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Matin Montazerzohour
Matin Montazerzohour (also listed as Matin Montazer) was a 32-year-old resident of Gorgan in Golestan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he and his relative Sina Haghshenas, 27, were killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces. Hengaw placed the killings with other deaths reported that day across cities in northern Iran.
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Matin Montazerzohour (also listed as Matin Montazer) was a 32-year-old resident of Gorgan in Golestan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he and his relative Sina Haghshenas, 27, were killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces. Hengaw placed the killings with other deaths reported that day across cities in northern Iran.
IranWire and Iran International separately reported that Matin, a Gorgan resident who worked in bodybuilding and had planned to migrate, was shot in the chest during protests in Shahrud, Semnan Province, and that his body was returned to the family after several days for burial in Gorgan. Iran Human Rights Society published his name with Gorgan and 18 Dey 1404.
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