Jalil Milanlu'i
جلیل میلانلوئی
1977–2026
- Born
- 29 October 1977
- Taken
- 8 January 2026
- Age
- 48 years old
- From
- Esfarayen, North Khorasan
Kept on this phone only. Nothing is sent.
Their life
Jalil was born in 1977 in the village of Ru'in near Esfarayen, a Kurmanji Kurd. He married young and had two daughters; his wife, a literature teacher, died of cancer in early 2025 after nearly two years of treatment.
With a master's degree in financial management, he spent many years at Resalat Bank, first running a branch and later overseeing the bank's work across North Khorasan. He also taught accounting, finance and economics at Esfarayen University of Technology, Payame Noor University and, in his last year, the Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences. Sport and healthy living were at the centre of his life.
In his youth he had seen the Islamic Republic favourably; over the years he became one of its outspoken critics, said he regretted his old views, and believed it was his duty to help change the country. Security agencies summoned and threatened him over his posts, and after the 2022 protests one university dropped him.
Take care of my children. Look after my two beautiful daughters. Build an Iran worthy of Cyrus and Darius, whose glory will leave the world amazed.
How the regime took them
On the evening of 8 January 2026, at about 8:30 p.m., shooting began near Sa'at Intersection in Esfarayen; the shots came from the roof of the police station on Vali-e Asr Street. A live round hit Jalil in the chest. He was still conscious and able to speak when an ambulance took him to Imam Hospital, where he died despite attempts to revive him.
For three days hospitals and forensic offices in Esfarayen and Bojnurd refused to tell the family where his body was. It was released only after they signed an undertaking, and they were pressed to say he had been a passer-by killed by an unknown person. As he had wished, he was buried beside his wife in Esfarayen on 11 January, under tight security.
