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Hossein Shirkol
Hossein Shirkol (Persian: حسین شیرکل; also Sherkol / شیرکول) was a Kurdish man from Zarrinabad (Pehleh) in Dehloran County, Ilam Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), during protests in Isfahan, he was directly targeted and killed by Iranian government forces.
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Hossein Shirkol (Persian: حسین شیرکل; also Sherkol / شیرکول) was a Kurdish man from Zarrinabad (Pehleh) in Dehloran County, Ilam Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), during protests in Isfahan, he was directly targeted and killed by Iranian government forces.
A knowledgeable source told Hengaw he was shot at close range with a Kalashnikov rifle by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces. His family retrieved his body after five days, and his funeral was scheduled for Wednesday, 14 January 2026, in Zarrinabad.
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