineer, was killed in Tehran just three days after his wedding. VIDEO

Mehdi Kabuk, a 31-year-old engineer, was killed in Tehran just three days after his wedding.

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Tehran, Iran2026-01
A woman speaks in front of a body of water in memory of Mehdi Kabuk, a newlywed killed in Tehran on January 19. VIDEO

A woman speaks in front of a body of water in memory of Mehdi Kabuk, a newlywed killed in Tehran on January 19.

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Hamburg, Germany2026-01
Memorial content for Mehdi Kabuk, a 31-year-old composer and programmer identified as a martyr of the path to freedom, who was killed by a bullet to the head and eyes just three days after his wedding. VIDEO

Memorial content for Mehdi Kabuk, a 31-year-old composer and programmer identified as a martyr of the path to freedom, who was killed by a bullet to the head and eyes just three days after his wedding.

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Iran2026-01
A memorial image of Mehdi Kabook, identified in the caption as a groom who was killed, pictured here with his partner.

A memorial image of Mehdi Kabook, identified in the caption as a groom who was killed, pictured here with his partner.

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Iran2026-01
Memorial portrait of Mehdi Kabook, an engineer and computer specialist killed on January 9, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolution, three days after his wedding. VIDEO

Memorial portrait of Mehdi Kabook, an engineer and computer specialist killed on January 9, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolution, three days after his wedding.

milk_sun_revolutionlion_and_suniran_revolution_2026january_2026javidnam
Iran9 Jan 2026

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