Fatemeh Semsarpur

فاطمه سمسارپور

48 years old · Tehran

20 June 2009 Killed during protests

Life

She was married and had two sons
Persian original
او ازدواج کرده بود و صاحب دو پسر بود

In the words of those close to them

Her husband said about this: “Nowadays it has become fashionable to talk about justice. What kind of justice is it when someone can walk in the street, kill people, and afterwards they say we could not identify the killer?”— Her husband
Persian original
همسر او در این باره گفت، «حالاها مد شده درباره عدالت صحبت کنند. این چه جور عدالتیه که یک نفر می‌تواند در خیابان راه برود، مردم را بکشد و بعدأ بگویند قاتل را نتوانستیم شناسایی کنیم؟»

“Our little son would wake up with a start at night, scream and cry, and I could not calm him.— Her husband
Persian original
«پسر کوچکمان شبها از خواب می‌پرید، جیغ می‌زد و گریه میکرد، و من نمیتوانستم آرامش کنم.

How they died

She lost her life from gunfire.
Persian original
به ضرب گلوله جان باخت.
On 30 Khordad 1388, as the silent demonstration was passing along Azadi Street, Ms. Fatemeh Semsarpur was hit by a bullet near Azadi Street and was killed
Persian original
خانم فاطمه سمسارپور روز ۳۰ خرداد ۱۳۸۸، موقعی که تظاهرات ساکت از خیابان آزادی عبور می‌کرد، در نزدیکی خیابان آزادی مورد اصابت گلوله قرار گرفت و کشته شد
Immediately Ms. Semsarpur, who was standing beside that person, was shot in the chest, and after that shot her son in the abdomen
Persian original
بلافاصله به سینه خانم سمسارپور که پهلوی او ایستاده بود شلیک کرد و بعد از آن به شکم پسرش تیراندازی کرد
They wrote the cause of death as a 9-millimetre Colt pistol bullet striking the heart
Persian original
دلیل فوت را اصابت گلوله ۹ میلیمتری اسلحه کلت به قلب نوشتند
Arbitrary execution » arbitrary shooting » firearm/assault weapon » from close range
Persian original
اعدام‌ خودسرانه » شلیک خودسرانه » سلاح گرم/ تهاجمی » از فاصله نزدیک

After their death

Then they asked him to sign a declaration stating that Ms. Semsarpur had not been among the demonstrators, that he would not talk to anyone about the events that led to her death, and that he would not hold a public funeral for her
Persian original
سپس از او خواستند اظهارنامه‌ای امضأ کند مبنی بر اینکه خانم سمسارپور جزو تظاهرکنندگان نبوده، و اینکه راجع به وقایعی که منجر به مرگ او شده با هیچکس حرف نخواهد زد، و اینکه برای او مراسم عمومی تشییع جنازه نخواهد گرفت
That same night he took his wife's body to her birthplace, Babol, and buried her alone and without a ceremony
Persian original
او جسد همسرش را همان شب به زادگاهش بابل برد و به تنهایی و بدون مراسم او را دفن کرد
Finally the court announced that they had not been able to identify the person who shot Ms. Semsarpur and told her husband that he could receive diyeh (blood money)
Persian original
بالاخره دادگاه اعلام کرد که نتوانسته‌اند کسی را که به خانم سمسارپور شلیک کرده شناسایی کنند و به همسرش گفتند می‌تواند دیه بگیرد
Ms. Semsarpur's elder son was in hospital for a long time because of his injuries, and her younger son has suffered very great psychological harm
Persian original
پسر بزرگ خانم سمسارپور بدلیل جراحاتش مدت زیادی در بیمارستان بود و پسر کوچکش صدمه بسیار بزرگی روانی خورده است

Sources

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