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Mobin Ghanbari
Mobin Ghanbari (Persian: مبین قنبری) was a 20-year-old Azerbaijani Turk athlete from Khoy who was living in Tehran. He played for the Paykan Tehran youth (Omid) football team. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday evening, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in Tehran.
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Mobin Ghanbari (Persian: مبین قنبری) was a 20-year-old Azerbaijani Turk athlete from Khoy who was living in Tehran. He played for the Paykan Tehran youth (Omid) football team. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on Thursday evening, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), he was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian government forces during protests in Tehran.
Hengaw listed him with Mohammad Matin Mosleh and other Tehran residents whose identities were confirmed that week. Gunaz TV and Iran Human Rights Society published his name, noting that his family later received his body from the Kahrizak forensic medical center.
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