Kourosh Ziaei

Kourosh Ziaei (Persian: کوروش ضیایی; recorded in the government-published list as Kourosh Ziaei Chamgerdani, son of Reza) was a 48-year-old man from Chamgardan in Lenjan County, Isfahan Province. He was an athlete and mountaineer, remembered by family and neighbours for his generosity, and he was the father of a son who was then doing his military service.

On Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), during the nationwide protests, he was shot in the head in front of the Mahallati Basij base in Chamgardan and killed. Memorial accounts say that before leaving he told his wife, "This is my last meeting with you," said goodbye to his mother and spoke by phone with his son. He was buried in Chamgardan on 24 Dey (14 January).

HRANA's report The Crimson Winter lists Kourosh Ziaei as a confirmed protest death in Chamgardan, Isfahan, on 8 January 2026, and his name appears on the list of the dead published by the government. The NCRI list of 450 additional victims records him under Isfahan, Chamgardan. Another Chamgardan victim of the same crackdown, Afshin Rezaian, is on the same NCRI list.