Zohreh Shemaizadeh

How they died

Voice actor and film and theater artist from Isfahan, assistant director, member of the Glory Dubbing Group and the Tehran Dubbing Association, presenter and assistant director. Shot in the throat by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic regime during protests in the city. Security institutions attempted to distort the cause of her death by claiming it was due to cardiac arrest, contradicting eyewitness accounts. Her last project was a film titled 'A Bridge Over a Dry River' where she worked as script supervisor, selected for the Tajikistan International Film Festival.

Why we remember them

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