Zeinab Ahmadi

زینب احمدی

44 years old · Fardis · Alborz Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

She was an animal protector and had lived alone since the death of her father and mother.
Persian original
او حامی حیوانات بود و پس از درگذشت پدر و مادرش به تنهایی زندگی می‌کرد.

Instead, she was laid to rest in Behesht-e Ali cemetery.
Persian original
Instead, she was laid to rest in Behesht-e Ali cemetery.
Zeinab was an animal lover and had two dogs of her own.
Persian original
Zeinab was an animal lover and had two dogs of her own.

How they died

Zeinab Ahmadi, 44 years old, was wounded in the leg on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests at the Fourth Roundabout of "Fardis", Karaj, by live ammunition of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
زینب احمدی ۴۴ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات فلکه چهارم «فردیس» کرج با گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی از ناحیه پا مجروح شد.
Zeinab lost her life as a result of bleeding and not being taken to hospital.
Persian original
زینب بر اثر خونریزی و عدم انتقال به بیمارستان جان خود را از دست داد.
Zeynab Ahmadi: Shot on Her Way Home, Left to Die in a Parking Lot
Persian original
Zeynab Ahmadi: Shot on Her Way Home, Left to Die in a Parking Lot
Zeinab Ahmadi, 44, was shot and killed by Islamic Republic forces during the protests on 19 Dey.
Persian original
Zeinab Ahmadi, 44, was shot and killed by Islamic Republic forces during the protests on 19 Dey.
Instead, she died in that parking lot.
Persian original
Instead, she died in that parking lot.
Only after the streets grew quiet was she taken by strangers to a hospital, where she was transferred to the morgue.
Persian original
Only after the streets grew quiet was she taken by strangers to a hospital, where she was transferred to the morgue.

After their death

Zeinab managed to reach the car park of a building and, with the help of residents, tried to stop the bleeding, but when they wanted to take her to hospital, armed Basij agents fired at them.
Persian original
زینب توانست خود را به پارکینگ ساختمانی برساند و با کمک اهالی برای مهار خونریزی تلاش کند اما وقتی خواستند او را به بیمارستان برسانند، ماموران مسلح بسیجی به سمت آن‌ها شلیک کردند.
After much harassment of the family over the handover of the body and the issuing of a burial permit, Zeinab was buried at "Behesht-e Ali", a place farther away from where she lived.
Persian original
زینب را بعد از آزار و اذیت بسیار خانواده بر سر تحویل پیکر و صدور جواز دفن، جایی دورتر از محل زندگی در «بهشت علی» به خاک سپردند.
Authorities denied permission for her to be buried in Malard Cemetery alongside her parents.
Persian original
Authorities denied permission for her to be buried in Malard Cemetery alongside her parents.
Her burial permit listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the lower part of her body.
Persian original
Her burial permit listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the lower part of her body.
They wanted to take her to the hospital, but Basij forces fired toward the people and threatened them, saying, ‘If you come out of your houses, you will be killed.’”
Persian original
They wanted to take her to the hospital, but Basij forces fired toward the people and threatened them, saying, ‘If you come out of your houses, you will be killed.’”
They didn’t even provide money for her burial.”
Persian original
They didn’t even provide money for her burial.”

Sources

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