Jafar Javidi

Jafar Javidi, 29, lived on Seyyed Razi Street in Mashhad and worked in mobile phone sales and repair. Friends knew him as “Javid.”

He had previously been detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Confirmed reports say he spent about 15 days under pressure for forced confession and torture, sustaining serious injuries to his jaw, ear, and eye. After transfer to Vakilabad Prison he was released on bail and later received a 37-month prison sentence. He was still free on bail when he was killed.

On the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he went to Haft Tir Square in Mashhad with first-aid supplies to treat the wounded. While helping the injured he was shot in the side with live ammunition by government forces. Firefighter Hamid Mahdavi carried him on his shoulders away from the scene; Javidi was taken to a local clinic but died from the severity of his wounds and bleeding.

His family later recovered his body. The funeral was held under heavy security measures; according to reports he was buried in section 25 of Behesht Reza cemetery in Mashhad.