Nika Shakarami
نیکا شاکرمی
- Age
- 17
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 20 September 2022
- Place of death
- Tehran (+3 more)
- Hometown
- Khorramabad, Lorestan
- Event
- Woman Life Freedom
- Profession
- Student and fashion designer
- Cause of death
- Killed by security forces after being disappeared during a protest
Biography
Nika Shakarami was a 17-year-old student and artist who disappeared on September 20, 2022, after participating in protests on Keshavarz Boulevard in Tehran. Her body was identified by her family ten days later at Kahrizak showing signs of trauma, and she was subsequently buried under heavy security in Lorestan. She is remembered for her creativity, her fashion sketches, and her love for singing, becoming a global symbol of the Woman Life Freedom movement.
نیکا شاکرمی نوجوان ۱۷ ساله و هنرمندی بود که در ۲۹ شهریور ۱۴۰۱ پس از حضور در اعتراضات بلوار کشاورز تهران ناپدید شد. پیکر او پس از ده روز توسط خانوادهاش در کهریزک شناسایی شد و سپس توسط نیروهای امنیتی به صورت مخفیانه در استان لرستان به خاک سپرده شد. نیکا که به طراحی لباس و آوازخوانی علاقه داشت، به یکی از نمادهای اصلی خیزش زن، زندگی، آزادی تبدیل شده است.
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Nika Shakarami was a teenage protester in the 2022 nationwide protests who was killed by security forces after disappearing in Tehran.
A memorial poster and call for the 40th-day commemoration of Nika Shakerami's death, scheduled for October 27, 2022, in Lorestan.
VIDEO
A childhood video showing Nika Shakarami picking flowers and reciting poetry, shared by her mother after Nika was killed at age 17 during the Woman Life Freedom protests.
VIDEO
A video shared by Atash Shakarami shows her niece, Nika Shakarami, a teenage girl killed during the Woman Life Freedom movement, singing the love theme from the movie Titanic.
Aida Shakarami shared several clothing sketches drawn by her sister Nika Shakarami, a victim of the nationwide protests, which were created in 2018 when Nika was thirteen years old.
Aida Shakarami shared images of fashion sketches drawn by her sister, Nika Shakarami, at the age of 13 in 2018, before Nika was killed in the nationwide protests.
Nika Shakarami's sister, Aida, shared pencil sketches of clothing designs Nika drew at age thirteen in 2018, featuring handwritten notes on colors and materials.
A fashion design sketch drawn by Nika Shakarami at the age of thirteen, found in her 2018 school folder and shared by her sister as a memorial.
A fashion design sketch drawn by Nika Shakarami at age thirteen, originally kept in her 2018 school folder and recently shared by her sister Aida.
A fashion sketch drawn by Nika Shakarami at age thirteen, featuring her handwritten notes on fabrics and styles, shared as a memorial by her sister Aida.
Aida Shakerami, sister of Nika Shakerami, shared fashion sketches drawn by Nika at the age of thirteen, found in her 2018-2019 school folder.
A memorial image showing the face of Nika Shakarami, a teenager killed during the Woman Life Freedom protests, wrapped in a shroud.
An infographic map memorializing individuals killed on September 21, 2022 (30 Shahrivar), during the Woman Life Freedom protests in Tehran, Shahriar, Fardis, Pakdasht, Varamin, and Garmsar.
A portrait of Nika Shakarami, a young woman with short hair, lighting a cigarette on a rooftop with an urban skyline in the background.
VIDEO
A memorial video montage shows polaroid-style photos of Iranian protest victims, known as Javidnaman, pinned to a string with a message of longing and Nowruz greetings.