Shokoufeh Abdi
شکوفه عبدی
- Age
- 40 (+1 more)
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 9 January 2026
- Place of death
- Arak, Janet Street (+4 more)
- Hometown
- Shazand
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- photographer
- Cause of death
- shot by security forces
Biography
Shokoufeh Abdi was a 40-year-old photographer and mother of two daughters, aged 16 and 11. Originally from Shazand and residing in Arak, she worked at Lotus Photography Studio. She was killed on January 9, 2026, on Janet Street in Arak, by direct fire from security forces/IRGC during nationwide protests. She believed, "Photographs become the narrators of history by capturing a moment."
شکوفه عبدی، عکاس ۴۰ ساله و مادر دو دختر ۱۶ و ۱۱ ساله بود. او اصالتاً اهل شازند و ساکن اراک بود و در آتلیه عکاسی لوتوس فعالیت میکرد. شکوفه عبدی در تاریخ ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴ در خیابان جنت اراک، در جریان اعتراضات سراسری، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی/سپاه پاسداران کشته شد. او میگفت: «عکسها با ثبت یک لحظه راوی تاریخ میشوند.»
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A black and white portrait of Shokufeh Abdi, a photographer who was reportedly killed by the IRGC in Arak on January 9, 2026.
A portrait of Shokoufeh Abdi, 36, who was killed in Arak on January 9, 2026.
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Shokoufeh Abdi, a mother and photographer from Arak, was killed on Janet Street during the January 2026 protests.
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Shokoofeh Abdi, a 40-year-old photographer and mother of two from Arak, was killed by direct fire from security forces on January 9, 2026, during the Lion and Sun revolution.