Azra Baharinejad^*

عذرا بهاری‌نژاد

* Our transliteration; no source spelling available

Killed by state forces

Life

• Writer, literature graduate
  Persian original

  نویسنده، کارشناس ادبیات

• Mother of two children
  Persian original

  مادر دو فرزند

• Azra had two children aged eight and 16 and had lost her own parents.
  Persian original

  عذرا دو فرزند هشت و ۱۶ ساله داشت و والدین خودش را از دست داده بود.

• She wrote short stories and had "a concern for Iran and children"
  Persian original

  او داستان کوتاه می‌نوشت و «دغدغه ایران و کودکان» را داشت

In the words of those close to them

According to those close to Azra, she wrote short stories and had "a concern for Iran and children".— Those close to Azra

Persian original

به گفته نزدیکان عذرا، او داستان کوتاه می‌نوشت و «دغدغه ایران و کودکان» را داشت.

How they died

• On the evening of 20 Dey she was killed in Sabzevar while helping two young protesters
  Persian original

  شامگاه ۲۰ دی هنگام کمک به دو جوان معترض در سبزوار کشته شد

• Azra hears the voices of two young protesters in the Be'sat neighbourhood and comes to the door of the house to help them, but Special Unit forces shoot Azra from behind the entrance door
  Persian original

  عذرا صدای دو جوان معترض را در محله بعثت می‌شنود و برای کمک به آن‌ها دم در خانه می‌آید اما نیروهای یگان ویژه از پشت در ورودی به عذرا شلیک می‌کنند

After their death

• The security bodies and agents, with heavy pressure on Azra's family, issued permission for her burial four days later, on 24 Dey
  Persian original

  نهادها و ماموران امنیتی با فشار شدید بر خانواده عذرا، چهار روز بعد، یعنی در ۲۴ دی اجازه دفن او را صادر کردند

• The burial ceremony of this young woman was held with a time restriction, from eight to half past eight in the morning, and with a large presence of security forces, at the town's mosalla.
  Persian original

  مراسم حاکسپاری این زن جوان با اعمال محدودیت زمانی، از ساعت هشت تا هشت و نیم صبح و با حضور گسترده نیروهای امنیتی در مصلای شهر برگزار شد.

Sources

1. Iran International

So far this name appears in only one source.

Listed in

• Javid-Nam of the uprising of January 2026 (Lion and Sun Revolution)
• Killed outside protests
• Women killed
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)

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