Arefeh Beigi

عارفه بیگی

20 years old · Zarrin Shahr · Isfahan Province

8 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• She was from "Zarrinshahr", Isfahan.
  Persian original

  او اهل «زرین‌شهر» اصفهان بود.

How they died

• Arefeh Beigi, 20 years old, was killed on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Isfahan".
  Persian original

  عارفه بیگی ۲۰ ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «اصفهان» کشته شد.

• The armed forces of the Islamic Republic shot Arefeh in the head and side with their weapons.
  Persian original

  نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی عارفه را از ناحیه سر و پهلو هدف شلیک سلاح خود قرار دادند.

• Two days before she was killed, Arefeh Beigi had written on her account on the social network X: "The timeline is full of news of the kids being taken and killed… for God's sake, for God's sake, I beg you humbly to take care of yourselves; I want every single one of you for the celebration of freedom; please take care of yourselves, please."
  Persian original

  عارفه بیگی دو روز پیش از کشته‌شدن در حساب کاربری خود در شبکه اجتماعی ایکس نوشته بود: «تایم‌لاین پر شده از خبر گرفته شدن و کشته شدن بچه‌ها… تو رو خدا تو رو خدا عاجزانه ازتون میخوام مواظب خودتون باشین، برای جشن آزادی تک‌تک‌‌تونو میخوام، خواهش می‌کنم مواظب خودتون باشین، خواهش میکنم.»

After their death

• Arefeh's body was handed over to her family eight days after she was killed.
  Persian original

  پیکر عارفه هشت روز بعد از کشته‌شدن به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده شد.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. IranWire
3. Iran International — memorial map
4. Iran Human Rights Society
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. IranWire

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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Isfahan Province

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