Farzaneh Tavakoli

فرزانه توکلی

40 years old · Arak · Markazi Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• She was the mother of two children.
  Persian original

  او مادر دو فرزند بود.

• They resisted and refused.
  Persian original

  مقاومت کردند و نپذیرفتند.

• Farzaneh Tavakoli was from Arak.
  Persian original

  فرزانه توکلی اهل اراک بود.

How they died

• Farzaneh Tavakoli, 40 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Khaniabad", Tehran, by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
  Persian original

  فرزانه توکلی ۴۰ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «خانی‌آباد» تهران با تیر جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.

• shot
  Persian original

  shot

After their death

• Farzaneh's family were under security pressure to present her as a "Basij member".
  Persian original

  خانواده فرزانه برای «بسیجی» معرفی کردن او زیر فشارهای امنیتی بودند.

• Government agents made them pledge to bury Farzaneh kilometres away from the city.
  Persian original

  ماموران حکومتی از آن‌ها تعهد گرفتند که کیلومترها دورتر از شهر، فرزانه را به خاک بسپارند.

• They buried her body in the village of "Ebrahimabad", several kilometres away from Arak.
  Persian original

  پیکر او را در روستای «ابراهیم‌آباد» چندین کیلومتر دورتر از اراک به خاک سپردند.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. IranWire
5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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
• Markazi Province
• Arak

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