Ehsan Toofan

Ehsan Toofan was born on 30 Shahrivar 1364 (21 September 1985). Originally from Anbarabad in Jiroft County, he managed a Tipax courier agency in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan. He was the father of a three-year-old daughter; his wife is a dentist. Relatives told IranWire and Radio Farda that he had no money worries, his care was freedom, human dignity, and the condition of ordinary people. He used to say, “We deserve more than this,” and that was why he went into the street.

On Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), opposite the IRIB building in Bandar Abbas, a war bullet struck him from behind in the head and neck; when the body was returned the temple wound was clear. The death certificate claimed “pellet shot,” which the family says is false, and no hospital in the city recorded him as admitted; he died at the scene. From Friday morning the family searched hospitals, police stations, prisons and morgues until they found him in the Banu cold store, which a source said then held around four hundred bodies. Officials had told them no bodies would be released until protests ended; his was returned on Monday and escorted under security to the city exit, then buried in Anbarabad because burial in Bandar Abbas was refused.