Morteza Aghaei
مرتضی آقایی
- Age
- 40
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Bazargan Hospital, Tehran (+12 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- fruit box collector
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Morteza Aghaei, a 40-year-old fruit box collector from Tehran, was shot and killed by security forces on January 8, 2026. He was shot in the abdomen and hand near the Malek Ashtar Basij base in Tehran's Atabak Khavaran neighborhood. Aghaei, who used a blue Nissan with his father to collect regional fruit boxes, died hours later at Bazargan Hospital.
مرتضی آقایی، مردی ۴۰ ساله و ساکن تهران که با نیسان آبی به همراه پدرش جعبه میوه منطقهای جمع میکرد، در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ با شلیک نیروهای امنیتی کشته شد. او از ناحیه شکم و دست در نزدیکی پایگاه بسیج مالک اشتر در محله اتابک خاوران تهران هدف گلوله قرار گرفت و ساعاتی بعد در بیمارستان بازرگان جان باخت.
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A memorial portrait of Morteza Aghaei, who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Khavaran, Tehran, during the January 2026 Lion and Sun revolution.
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Morteza Aghaei, a 40-year-old man, is shown receiving medical aid after being shot in the abdomen and hand by security forces near the Malek Ashtar Basij base in the Atabak neighborhood of Tehran.
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The lifeless body of Morteza Aghaei, a 40-year-old man who was reportedly shot and killed by security forces in front of a Basij base in the Atabak neighborhood of Tehran on January 8, 2026.
A memorial portrait of Morteza Aghaei, who was reportedly shot and killed by security forces near the Malek Ashtar Basij base in Tehran's Atabak neighborhood on January 8, 2026.
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Morteza Aghaei, a 40-year-old fruit box collector, was shot and killed by security forces near the Malek Ashtar Basij base in the Khavaran neighborhood of Tehran on January 8, 2026.