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Amir Heydardost
Amir Heydardost (Persian: امیر حیدردوست; also Heidardoost / Heydar Doost) was a young Gilak man from Manjil in Gilan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights listed him among ten Gilak people, including two women, killed by direct fire from Iranian government forces during the January 2026 protests in Gilan and Mazandaran cities.
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Amir Heydardost (Persian: امیر حیدردوست; also Heidardoost / Heydar Doost) was a young Gilak man from Manjil in Gilan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights listed him among ten Gilak people, including two women, killed by direct fire from Iranian government forces during the January 2026 protests in Gilan and Mazandaran cities.
Iran International reported that on 19 Dey 1404 (9 January 2026) he was shot in the femoral artery by Basij agents, then died hours later from severe bleeding and infection. The same account says he was an only child who had lost his father in childhood. Hengaw grouped him with fellow Gilak dead including Parnia Shad Bejarkanari and Saeed Mirzaei of Rasht.
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