Leila Shokri

How they died

43-year-old Kurdish woman from Hamadan residing in Qarchak (Tehran suburb), shot directly by suppressive forces during popular protests. She was married, mother of three children (ages 16, 11, and 2), standing next to a tree when targeted by snipers positioned around the gathering. Bullet hit her head, transferred immediately to hospital, died after two hours. Her body was delivered from Kahrizak on Monday 22 Dey and buried in a security atmosphere at Fatemeh Paradise cemetery in Qarchak.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Leila Shokri, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.