Minoo Majidi
مینو مجیدی
- Age
- 62 (+1 more)
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 21 September 2022
- Place of death
- Kermanshah (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Kermanshah
- Event
- Woman Life Freedom protests (+2 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by government security forces
Biography
Minoo Majidi was a 62-year-old Kurdish Yarsani woman, born in Qasr-e Shirin and a resident of Kermanshah. A mother of three children, she was killed by direct gunfire from government security forces during protests in Kermanshah. Following her death, her daughter Roya shaved her head at her mother's grave, an act that gained international attention. Roya subsequently met with international figures such as President Emmanuel Macron and Angelina Jolie, urging Macron not to associate with her mother's killers.
مینو مجیدی، زن کُرد یارسان ۶۲ ساله اهل قصر شیرین و ساکن کرمانشاه بود. او مادر سه فرزند بود که در جریان اعتراضات کرمانشاه با شلیک مستقیم گلوله نیروهای امنیتی حکومت کشته شد. پس از کشته شدن او، دخترش رویا در اقدامی نمادین موهای خود را بر سر مزار مادرش تراشید که بازتاب جهانی داشت. او سپس با مقامات بینالمللی از جمله پرزیدنت مکرون و آنجلینا جولی دیدار کرد و از رئیسجمهور فرانسه خواست که با قاتلان مادرش دست ندهد.
Archive — 6 items
Portrait of Minou Majidi, a 62-year-old Kurdish Yarsani woman who was killed by Iranian security forces during the 2022 nationwide protests in Kermanshah.
Portrait of Minou Majidi, a 55-year-old mother from Kermanshah who was killed by direct gunfire from government security forces on September 21, 2022.
Portrait of 55-year-old Minoo Majidi, a mother of three from Kermanshah who was killed by direct gunfire from government forces during protests on September 21, 2022.
Roya, the daughter of Minoo Majidi, stands at her mother's grave in Kermanshah holding her shaved hair, after her mother was killed by direct gunfire from government forces on September 21, 2022.
The flower-covered grave of Minoo Majidi, a 55-year-old mother from Kermanshah who was killed by direct government gunfire on September 21, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.
VIDEO
Freedom seekers gathered at the grave of Minoo Majidi in Kermanshah to honor her memory on the last Thursday of the Persian year.