Hadis Najafi

حدیث نجفی

2022 · 4 years ago

Taken: 21 September 2022
Age: 22 years old
From: Karaj, Alborz

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Their life

Hadis was a young working woman from Karaj. On 21 September 2022 she came home from work, said she was hungry, and went out to the protest for Mahsa Amini before she had eaten, her mother said.

Before she left, she recorded a short video on her phone saying she hoped that in some years, when everything had changed, she would be glad she had taken part. Her sister said it was because of Mahsa that she stood tall and went out. She had no history of activism, relatives told reporters; she went because the movement gave her hope.

How the regime took them

Hadis was shot during the protest in Karaj on 21 September 2022. Her mother said she was hit by three bullets, in the heart, the stomach and the neck, and that her body was full of birdshot; Amnesty International reported shots at close range. The family was told at the hospital that she had run away, and only learned later that her body was in the morgue.

The authorities held her body for two days. Her mother said her father was beaten on the day the body was handed over and was taken to court day after day. On her fortieth day, crowds of mourners filled the road to her grave in Karaj.