Yadollah Eskandari
یدالله اسکندری
- Age
- 34
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Arsanjan, Fars Province (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Arsanjan
- Event
- Lion and Sun revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- Cafe owner
- Cause of death
- Shot by security forces (direct gunshot to the heart)
Biography
Yadollah Eskandari was a 34-year-old cafe owner and the father of a one-year-old daughter named Liana. He was killed on January 8, 2026, by a direct gunshot to the heart during protests in Arsanjan. Authorities prevented his family from holding a funeral, and his body was buried at 4:00 AM with fewer than ten people in attendance.
یدالله اسکندری، کافهدار ۳۴ ساله و پدر دختری یکساله به نام لیانا بود که در ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ با شلیک مستقیم مأموران حکومتی به قلبش در ارسنجان جان باخت. نهادهای امنیتی اجازه برگزاری مراسم خاکسپاری به خانواده او ندادند و پیکرش ساعت ۴ صبح با حضور کمتر از ۱۰ 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.