{"id":14241,"date":"2026-01-20T19:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/scientist-mountaineer-violinist-iran-protest-crackdown-victims-come-to-light\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:17:42","slug":"scientist-mountaineer-violinist-iran-protest-crackdown-victims-come-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/scientist-mountaineer-violinist-iran-protest-crackdown-victims-come-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist, mountaineer, violinist: Iran protest crackdown victims come to light"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From a young woman who bled to death in her father’s arms to a man who died trying to save a friend, details are emerging of Iranians killed in a crackdown on anti?government protests.<\/p>\n

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Tight communications controls have slowed verification of events during protests that began in late December before surging in size and intensity.<\/p>\n

Iranian authorities have blamed “rioters” and “terrorists” for the deaths and damage during the unrest but have given no official total toll.<\/p>\n

Two rights groups have verified more than 3,400 deaths, while some estimates put the figure as high as 20,000.<\/p>\n

Norway-based Iran Human Rights said most of those killed were young men, though women and minors are also among the dead.<\/p>\n

Here are some of their stories:<\/p>\n

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– The biotech graduate –<\/p>\n

Negin Ghadimi was a “cheerful” biotechnology engineering graduate from Tehran who loved painting and swimming, a source close to her family told IHR, which analysed and verified her case.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old was shot while at a public gathering in Tonekabon in Mazandaran province and bled to death in her father’s arms.<\/p>\n

At the rally, security forces fired tear gas, sending the crowd scattering, the source said.<\/p>\n

Ghadimi and her father were separated from the rest of their family and he told her to get somewhere safe.<\/p>\n

“Negin replied, ‘Why should we go back? What are you afraid of?’ She took one step forward and was immediately hit by a live bullet,” IHR reported.<\/p>\n

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Hit in the side, she did not die immediately and was carried into a nearby house but never reached a hospital, as shooting continued in the streets.<\/p>\n

– The cabinet maker –<\/p>\n

Reza Eskandarpour, a 37-year-old protester who ran a cabinet-making workshop, was killed while trying to save a friend who had been shot while they protested in western Tehran on January 8, a source close to his family told IHR.<\/p>\n

He had gone into the streets with a group of friends, telling his family he knew he might not return, the source said.<\/p>\n

As Eskandarpour tried to help his friend, he was struck by six bullets by a shooter at the top of a building nearby.<\/p>\n

Eskandarpour was buried at the Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran.<\/p>\n

Thousands of bodies were at the site, with families of the dead chanting anti-government slogans, the source said, adding that Eskandarpour’s family had images of the burial deleted from their phones by security agents.<\/p>\n

In a final Instagram post he said: “By the time life reached us, it was cut off, banned, censored, cancelled, made expensive, turned into war, turned into killing. What a tragic ending…”<\/p>\n

– The mountaineer –<\/p>\n

The Hengaw rights group, also based in Norway, has confirmed the killing of at least 33 women during the protests as of Monday, including a pregnant woman and mothers of young children.<\/p>\n

In Rasht city, 45-year-old Sara Behboodi was shot and killed. A mountaineer, she had climbed major peaks in Iran.<\/p>\n

Images obtained by the IranWire news outlet showed Behboodi smiling in bright sunlight wearing a coordinated vivid yellow hat and jacket at the top of Mount Kamal in East Azerbaijan province at 3,700 metres .<\/p>\n

Rasht, near the Caspian sea, “has been one of the main centres of the protests”, IHR said.<\/p>\n

– The violinist –<\/p>\n

In Lahijan, near Rasht, violin instructor Sanam Pourbabayi was also killed, Hengaw said.<\/p>\n

A video circulated after her death reportedly showing Pourbabayi playing along with a guitarist, a black scarf balancing on the back of her dark hair.<\/p>\n

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