Setayesh Shafiei Tafreshi
ستایش شفیعی تفرشی
- Age
- 20
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 9 January 2026
- Place of death
- Khorasan Square, Tehran (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- former ward of the Tehran Welfare Organization
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Setayesh Shafiei Tafreshi was a 20-year-old who lived independently after being a ward of the Tehran Welfare Organization. On January 9, 2026, during protests at Khorasan Square in Tehran, she stopped while fleeing security forces to help a child who had fallen. She was shot in the leg by officers and died during the crackdown, which also involved the use of tear gas.
ستایش شفیعی تفرشی ۲۰ ساله و از فرزندان سابق سازمان بهزیستی بود که به تنهایی در تهران زندگی میکرد. در ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴، در جریان اعتراضات در میدان خراسان، او در حالی که از دست مأموران فرار میکرد، برای کمک به کودکی که روی زمین افتاده بود توقف کرد. در این لحظه هدف شلیک مأموران قرار گرفت و در پی جراحات وارده و استنشاق گاز اشکآور جان باخت.
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A portrait of 20-year-old Setayesh Shafiei Tafreshi in Tehran on Friday, January 9, 2026.
A portrait of Setayesh Shafiei Tafreshi, 20, who was killed in Tehran on January 9, 2026.
Setayesh Shafiei, a 20-year-old former ward of the Tehran Welfare Organization who lived alone, was shot and killed by security forces on January 9 after stopping to help a child during a protest at Khorasan Square in Tehran.