Two killed by Iranian state forces in Hamedan and Marvdasht

Hengaw – Saturday, January 3, 2026

Iranian state forces have killed at least two men by direct gunfire during ongoing public protests in the cities of Hamedan and Marvdasht

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amir Hossein Bayat, a married resident of Hamedan, was shot and killed by government forces during protests on Friday, January 2, 2026. His body was transferred to Besat Hospital in Hamedan.

Sources familiar with the case report that security forces confiscated the mobile phones of several members of Bayat’s family following his death. Authorities have also refused to hand over his body and have pressured the family to publicly identify him as a member of the Basij.

In a separate incident, Mansur Mokhtari, a Lor resident of Marvdasht in Fars Province, was killed on the evening of Thursday, January 1, 2026, after being shot at close range by government forces.

According to sources, Mokhtari was targeted during protests held in response to the earlier killing of Khodadad Shirvani, another resident of Marvdasht. The shooting occurred in front of Police Station No. 11, where Mokhtari was struck in the abdomen by live ammunition fired from a Kalashnikov-type rifle, resulting in his death.

Based on data documented by Hengaw’s Statistics and Documentation Center, at least 12 people have been killed over the past three days as a result of direct gunfire by Iranian state forces in multiple cities, including Hamedan, Marvdasht, Azna, Nurabad, Kuhdasht, Harsin, Fuladshahr, and Lordegan.