Raha Bohlouli-Pour

رها بهلولی‌پور

23 years old · Tehran

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

23-year-old student of Italian at the University of Tehran
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دانشجوی ۲۳ ساله رشته زبان ایتالیایی در دانشگاه تهران
23-year-old student of Italian language and literature at the University of Tehran
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دانشجوی ۲۳ ساله زبان و ادبیات ایتالیایی دانشگاه تهران
A first-year Italian literature student at the University of Tehran
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A first-year Italian literature student at the University of Tehran
student of Italian language at Tehran University
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student of Italian language at Tehran University
Student of Italian at the University of Tehran and resident of the dormitory
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دانشجوی زبان ایتالیایی دانشگاه تهران و ساکن خوابگاه

Tahereh Jangjou, the justice-seeking mother of the eternally remembered Raha Bohlouli-Pour
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طاهره جنگجو، مادر دادخواه جاویدنام رها بهلولی‌پور

"Woman, Life, Freedom, forever."
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«زن، زندگی، آزادی، برای همیشه.»
Raha loved life, books, art and music
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رها عاشق زندگی، کتاب، هنر و موسیقی بود
"I'm very much on the side of life."
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«من خیلی طرفدار زندگی‌ام.»
she ran a Telegram channel with nearly 24,000 subscribers
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she ran a Telegram channel with nearly 24,000 subscribers
Her final Telegram post read: “I’ve connected for a moment and I just want to write: Woman, Life, Freedom – forever.”
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Her final Telegram post read: “I’ve connected for a moment and I just want to write: Woman, Life, Freedom – forever.”
On social media, she wrote about justice and equality and appeared in videos laughing lightheartedly with friends.
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On social media, she wrote about justice and equality and appeared in videos laughing lightheartedly with friends.
“Woman, Life, Freedom forever.”
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“Woman, Life, Freedom forever.”
green kerchiefs — her favorite color
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green kerchiefs — her favorite color
She was a student of Italian at the Faculty of Languages and Literatures of the "University of Tehran".
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او دانشجوی رشته زبان ایتالیایی در دانشکده زبان‌ها و ادبیات «دانشگاه تهران» بود.
She had social concerns. She loved life and sought freedom.
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دغدغه اجتماعی داشت. عاشق زندگی بود و دنبال آزادی.
Zahra Bohlouli-Pour, who liked to be called Raha, was born on 30 Azar 1381.
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زهرا بهلولی‌پور که دوست داشت رها صدایش کنند، متولد ۳۰ آذر ۱۳۸۱ بود.
"Every morning when I leave the dormitory, deep down I'm not sure whether I'll come back at night or not."
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«هر روز صبح که از خوابگاه می‌رم بیرون ته دلم مطمئن نیستم که شب برمی‌گردم یا نه.»

In the words of those close to them

Raha is that same little fish of Samad Behrangi who, from the small pond and stream of Firouzabad, travelled a hard and rocky path and reached the boundless sea of Tehran and the University of Tehr[an]...— Father
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رها همان ماهی کوچولوی صمد بهرنگی است که از حوضچه و جویبار کوچک فیروزآباد، مسیر سخت و سنگلاخی را طی کرد و به دریای بی‌کران تهران و دانشگاه تهر[ان]...

How they died

On the evening of 18 Dey she was wounded by shooting of government forces and a day later died from the severity of her injuries
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شامگاه ۱۸ دی با شلیک نیروهای حکومتی زخمی شد و یک روز بعد، بر اثر شدت جراحات درگذشت
On the evening of 18 Dey she was hit by a bullet in the area of Fatemi Square in Tehran and on 19 Dey lost her life from the injury caused by a bullet hitting her lung
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شامگاه ۱۸ دی در محدوده میدان فاطمی تهران هدف گلوله قرار گرفت و روز ۱۹ دی بر اثر جراحت ناشی از اصابت گلوله به ریه جان باخت
On the evening of 18 Dey she was wounded by shooting of government forces and a day later died from the severity of her injuries.
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شامگاه ۱۸ دی با شلیک نیروهای حکومتی زخمی شد و یک روز بعد، بر اثر شدت جراحات درگذشت.
Bohloulipour was killed by live ammunition during protests on January 9
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Bohloulipour was killed by live ammunition during protests on January 9
She was shot on a street in Tehran.
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She was shot on a street in Tehran.
Raha (Zahra) Bohlouli-Pour, 23 years old, was wounded on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404, in the protests in "Fatemi" Square, Tehran, by direct shooting of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic and died on Friday, 19 Dey.
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رها (زهرا) بهلولی‌پور ۲۳ساله، پنج‌شنبه ۱۸دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات میدان «فاطمی» تهران با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی مجروح شد و جمعه ۱۹دی جان داد.

After their death

Tahereh Jangjou, the justice-seeking mother of the eternally remembered Raha Bohlouli-Pour, has developed severe depression and her mental state is extremely poor
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طاهره جنگجو، مادر دادخواه جاویدنام رها بهلولی‌پور، به افسردگی شدید دچار شده و حال روحی‌اش به‌شدت نامساعد است
Because of the psychological pressure and heavy trauma resulting from the killing of her child, this justice-seeking mother has attempted to end her life at least once and was saved
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این مادر دادخواه به‌دلیل فشار روانی و آسیب سنگین ناشی از قتل فرزندش، دست‌کم یک‌بار اقدام به پایان دادن به زندگی خود کرده و نجات یافته است
Students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the University of Tehran chanted that same slogan again at her memorial ceremony
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دانشجویان دانشکده زبان‌های خارجی دانشگاه تهران در مراسم یادبود او بار دیگر همان شعاری را سر دادند
Tahereh Jangjou, the justice-seeking mother of the eternally remembered Raha Bohlouli-Pour, has developed severe depression and her mental state is extremely poor.
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طاهره جنگجو، مادر دادخواه جاویدنام رها بهلولی‌پور، به افسردگی شدید دچار شده و حال روحی‌اش به‌شدت نامساعد است.
buried in her hometown of Firouzabad in Fars province
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buried in her hometown of Firouzabad in Fars province
Students at the University of Tehran commemorated her during a protest gathering
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Students at the University of Tehran commemorated her during a protest gathering
At her 40th-day memorial in Firouzabad, her hometown in southern Iran, hundreds gathered as her parents danced solemnly to traditional Qashqai folk music
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At her 40th-day memorial in Firouzabad, her hometown in southern Iran, hundreds gathered as her parents danced solemnly to traditional Qashqai folk music
Raha's body was buried in her birthplace "Firouzabad", Fars Province.
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پیکر رها را در زادگاهش «فیروزآباد» استان فارس به خاک سپردند.
Tahereh Jangjoo, the mother of slain protester Raha Bohloulipour, had developed severe depression and had survived at least one suicide attempt following her daughter’s death.
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Tahereh Jangjoo, the mother of slain protester Raha Bohloulipour, had developed severe depression and had survived at least one suicide attempt following her daughter’s death.
Her body has been buried in her hometown of Firouzabad, Fars Province
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پیکرش در شهر زادگاهش در فیروزآباد استان فارس به خاک سپرده شده است
This same claim has caused additional pressure on Raha's family
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همین ادعا باعث فشارهای مضاعف بر خانواده رها شده است

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