Zahra Moradi

زهرا مرادی

27 years old · Tehran

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Was working in Tehran together with her family
  Persian original

  همراه خانواده در تهران مشغول به کار بوده

• Hairdresser
  Persian original

  آرایشگر

• Had married two years earlier
  Persian original

  دو سال پیش ازدواج کرده بود

How they died

• Her maternal uncle and his daughter were also wounded with birdshot
  Persian original

  دایی و دختر داییش نیز با سلاح ساچمه‌ای زخمی شده‌اند

• Was killed by gunshots to the head and heart. This happened before the eyes of her brother
  Persian original

  با شلیک گلوله به سر و قلب کشته شد. این حادثه مقابل دیدگان برادرش رخ داد

• According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, a Kurdish woman citizen identified as Zahra Moradi, from the village of "Hesar" in Bukan County, lost her life in Tehran as a result of direct shooting by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  Persian original

  بر اساس گزارشات رسیده به سازمان حقوق بشر هانا: روز پنجشنبه ۱۸ دی ماه ۱۴۰۴، یک شهروند زن کُرد با هویت زهرا مرادی، اهل روستای «حصار» از توابع شهرستان بوکان، بر اثر شلیک مستقیم نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران در تهران جان خود را از دست داده است.

• According to reports received, Zahra Moradi had been living in Tehran in order to work; in the protests of 18 Dey, together with her maternal uncle and his daughter, she took part in the popular protests in Tehransar and was killed by a direct gunshot to the head and chest.
  Persian original

  طبق گزارشات دریافتی، زهرا مرادی، به منظور کار کردن در تهران ساکن بوده‌، که در اعتراضات ۱۸ دی ماه‌، به همراه دایی و دختر داییش در اعتراضات مردمی تهرانسر شرکت کرده و با شلیک مستقیم گلوله به سر و سینه کشته شده است.

• Also, Zahra Moradi's maternal uncle and his daughter were hit by birdshot during this assault and were wounded.
  Persian original

  همچنین،  دایی و دختر دایی زهرا مرادی، نیز در جریان این یورش، با سلاح ساچمه‌ای مورد اصابت قرار گرفته و زخمی شده‌اند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Kurdpa
6. Independent Persian
7. Hana Human Rights Organization

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

Listed in

• Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
• The massacre of 8 and 9 January 2026
• Killed during protests
• Women killed
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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