Diana Bahadori

Diana Bahadori (also known as Diana Bahador / Diana Bahadour)
“Baby Rider”2006 – 9 January 2026   Diana Bahadori was a 19-year-old Iranian motorcycle influencer and social media personality from Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan Province, in northern Iran. Of Turkmen background, she became widely known online under the nickname Baby Rider.She gained over 100,000 followers on Instagram by posting videos of herself skillfully riding powerful superbikes, often without a headscarf. In a country where women are legally barred from obtaining motorcycle licenses and appearing without a hijab is strictly enforced, her content was widely seen as a quiet but powerful act of defiance and personal freedom.   On the night of 8–9 January 2026, during anti-government protests in the nearby city of Gorgan, Diana was shot and killed by Iranian security forces with live ammunition. Independent sources report she was hit by two bullets around midnight.   Her family searched for her for two days before receiving her body on 11 January. Authorities pressured the family to claim she had died in a traffic accident.   Diana Bahadori is remembered as a symbol of youthful courage, independence, and resistance among many Iranians and supporters of women’s rights worldwide.