Farzin Ma'rufi^*

فرزین معروفی

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

22 years old · Ekbatan · Tehran Province

30 November 2022 Killed during protests

In the words of those close to them

“Even if this government breaks or defaces the gravestone of my child or of others who lost their lives on the path of Iran's freedom a thousand times, we justice-seeking families will lay a new stone.”— Farhad Maroufi, Farzin Maroufi's father

Persian original

«اگر این حکومت هزاران بار هم سنگ مزار فرزند من یا دیگر جان‌باختگان راه آزادی ایران را بشکند یا مخدوش کند، ما خانواده‌های دادخواه سنگ نو بنا خواهیم نهاد.»

“We will neither forgive nor forget.”— Farhad Maroufi, Farzin's father

Persian original

«نه می‌بخشیم، نه فراموش می‌کنیم.»

How they died

• During the celebration of the Islamic Republic football team's defeat, as a result of shooting by security agents
  Persian original

  در جشن باخت تیم فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی، بر اثر شلیک ماموران امنیتی

• While people were rejoicing after the defeat of the Islamic Republic's national football team at the Qatar World Cup, he was killed by direct shooting by government agents in the Ekbatan township.
  Persian original

  هنگام شادمانی مردم پس از شکست تیم ملی فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی در جام‌ جهانی قطر، با شلیک مستقیم ماموران حکومتی در شهرک اکباتان کشته شد.

• Direct shooting by government agents; Farzin, born 25 Azar 1379 in Mahabad and living in Tehran, was killed by direct shooting by agents while people were rejoicing after the defeat of the Islamic Republic's national football team at the Qatar World Cup.
  Persian original

  شلیک مستقیم مأموران حکومتی، فرزین، زاده ۲۵ آذر ۱۳۷۹ در مهاباد و ساکن تهران، هنگام شادمانی مردم پس از شکست تیم ملی فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی در جام جهانی قطر، با شلیک مستقیم مأموران کشته شد.

After their death

• They broke the gravestone of Farzin Maroufi, one of those who lost their lives in the 1401 protests
  Persian original

  سنگر مزار فرزین معروفی از جانباختگان اعتراضات ۱۴۰۱ را شکستند

• His gravestone was then defaced in Mehr this year
  Persian original

  سنگ مزار او، مهرماه امسال پس از آن مخدوش شد

Sources

1. Persian Wikipedia
2. Voice of America Persian
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran Human Rights Society

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Killed in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising (2022)
• Killed during protests
• The year 1401 (2022–2023)
• Azar 1401
• Tehran Province

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