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Five family members, including a mother and her three children – one of whom was a child – and her son-in-law, were killed and nine others were injured when an Israeli military drone allegedly struck their home in District 17, in the Jalili Neighborhood of Tehran in Iran during the early hours of June 13th, 2025.
Local news outlets reported the neighbourhood where the strike occurred is predominantly residential. The deceased lived in the same home, which appeared to have been struck directly. The death of the family members was also reported by the Instagram account @killedbyisrael2025, containing bios of the deceased. The news source Jam Jam Online referred to the location of the strikes as “completely residential and civilian” and reported that nine citizens were injured in the strike, including one critically.
Mehdi Akbari Nasab was reportedly killed alongside his wife Hosnieh Jafarabadi, his wife’s brother Hossein Jafarabadi, his wife’s other brother 14-year-old Amir Abbas Jafarabadi, and his wife’s mother Fatemeh Esfandani.
According to multiple sources, Mehdi Akbari Nasab was an electronic engineering student at the University of Science and Technology. Hamshahri Online reported that Mehdi’s body was buried in the cemetery of the Four Hundred Martyrs of Karaj.
His wife, Hosnieh Jafarabadi, was a doctoral student in veterinary medicine entering 1997 (final semester intern) at the Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. In a post mourning the loss of Hosnieh to the veterinary community, Hakim Mehr included an image of her smiling in a mourning poster.
Hosnieh’s brother Hossein was a young Iranian engineer who would post motivational and spiritual content on his popular social media pages, according to an Instagram post by @killedbyisrael2025. The post included a sketched image of young Hossein along with an image of him, his brother, his sister, and his mother during what appears to be their funeral procession with many mourners seen in the background.
A teacher of her other brother Amir named Mohammad Mehdi Haji Parvaneh wrote on his personal page about his former student’s interest in football. Mohammad wrote that “Everyone wanted to be on his team. He was the goal scorer. You saw him occasionally and he was always kind. With colorful eyes, a small stature, and a sharp tongue. But he had many friends and comrades.” According to @fadayaniran, one of Hosnieh’s brothers was a 14-year-old teenager, likely Amir based on images and descriptions.
Another Instagram post from @killedbyisrael2025 memorialized Fatemeh Esfandani, describing her as “a mother who had dedicated her life to raising her children” and further writing “she had raised her children with love in a home full of hope and a bright future; one became a veterinarian, another an engineer, and the third a student who loved football.”
Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.