Sara Saeidi

سارا سعیدی

39 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

• Mother of two daughters
  Persian original

  مادر دو دختر

How they died

• Lost her life after being hit by live ammunition in the head and face
  Persian original

  بر اثر اصابت گلوله جنگی به سر و صورتش جان باخت

After their death

• Some government-affiliated bodies and media tried, because of her veiled appearance and Islamic dress, to appropriate her name and picture for the official narrative
  Persian original

  برخی نهادها و رسانه‌های وابسته به حکومت تلاش کردند به دلیل ظاهر محجبه و پوشش اسلامی او، نام و تصویرش را در جهت روایت رسمی مصادره کنند

• Sara's body was handed over to the family after three days and only after paying sums of money, accepting a pledge and enduring security pressure
  Persian original

  پیکر سارا پس از سه روز و تنها پس از پرداخت مبالغی پول، پذیرش تعهد و تحمل فشارهای امنیتی به خانواده تحویل داده شد

• The cause of her death has been falsely recorded on the burial permit as "collision with agricultural machinery"
  Persian original

  علت مرگ او در جواز دفن به‌صورت غیرواقعی «برخورد با ماشین‌آلات کشاورزی» ثبت شده است

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Iran International — memorial map
3. 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
• Razavi Khorasan Province
• Mashhad

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