Somayyeh Tavakkoli

سمیه توکلی

26 July 2026 Killed by state forces outside protests

Life

• psychologist
  Persian original

  psychologist

• His sister Somayyeh Tavakkoli
  Persian original

  خواهرش سمیه توکلی

Family and bonds

• Family Mehdi Tavakkoli مهدی توکلی

  به همراه خواهرش سمیه توکلی و مادرشان مریم اصلانی

How they died

• On the evening of 4 Mordad, forces of the Ministry of Intelligence sprayed the car carrying this family with bullets on the Baneh–Marivan road, and all three [lost their lives] on the spot
  Persian original

  نیروهای وزارت اطلاعات شامگاه چهارم مرداد خودروی حامل این خانواده را در جاده بانه–مریوان به رگبار بستند و هر سه درجا [جان باختند]

• Somayyeh Tavakkoli had been hit by several bullets, and her body and face were severely damaged; her face "was completely shattered"
  Persian original

  سمیه توکلی چندین گلوله خورده بود و پیکر و صورت او به‌شدت آسیب دیده و صورتش «کاملا متلاشی شده بود»

• They were hit by direct shooting by forces of the Ministry of Intelligence and lost their lives on the spot
  Persian original

  هدف تیراندازی مستقیم نیروهای وزارت اطلاعات قرار گرفتند و درجا جان باختند

• Somayyeh Tavakkoli had been hit by several bullets, and her body and face were severely damaged; her face "was completely shattered".
  Persian original

  سمیه توکلی چندین گلوله خورده بود و پیکر و صورت او به‌شدت آسیب دیده و صورتش «کاملا متلاشی شده بود».

After their death

• The bodies of these three were examined secretly at the hospital, without registration of identity or opening of a file, and no one was allowed to approach them
  Persian original

  پیکرهای این سه نفر در بیمارستان، بدون ثبت هویت و تشکیل پرونده، مخفیانه بررسی شدند و اجازه نزدیک شدن کسی به آن‌ها داده نشد

• The security bodies have put their family under pressure to refrain from publicising [the incident] and have asked them to declare the cause of death of these three as an "accident"
  Persian original

  نهادهای امنیتی خانواده آنان را برای خودداری از اطلاع‌رسانی تحت فشار گذاشته و از آنان خواسته‌اند علت مرگ این سه نفر را «تصادف» اعلام کنند

• The bodies of the three killed members of the Tavakkoli family were buried on 5 Mordad in a securitised atmosphere at the Behesht-e Mohammadi cemetery in Sanandaj.
  Persian original

  پیکر سه عضو کشته‌شده خانواده توکلی پنجم مرداد در فضایی امنیتی در آرامستان بهشت محمدی سنندج به خاک سپرده شد.

• It presented those killed as members of PJAK
  Persian original

  کشته‌شدگان را اعضای پژاک معرفی کرد

• They have made the handover of their bodies conditional on refraining from publicising this incident
  Persian original

  تحویل پیکرهای آنان را به خودداری از اطلاع‌رسانی درباره این واقعه مشروط کرده‌اند

• The victims' family have also been put under pressure to declare their cause of death as an "accident"
  Persian original

  خانواده قربانیان همچنین تحت فشار قرار گرفته‌اند تا علت مرگ آنان را «تصادف» اعلام کنند

• On 5 Mordad, in a heavily securitised atmosphere, they were buried at the "Behesht-e Mohammadi" cemetery of this city
  Persian original

  پنجم مرداد، در فضایی به‌شدت امنیتی، در آرامستان «بهشت محمدی» این شهر به خاک سپرده شد

• Security agencies subsequently summoned the family and said they would release the bodies for burial only if the family refrained from publicising the incident, informed sources said.
  Persian original

  Security agencies subsequently summoned the family and said they would release the bodies for burial only if the family refrained from publicising the incident, informed sources said.

Sources

1. Iran International
2. Iran International
3. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
4. Iran International
5. Kurdpa

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Killed outside protests
• Women killed
• Families who lost more than one member
• The year 1405 (2026–2027)

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