Hamid Reza Yousefi

Hamid Reza Yousefi (Persian: حمیدرضا یوسفی, also written Hamidreza) was a 47-year-old Kurdish man from Kermanshah (Kermashan). His father's name was Shahbaz.

On Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (8 January 2026), during the nationwide protests, he was shot directly by government forces in the Elahiyeh township on Shahed Boulevard in Kermanshah. Kolbarnews described what happened there as a mass killing: according to an informed source, forces of the IRGC's Nabi Akram corps opened fire on dozens of people in the township, killing at least 15 and wounding dozens more. Hamid Reza's identity only became known about two weeks later, and a message sent to a volunteer account at the time noted that no one had yet written about him.

Hengaw, the HANA human rights organization and HRANA have all confirmed his killing, and his name appears in the list of the dead published by the government in February 2026. Hengaw listed him among twelve Kurdish civilians whose identities it confirmed from the killings in Kermanshah on 8 and 9 January 2026, including Pedram Argha and Farhad Cheraghi.