Yadollah Eskandari
یدالله اسکندری
- Age
- 34
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Arsanjan, Fars Province (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Islamic Republic forces
- Event
- Lion and Sun revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- cafe owner
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Yadollah Eskandari was a 34-year-old cafe owner and a father to a one-year-old daughter named Liyana. He was killed on January 8, 2026, in Arsanjan, Fars Province, by direct gunfire from security forces, reportedly struck in the heart or liver during protests. His family was denied a public funeral, and his body was interred early in the morning with minimal attendance. He was named after an uncle who died in the 8-year war.
یدالله اسکندری، کافهداری ۳۴ ساله و پدر دختری یکساله به نام لیانا بود. او در تاریخ ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در ارسنجان استان فارس، در جریان اعتراضات، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی به قلب یا کبدش کشته شد. خانواده او اجازه برگزاری مراسم خاکسپاری عمومی را نیافتند و پیکرش ساعت ۴ صبح با حضور کمتر از ده نفر به خاک سپرده شد. نام او به یاد عمویش که در جنگ ۸ ساله کشته شده بود، انتخاب شده بود.
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Yadollah Eskandari, a 34-year-old cafe owner and father, was killed by a direct gunshot to the heart in Arsanjan, Fars Province, on January 8, 2026.
Memorial portrait of Yadollah Eskandari, a 34-year-old man who was killed by security forces on January 8 in Arsanjan.
Yadollah Eskandari, a 34-year-old father, is pictured with his young daughter before he was killed by security forces in Arsanjan during the January 2026 revolutionary wave.
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A memorial portrait of Yadollah Eskandari, a 34-year-old café owner and father of a two-year-old, who was killed in Arsanjan on January 8, 2026, by direct fire from Islamic Republic forces.