Zohreh Fazeli

زهره فاضلی

38 years old · Bushehr

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

• She had a doctorate in strategic management
  Persian original

  دکترای مدیریت راهبردی داشت

• Holder of a doctorate in strategic management
  Persian original

  دارای دکترای مدیریت راهبردی

• Holder of a doctoral degree in strategic management
  Persian original

  دارای مدرک دکترای مدیریت راهبردی

• She had long suffered from MS
  Persian original

  از مدت‌ها پیش به بیماری ام‌اس مبتلا شده بود

• On 19 Dey Zohreh took part in the protests in Bushehr together with her sister, using a walking stick
  Persian original

  زهره روز ۱۹ دی همراه با خواهرش و با عصا در اعتراضات بوشهر شرکت کرد

In the words of those close to them

They shot her in the leg and heart; we waited 4 days for her body— Zohreh Fazeli's family

Persian original

به پا و قلبش شلیک کردند، ۴ روز منتظر پیکرش بودیم

How they died

• When the agents began shooting at the people from the top of the mosque, Zohreh was hit first in the leg and then in the heart
  Persian original

  هنگامی که ماموران از فراز مسجد تیراندازی به سوی مردم را آغاز کردند، زهره ابتدا از ناحیه پا و سپس از ناحیه قلب هدف شلیک قرار گرفت

• Zohreh Fazeli, 38 years old, was hit in the side by a live round of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Bushehr".
  Persian original

  زهره فاضلی ۳۸ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات «بوشهر»، از ناحیه پهلو هدف گلوله جنگی نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت.

• Zohreh's sister, who was accompanying her at the protests, quickly got Zohreh to the hospital; nevertheless she lost her life in the hospital that same night.
  Persian original

  خواهر زهره که او را در اعتراضات همراهی می‌کرد، زهره را سریع به بیمارستان رساند با این حال او همان شب در بیمارستان جان باخت.

• shot
  Persian original

  shot

• On 19 Dey, during the protests in the city of Bushehr, she was hit by a bullet of government forces and killed
  Persian original

  روز ۱۹ دی در جریان اعتراضات در شهر بوشهر هدف گلولۀ نیروهای حکومتی قرار گرفت و کشته شد

After their death

• They waited four days for the handover of their child's body
  Persian original

  چهار روز در انتظار تحویل پیکر فرزندشان ماندند

• Under tight security measures they were able to bury her body
  Persian original

  تحت تدابیر شدید امنیتی توانستند پیکر او را به خاک بسپارند

• Security officials had warned them that the burial ceremony must not last more than two hours.
  Persian original

  مقام‌های امنیتی به آنها هشدار داده بودند که مراسم خاکسپاری نباید بیش از دو ساعت طول بکشد.

• The Fazeli family ran around for four days to obtain their loved one's body.
  Persian original

  خانواده فاضلی چهار روز برای گرفتن پیکر عزیزشان دوندگی کردند.

• Zohreh Fazeli was buried on Wednesday, 24 Dey.
  Persian original

  زهره فاضلی چهارشنبه۲۴دی به خاک سپرده شد.

• Large presence of people at Zohreh Fazeli's fortieth-day ceremony
  Persian original

  حضور گستردۀ مردم در مراسم چهلم زهرهٔ فاضلی

Sources

1. Iran International
2. Persian Wikipedia
3. Iran Human Rights Society
4. Iran International — memorial map
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. IranWire
7. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
8. Radio Farda
9. Voice of America 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
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)
• Dey 1404
• Bushehr Province
• Bushehr

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