Zahra Azadpour
9 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- Player in Iran's women's football league
Persian original
بازیکن لیگ فوتبال زنان ایران
- Mountaineer
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کوهنورد
- Had played for the teams Azarakhsh Shahriar, Saba and Mehregan Pardis Tehran
Persian original
سابقه بازی در تیمهای آذرخش شهریار، صبا و مهرگان پردیس تهران را داشت
- Zahra Azadpour was a player in the "Mehregan Pardis" women's football team in Tehran, who had also played for the "Azarakhsh" and "Saba" teams and had been invited to the training camps of Iran's women's national football teams.
Persian original
زهرا آزادپور بازیکن تیم فوتبال زنان «مهرگان پردیس» تهران بود که سابقه بازی در تیمهای «آذرخش» و «صبا» و دعوت به اردوی تیمهای ملی فوتبال زنان ایران را هم داشت.
- Besides football, she was also regarded as one of Iran's professional mountaineers and had climbed the peaks of "Damavand" and "Espilet".
Persian original
او در کنار فوتبال، از کوهنوردهای حرفهای ایران نیز محسوب میشد و قلههای «دماوند» و «اسپیلت» را فتح کرده بود.
- Besides football, she was also a professional mountaineer and had succeeded in climbing Damavand, the highest volcano in Asia.
Persian original
او علاوه بر فوتبال، یک کوهنورد حرفهای نیز بود و موفق شده بود قله دماوند، بلندترین آتشفشان آسیا، را فتح کند.
- Azadpour was a supporter of the Esteghlal team and dreamed of playing in this club's women's football team.
Persian original
آزادپور هوادار تیم استقلال بود و رویای بازی در تیم فوتبال زنان این باشگاه را در سر میپروراند.
How they died
- Zahra Azadpour, 27 years old, a player in Iran's women's football league, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Karaj" by shooting of the forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
زهرا آزادپور ۲۷ساله، بازیکن لیگ فوتبال زنان ایران، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «کرج» با شلیک نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
- Was killed by live ammunition on the evening of Friday, 19 Dey, in the city of Karaj
Persian original
شامگاه جمعه ۱۹ دی در شهر کرج با گلوله جنگی کشته شد
- shot
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shot
- Footballer of the Mehrgam Pardis team. Her body was found after 3 days of searching.
Persian original
فوتبالیست تیم مهرگام پردیس. پیکر وی پس از ۳ روز جستجو یافت شد.
- Zahra Azadpour was shot and killed by forces of the Islamic Republic on the evening of Friday, 19 Dey 1404, during the nationwide protests in Karaj.
Persian original
زهرا آزادپور در شامگاه جمعه ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴، در جریان اعتراضات سراسری در کرج، هدف شلیک نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و کشته شد.
After their death
- Zahra's body was handed over to her family on Monday, 22 Dey, 3 days after she was killed.
Persian original
پیکر زهرا را ۳ روز بعد از کشتهشدن، دوشنبه ۲۲دی به خانوادهاش تحویل دادند.
- She was buried in "Eslamshahr".
Persian original
او در «اسلامشهر» به خاک سپرده شد.
- Her body was found three days later by her family and was buried in Eslamshahr.
Persian original
پیکر او سه روز بعد توسط خانوادهاش پیدا شد و در اسلامشهر به خاک سپرده شد.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Hengaw — Identities of ten women killed during protests across Iran confirmed
- Iran International — memorial map
- Independent Persian
- Independent Persian
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
- IranWire
- Independent Persian
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Persian Wikipedia
- Persian Wikipedia
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
- Athletes
- The year 1404 (2025–2026)
- Dey 1404
- Alborz Province
- Karaj
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