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Mohammadreza Davashi Bakhtiari
Mohammadreza Davashi Bakhtiari (محمدرضا داوشی بختیاری, also written Davashi or Dovashi) was a 28-year-old Lor man of Bakhtiari heritage who lived in Yazdanshahr, near Najafabad in Isfahan Province. Friends and family knew him for his honesty and his courage.
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Mohammadreza Davashi Bakhtiari (محمدرضا داوشی بختیاری, also written Davashi or Dovashi) was a 28-year-old Lor man of Bakhtiari heritage who lived in Yazdanshahr, near Najafabad in Isfahan Province. Friends and family knew him for his honesty and his courage.
On Friday, 19 Dey 1404 (9 January 2026), he joined the protests in Yazdanshahr. Government forces opened fire on the demonstrators, and Mohammadreza was killed by direct gunfire. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified his identity among protesters killed in Isfahan Province. Some later accounts give the date of his death as 20 Dey 1404 (10 January 2026).
His death left the Bakhtiari community of Yazdanshahr in mourning for one of its young men.
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