Farzaneh Sasanipour
9 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- Mother of two children
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مادر دو فرزند
- She was the mother of a 16-year-old daughter named Asal and a three-year-old son named Sam
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مادر یک دختر ۱۶ ساله به نام عسل و یک پسر سه ساله به نام سام بود
- Born 1 Mehr 1362
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متولد اول مهرماه ۱۳۶۲
- Farzaneh helped the wounded and people who had breathing problems from inhaling tear gas.
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فرزانه به مجروحان و افرادی که بر اثر استنشاق گاز اشکآور دچار مشکل تنفسی شده بودند کمک کرد.
In the words of those close to them
The family opposed this proposal and stressed that their daughter was killed by government forces while trying to save the wounded.— FamilyPersian original
خانواده با این پیشنهاد مخالفت و تاکید کردند دخترشان بهدست نیروهای حکومتی و در حالی کشته شده که برای نجات مجروحان تلاش میکرده است.
How they died
- On the evening of 19 Dey in Kuhchenar, while she was helping the wounded in front of her mother's house, she was shot by a sniper and killed
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شامگاه ۱۹ دیماه در کوهچنار هنگامی که مقابل خانه مادرش در حال کمک به مجروحان بود، هدف شلیک یک تکتیرانداز قرار گرفت و کشته شد
- She was hit by a bullet on the left side of the neck
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از ناحیه سمت چپ گردن هدف اصابت گلوله قرار گرفت
- Government forces were stationed on the roof of the tall Bank Mellat building
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نیروهای حکومتی بر پشتبام ساختمان مرتفع بانک ملت مستقر بودند
- She had lost her life before reaching the hospital.
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او پیش از رسیدن به بیمارستان جان باخته بود.
- On the evening of 19 Dey in Kuhchenar, while she was helping the wounded in front of her mother's house, she was shot by a sniper and killed.
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شامگاه ۱۹ دیماه در کوهچنار هنگامی که مقابل خانه مادرش در حال کمک به مجروحان بود، هدف شلیک یک تکتیرانداز قرار گرفت و کشته شد.
- She was hit by a bullet on the left side of the neck.
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از ناحیه سمت چپ گردن هدف اصابت گلوله قرار گرفت.
After their death
- Government forces treated violently a family member who wanted to photograph the body, took their mobile phone and threatened them
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نیروهای حکومتی با یکی از اعضای خانواده که قصد عکاسی از پیکر را داشت، با خشونت برخورد کردند، تلفن همراه او را گرفتند و تهدیدش کردند
- The autopsy results and official forensic medicine report have not been handed over to them
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نتیجه کالبدشکافی و گزارش رسمی پزشکی قانونی به آنان تحویل داده نشده است
- After she was killed, the security forces also went to her family's home, put them under pressure and threats, checked their mobile phones and deleted some of their contents
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نیروهای امنیتی پس از کشته شدن او نیز به خانه خانوادهاش مراجعه کردند، آنها را تحت فشار و تهدید قرار دادند، تلفنهای همراهشان را بررسی و بخشی از محتویات آنها را پاک کردند
- Government officials, by offering money and certain privileges, have pressured the Sasanipour family to present her as a "martyr" affiliated with the Islamic Republic
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مقامهای حکومتی با پیشنهاد پرداخت پول و ارائه برخی امتیازها، خانواده ساسانیپور را تحت فشار قرار دادهاند تا او را بهعنوان «شهید» وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی معرفی کنند
- At first the family was told that only four people could attend the ceremony
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در ابتدا به خانواده گفته شد تنها چهار نفر میتوانند در مراسم حضور داشته باشند
- Sasanipour's 16-year-old daughter also put up a banner with her picture in the town square on her mother's fortieth day
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دختر ۱۶ ساله ساسانیپور نیز در چهلم مادرش، بنری از تصویر او را در میدان شهر نصب کرد
- IRGC agents took the equipment and recorded images from her
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ماموران سپاه پاسداران تجهیزات و تصاویر ضبطشده را از او گرفتند
- Government forces treated violently a family member who wanted to photograph the body, took their mobile phone and threatened them.
Persian original
نیروهای حکومتی با یکی از اعضای خانواده که قصد عکاسی از پیکر را داشت، با خشونت برخورد کردند، تلفن همراه او را گرفتند و تهدیدش کردند.
- The autopsy results and official forensic medicine report have not been handed over to them.
Persian original
نتیجه کالبدشکافی و گزارش رسمی پزشکی قانونی به آنان تحویل داده نشده است.
- Government officials, by offering money and certain privileges, have pressured the Sasanipour family to present her as a "martyr" affiliated with the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
مقامهای حکومتی با پیشنهاد پرداخت پول و ارائه برخی امتیازها، خانواده ساسانیپور را تحت فشار قرار دادهاند تا او را بهعنوان «شهید» وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی معرفی کنند.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran International
- Iran International
- Radio Farda
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
- Fars Province
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