Zahra Bani Amerian
9 January 2026 Killed during protests
Life
- One of the retired employees of the Social Security Organisation in Karaj
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از کارکنان بازنشسته سازمان تامین اجتماعی کرج
- Retired from the Social Security Organisation
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بازنشسته سازمان تأمین اجتماعی
- His wife Zahra Bani Amerian and their child Danial
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همسرش زهرا بنیعامریان و فرزندشان دانیال
- Zahra Bani Amerian, his wife
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زهرا بنیعامریان، همسرش
- The mother of the family
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مادر خانواده
- This family had previously been active in the protests and regularly took part in gatherings
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این خانواده پیشتر در اعتراضات فعال بودند و بهطور مستمر در تجمعات مشارکت میکردند
How they died
- At the time of the incident the members of this family were inside their private car, and during the protests their car was sprayed with bullets by government agents.
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اعضای این خانواده در زمان وقوع حادثه داخل خودروی شخصی خود حضور داشتند و در جریان اعتراضات، خودروی آنها از سوی ماموران حکومتی به رگبار گلوله بسته شد.
- Inside their private car they were hit by deadly bursts of fire from the repressive-military forces and lost their lives as a family
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داخل خودروی شخصی خود هدف رگبار مرگبار نیروهای سرکوب_نظامی قرار گرفتند و خانوادگی جان خود را از دست دادند
- Government agents sprayed their car with bullets
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ماموران حکومتی خودرو آنان را رگبار بستند
- shot
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shot
- According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organisation: on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, three members of one family, named Bijan Mostafavi, a retired teacher from Sonqor County, his wife Zahra Bani Amerian, retired from the Social Security Organisation, and Danial Mostafavi, their 19-year-old child and a student, lost their lives following shooting by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Karaj County.
Persian original
بر اساس گزارشات رسیده به سازمان حقوق بشر هانا: روز جمعه ۱۹ دیماه ۱۴۰۴، سه عضو یک خانواده به نامهای بیژن مصطفوی، بازنشسته آموزش و پرورش و اهل شهرستان سنقر، همسرش زهرا بنیعامریان، بازنشسته سازمان تأمین اجتماعی، و دانیال مصطفوی، فرزند ۱۹ ساله آنها و دانشجو، در پی تیراندازی نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی ایران در شهرستان کرج جان خود را از دست دادهاند.
- They were killed in their private car by shooting of military forces
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در ماشین شخصی خود، بر اثر شلیک نیروهای نظامی کشته شدهاند
After their death
- According to local sources, the bodies of the three members of this family who lost their lives were taken to Sonqor and in recent days, before six in the morning, under tight security measures and under compulsion by agents, buried in this county.
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به گفته منابع محلی، پیکرهای سه عضو جانباخته این خانواده به سنقر انتقال یافت و در روزهای گذشته، پیش از ساعت شش صبح، تحت تدابیر شدید امنیتی و با اجبار ماموران در این شهرستان به خاک سپرده شد.
- The bodies of this family's members have been buried in Sonqor Koliyayi in Kermanshah, with security forces present
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پیکر اعضای این خانواده در سنقر کلیایی در کرمانشاه و با حضور نیروهای امنیتی به خاک سپرده شده است
- Their family in Iran are under surveillance and pressure from the security forces
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خانواده آنها در ایران تحت نظارت و فشار نیروهای امنیتی هستند
Sources
- HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
- Iran International — memorial map
- Iran Human Rights Society
- Iran International
- Iran International
- Kurdpa
- Independent Persian
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Hana Human Rights Organization
- 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
- Alborz Province
- Karaj
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