Morteza Aghaei
مرتضی آقایی
- Age
- 40
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Tehran (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution
- Profession
- Fruit box collector
- Cause of death
- Shot by security forces
Biography
Morteza Aghaei was a 40-year-old man who worked with his father collecting fruit boxes using a blue Nissan truck. On January 8, 2026, he was shot twice by security forces near the Malek Ashtar Basij base in the Khavaran neighborhood of Tehran. He succumbed to his injuries at Bazargan Hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to his hand and abdomen.
مرتضی آقایی، ۴۰ ساله، به همراه پدرش با یک نیسان آبی در زمینه جمعآوری جعبههای میوه فعالیت میکرد. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در مقابل پایگاه بسیج مالک اشتر در محله اتابک خاوران تهران با شلیک نیروهای امنیتی از ناحیه دست و شکم مورد اصابت دو گلوله قرار گرفت. وی پس از انتقال به بیمارستان بازرگان بر اثر شدت جراحات جان خود را از دست داد.
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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.