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Mona Esmi

مونا اسمی

Age: 38
Sex: female
Date of death: 8 January 2026
Place of death: Rasht (+9 more)
Hometown: Rasht
Event: Lion & Sun Revolution (+2 more)
Cause of death: shot in the heart from behind by security forces

Story

Mona Esmi was a 38-year-old mother from Rasht who was killed during the protests on January 8, 2026. She was shot in the heart from behind by security forces. Following her death, her memorial site was subjected to state-sponsored vandalism.

مونا اسمی، مادر ۳۸ ساله اهل رشت، در جریان اعتراضات ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ با شلیک مستقیم از پشت سر توسط نیروهای امنیتی به قلبش کشته شد. پس از جان باختن او، سنگ مزار وی توسط نیروهای حکومتی مورد تخریب قرار گرفت.

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Mona Esmi was a 38-year-old mother from Rasht. She was killed on January 8, 2026, during the Lion and Sun Revolution. While she was in the protests, security forces shot her from behind; the bullet struck her heart. She had a young son. After her death, people honored her publicly. State-affiliated forces repeatedly vandalized her gravesite in Rasht.

مونا اسمی، مادر ۳۸ ساله اهل رشت، در ۱۸ دی ۱۴۰۴ در جریان «انقلاب شیر و خورشید» کشته شد. او در اعتراضات شرکت می‌کرد که نیروهای امنیتی از پشت سر به قلبش شلیک کردند. او پسر کوچکی داشت. پس از کشته شدنش، مردم یاد او را گرامی داشتند. سنگ مزارش در رشت بارها هدف تخریب و بی‌حرمتی نیروهای وابسته به حکومت قرار گرفت.

Archive — 11 items

Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old mother from Rasht, was killed on January 8, 2026, after being shot in the heart from behind by Islamic Republic security forces.

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Rasht, Iran8 Jan 2026

Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old woman, was shot and killed on January 8, 2026, in Rasht, Gilan province.

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Rasht, Gilan province, Iran8 Jan 2026

A memorial portrait of Mona Esmi, described as a martyr for the homeland.

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Iran2026-01

VIDEO

A memorial video for Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old mother killed during the January 8 (18 Dey) protests, showing photos of her with her son Amirali and scenes from her funeral.

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Fardis, Karaj2026-01

A portrait photograph of Mona Esmi, described as a sacrifice for the homeland and a victim of the Iranian protest movement.

javidnammona_esmisacrifice_for_homelandmemorialprotest_victims

Iran2026-01

VIDEO

Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old mother from Rasht, was killed by direct gunfire from security forces on January 8, 2026.

lion_and_suniran_revolution_2026javidnammona_esmirasht

Rasht, Gilan, Iran2026-01

The grave portraits of Mona Esmi and Benyamin Alizadeh, victims of the Lion and Sun revolution in Rasht, have been vandalized and broken by regime forces.

javidnammona_esmibenyamin_alizadehdesecration_of_gravestombstone

Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran2026-01

Images released in recent days show the purposeful destruction of tombstones belonging to protest victims, including Mona Esmi and Benyamin Alizadeh.

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Iran2026-01

A memorial portrait of Mona Esmi, who was killed in connection with protest movements.

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Iran2026-01

VIDEO

Memorial portrait of Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old woman from Rasht and mother of a 12-year-old son, who was shot dead by government forces during the national uprising.

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Rasht

VIDEO

A memorial for Mona Esmi, a 38-year-old woman from Rasht and mother of a 12-year-old son, who was killed by government forces during the national uprising.

javidnammona_esmirashtnational_uprisingvictim_of_crackdown

Rasht2026-01

Ego network

Updated 2026-10-10T21:51:08.111927+00:00 . Based on co-tagged people, roster name match, face similarity, visual similarity, and duplicate links within this person's archive items (11 visible in catalog).

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item:3893 ↔ item:5629 (0.744 )
item:5629 ↔ item:7195 (0.715 )
item:4088 ↔ item:5629 (0.674 )
item:3893 ↔ item:7195 (0.641 )
item:5629 ↔ item:5715 (0.634 )
item:3893 ↔ item:5835 (0.628 )
item:4088 ↔ item:5835 (0.627 )
item:4088 ↔ item:7195 (0.627 )
item:5629 ↔ item:5835 (0.606 )
item:5715 ↔ item:7195 (0.518 )
item:5835 ↔ item:7195 (0.506 )
item:3893 ↔ item:5715 (0.445 )
item:4088 ↔ item:5715 (0.387 )

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item:3893 ↔ item:13894 (0.966 )
item:3893 ↔ item:11178 (0.963 )
item:4088 ↔ item:11178 (0.891 )
item:4088 ↔ item:13894 (0.889 )
item:5629 ↔ item:13894 (0.732 )
item:5629 ↔ item:11178 (0.729 )
item:5835 ↔ item:11178 (0.633 )
item:5835 ↔ item:13894 (0.630 )
item:7195 ↔ item:11178 (0.621 )
item:7195 ↔ item:13894 (0.620 )
item:5715 ↔ item:13894 (0.423 )
item:5715 ↔ item:11178 (0.420 )
item:17428 ↔ item:3981 (0.362 )

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Visual matches from this person's archive items to other catalog items (not in the ego set above).

item:5715 ↔ item:11802 (0.844 · perceptual)

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