Zahra Najafi
زهرا نجفی
- Age
- 30
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Mashhad (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Mashhad
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Cause of death
- shot by government forces
Biography
Zahra Najafi, a 30-year-old pregnant woman, was killed on January 8, 2026, in Mashhad. She was reportedly shot by government agents while in her husband's arms. According to relatives, she and her husband had married 1 year and 5 months prior, after 14 years of family opposition. Her husband was reportedly told by an agent, 'I will leave you alive so you die every day.'
زهرا نجفی، زن ۳۰ ساله و باردار، در تاریخ ۱۸ دیماه ۱۴۰۴ در مشهد کشته شد. گزارش شده که ماموران حکومتی او را در آغوش همسرش هدف گلوله قرار دادند. به گفته بستگان، او و همسرش یک سال و پنج ماه پیش، پس از چهارده سال مخالفت خانواده، ازدواج کرده بودند. ماموری به همسرش گفته بود: «تو را زنده میگذارم تا هر روز بمیری.»
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A memorial portrait of Zahra Najafi, a pregnant woman who was killed on January 8, 2026, in Mashhad during the Lion and Sun revolutionary protests.
A portrait of 30-year-old Zahra Najafi, a pregnant woman who was reportedly killed by government agents in Mashhad on January 8, 2026.
A portrait of 30-year-old Zahra Najafi, who was reportedly pregnant and was shot and killed in Mashhad on January 8, 2026, during the national uprising.
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A portrait of Zahra Najafi, a pregnant Iranian woman who was shot and killed by Islamic Republic forces in Mashhad on January 8, 2026.