Mostafa Afshar
مصطفی افشار
- Age
- 27
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Tehransar, Tehran (+4 more)
- Hometown
- Tehransar, Tehran
- Event
- Lion and Sun National Revolution (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by live ammunition while trying to save another person
Biography
Mostafa Afshar was a 27-year-old man from Tehransar, Tehran. He was killed on January 8, 2026, in Tehransar, after being shot by live ammunition during nationwide protests. Reports indicate he was trying to save another person when he was shot. His family has reportedly not yet come to terms with his passing.
مصطفی افشار، جوانی ۲۷ ساله اهل تهرانسر تهران بود. او در تاریخ ۸ ژانویه ۲۰۲۶ (هجدهم دی ماه) در تهرانسر هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و در جریان اعتراضات سراسری کشته شد. گزارشها حاکی از آن است که او هنگام تلاش برای نجات جان فردی دیگر تیر خورده است. خانوادهاش هنوز نتوانستهاند با رفتن او کنار بیایند.
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A portrait of Mostafa Afshar, who was killed by live ammunition in Tehransar on January 8th during the national uprising.
Memorial portrait of 27-year-old Mostafa Afshar from Tehransar, Tehran, who was killed during the nationwide protests.
The grave of Mostafa Afshar, a young man from Tehransar who was reportedly shot and killed while trying to save another person, shown covered in flowers and petals.