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Shahin Azar-Atash
Shahin Azar-Atash (also written Azaratash) was a young athlete from Astaneh Ashrafiyeh in Gilan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Friday night, 9 January 2026 (19 Dey 1404), he was critically wounded by a live bullet fired by government forces during protests in the city and later died from his injuries.
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Shahin Azar-Atash (also written Azaratash) was a young athlete from Astaneh Ashrafiyeh in Gilan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Friday night, 9 January 2026 (19 Dey 1404), he was critically wounded by a live bullet fired by government forces during protests in the city and later died from his injuries.
Informed sources told Hengaw that due to intense security presence around medical facilities, his family could not transfer him to a hospital; he was taken home, where he succumbed to severe gunshot wounds. Iran Human Rights Society published his name with Astaneh Ashrafiyeh and Dey 1404.
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