Mehdi Salehi Bakhtiari
مهدی صالحی
- Age
- 20 (+1 more)
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- اصفهان (+8 more)
- Hometown
- Najafabad
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Cause of death
- killed by security forces
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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.
A portrait of Mehdi Salehi Bakhtiari, 23, from Yazdanshahr, Isfahan, taken in a gym, who died on February 26, 2026, after 50 days of suffering from being shot in the head and neck by Islamic Republic agents.
Mehdi Salehi Bakhtiari, 23, from Yazdanshahr, Isfahan, died in a hospital on February 26, 2026, after 50 days of suffering from gunshot wounds to his head and neck inflicted by Islamic Republic agents.