Yalda Jafari

یلدا جعفری

47 years old · Gorgan · Golestan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Mother
  Persian original

  مادر

• [They] describe her as a kind mother and a resilient woman who had earlier defeated cancer
  Persian original

  مادری مهربان و زنی مقاوم توصیف می‌کنند که پیش‌تر سرطان را شکست داده بود

In the words of those close to them

Yalda was one of those women who had come back to life after defeating cancer, but the mullahs cruelly took her life.— A family member

Persian original

یلدا از آن زن‌هایی بود که بعد از شکست دادن سرطان دوباره به زندگی برگشته بود، اما آخوندها ظالمانه جانش را گرفتند.

Sources

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

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
• Golestan Province
• Gorgan

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