Farjad Darvishi
فرجاد درویشی
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 20 September 2022
- Place of death
- Balu village, Urmia (+4 more)
- Hometown
- Balu village, Urmia
- Event
- Woman Life Freedom (+2 more)
- Cause of death
- killed by government forces during protests
Biography
Farjad Darvishi was a father and resident of Balu village in Urmia who was killed by government security forces on September 20, 2022, during the nationwide protests. Following his death, his family faced continued harassment from the state, including the imprisonment of his brother, Sayyad Darvishi, and the desecration of his grave by IRGC forces who erased Kurdish poetry and the word 'Martyr' from his tombstone.
فرجاد درویشی، پدر و ساکن روستای بالو در ارومیه، در ۲۹ شهریور ۱۴۰۱ در جریان اعتراضات سراسری توسط نیروهای حکومتی کشته شد. پس از جان باختن او، خانوادهاش با فشارهای امنیتی متعددی روبرو شدند، از جمله بازداشت برادرش صیاد درویشی و تخریب سنگ مزار او توسط نیروهای سپاه پاسداران که اقدام به پاک کردن اشعار کُردی و واژه «شهید» از روی مزار وی کردند.
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Farjad Darvishi was killed by government forces on September 20, 2022, in Balu village, Urmia, during the nationwide protests.
Two young children hold large portraits of Farjad Darvishi and Danesh Rahnama at their graves in Balo village, Urmia, during an Eid al-Fitr memorial gathering.
Memorial graphic listing those killed on September 21, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests across various Iranian cities including Urmia, Piranshahr, Bukan, Babol, and Kermanshah.
A stylized black and white portrait of Farjad Darvishi, a protest victim, whose brother Sayyad Darvishi is reported to be in Urmia Prison.
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The IRGC forces reportedly erased the word 'Martyr' and Kurdish poetry from the grave of Farjad Darvishi, a victim of the 2022 protests, in Balu village near Urmia.