A Beacon of Resilience in the Fight for Freedom
Parisa Asgari, born on September 16, 1996, in Aligudarz—a city in the western province of Lorestan—was a brilliant law student at the prestigious University of Tehran.
After the tragic death of Zhina Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s Guidance Patrol in 2022, Parisa, like so many other disillusioned young Iranians, took to the streets with her friends, determined to demand justice and basic rights for her people.
On October 13, 2022, during protests in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, Parisa Asgari courageously stood up to the security forces, throwing stones at their armored vehicle. In response, the forces shot her three times, killing her instantly.
After her death, security agents seized her body, even removing her internal organs. Her grieving family was pressured and threatened into declaring that she had died from brain damage. However, numerous students and eyewitnesses captured the tragic moment of Parisa’s shooting on video, and these images continue to circulate on social media as a testament to the injustice she suffered.
On October 15, 2022, Parisa Asgari was laid to rest in Aligudarz’s Golzar Shohada Cemetery. Her name and story are powerful symbols of the Iranian people’s unyielding struggle for freedom and justice.
