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Ehsan Abedini
Ehsan Abedini (Persian: احسان عابدینی) was a 35-year-old man born in 1368 (1989/90), originally from Qom and living in Tehran. He owned a food shop called Javanan on Shadman Street; his father was a long-time restaurateur in the same neighbourhood and ran Javanan Eslami. Ehsan was unmarried. From the start of the nationwide protests he posted in support of demonstrators on social media.
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Ehsan Abedini (Persian: احسان عابدینی) was a 35-year-old man born in 1368 (1989/90), originally from Qom and living in Tehran. He owned a food shop called Javanan on Shadman Street; his father was a long-time restaurateur in the same neighbourhood and ran Javanan Eslami. Ehsan was unmarried. From the start of the nationwide protests he posted in support of demonstrators on social media.
On Friday, 19 Dey 1404 (9 January 2026), during protests on Sattarkhan Street in Tehran, he was shot in the head with live ammunition by Iranian government forces and killed. A close friend later identified his face in a video recovered from a security force member's phone that showed bodies of the dead in the street.
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified his identity among seven additional people killed in Tehran. HRANA's report The Crimson Winter lists Ehsan Abedini as a confirmed death in Tehran, and Iran International's Javidnaman memorial also records him.
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