Hossein Mahini (Persian: حسین ماهینی; born September 16, 1986) is an Iranian former footballer who played as a defender.

[2] On 7 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the leading Tehran team, Persepolis.

However, he agreed to a loan move to Malavan on 20 October 2014 to spend his conscription service, effective from 1 January 2015.

[9] Previously, Mahini was an Iran national under-23 football team player and won a bronze medal at 2006 Asian Games.

[13][14] Fellow footballers such as Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Mohammad Taghavi, Voria Ghafouri and Aref Gholami reacted to his arrest and expressed their support on social media.