Setayesh Shafiei Tafreshi
Killed during protests
Life
- Setayesh is described as a free-spirited and rebellious girl; she was a member of the Tehran District 6 basketball team.
Persian original
ستایش را دختری رها و سرکش توصیف میکنند، عضو تیم بسکتبال منطقه ۶ تهران بود.
- She took part in the activities of grassroots organisations concerned with orphaned and neglected children.
Persian original
در فعالیتهای سازمانهای مردمی مربوط به کودکان بیسرپرست و بدسرپرست شرکت میکرد.
- Setayesh was one of the judges of the "Mehr Book Award".
Persian original
ستایش از داوران «جایزه کتاب مهر» بود.
- Setayesh wrote on her Telegram channel called "The girl who was the sun".
Persian original
ستایش در کانال تلگرامیاش به اسم «دختری که خورشید بود» مینوشت.
How they died
- Setayesh Shafiei, 20 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Khorasan Square", Tehran, by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
ستایش شفیعی ۲۰ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «میدان خراسان» تهران با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
- Setayesh Shafiei, 20 years old, who had no father or mother and was without a guardian, was killed on 18 Dey in Tehran by agents of the regime. According to reports, her body was kept for several days in Kahrizak and, because she had no family, was finally received by [fellow] welfare clients.
Persian original
ستایش شفیعی، ۲۰ ساله، که پدر و مادر نداشت و بیسرپرست بود، در ۱۸ دیماه در تهران به دست مأموران رژیم کشته شد. بنا بر گزارشها، پیکر او چند روز در کهریزک نگه داشته شد و به دلیل نداشتن خانواده در نهایت توسط مددجویان تحویل گرفته شد.
After their death
- Setayesh wanted to pull back the body of a teenager who had been killed; first her leg was hit by a live round, and then they fired a second bullet at her from behind, and she died.
Persian original
ستایش میخواست پیکر نوجوان کشتهشدهای را به عقب بکشاند، ابتدا پایش هدف گلوله جنگی قرار گرفت و سپس از پشت دومین گلوله را به او شلیک کردند و جان داد.
- Setayesh was one of the children of the State Welfare Organisation; her body was handed over to her legal guardian at the "Kahrizak" forensic medicine centre.
Persian original
ستایش از بچههای سازمان بهزیستی بود که پیکرش را در مرکز پزشکی قانونی «کهریزک» به مسوول حقوقیاش تحویل دادند.
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International — memorial map
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- IranWire
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran Human Rights Society
- IranWire
- Persian Wikipedia
Listed in
- Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
- Killed during protests
- The year 1404 (2025–2026)
- Tehran Province
- Tehran
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