Melika Dastyab
ملیکا دستیاب
- Age
- 21
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Kermanshah (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Kerend-e Gharb
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- economics student and tanbur musician
- Cause of death
- shot to the head by security forces
Biography
Melika Dastyab was a 21-year-old economics student and tanbur musician from Kerend-e Gharb, and a follower of the Yarsan faith. She had lost her mother less than two years prior and was caring for her younger sister. Melika was killed on January 8, 2026, in Kermanshah, by direct gunfire to the head from security forces.
ملیکا دستیاب، ۲۱ ساله، دانشجوی اقتصاد و نوازنده تنبور اهل کرند غرب و پیرو آیین یارسان بود. او کمتر از دو سال پیش مادرش را از دست داده بود و از خواهر کوچکش مراقبت میکرد. ملیکا در ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در کرمانشاه، با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی به سر توسط ماموران امنیتی کشته شد.
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Melika Dastyab, a 21-year-old Yarsan follower and tanbur player from Kerend-e Gharb, was reportedly killed by direct gunfire from security forces in Kermanshah on January 8, 2026.
Portrait of Melika Dastyab, a 21-year-old Yarsan student and tanbur player from Kerend-e Gharb killed by direct fire from Islamic Republic forces in Kermanshah on January 8, 2026.
Portrait of Melika Dastyab, a 21-year-old Yarsan economics student and musician from Kerend-e Gharb, who was killed by security forces in Kermanshah on January 8, 2026.
A portrait of 21-year-old artist and tanbour player Melika Dastyab, who was killed by a direct gunshot to the head on January 8, 2026, in Kermanshah during the Lion and Sun revolution.