Parviz Abbasi

Their life

Parviz Abbasi was a retired employee of Iran’s Ministry of Education and the father of Parnia Abbasi, the young poet tragically killed in a June 13, 2025 Israeli airstrike in Tehran. Known among friends and family for his gentle nature, Parviz was a devoted parent who regularly visited his elderly mother in the village of Arim, bringing her homegrown oranges. He and his wife had recently saved up to buy a larger apartment to give each of their two children their own rooms.

Parviz Abbasi lived a modest life in Tehran, working for years as a civil servant in the Education Ministry before retiring and dedicating more time to his family. According to friends, he was warm-hearted and attentive, often bringing gifts such as homegrown oranges from visits to his mother in Arim. Together with his wife, Masoumeh Shahriari, Parviz invested in a new home just months before the airstrike on their neighborhood, hoping to give their children, Parnia and her younger brother Parham, more personal space.

Despite a life largely removed from public attention, Parviz supported his daughter's creative pursuits, encouraging her love of poetry and literature. His home was a hub of familial warmth, with Parnia recalling how he nurtured her curiosity and passion for artistic expression. That nurturing environment shaped much of who she became as a rising literary voice in Iran.

Tragically, Parviz’s life ended alongside his family when their apartment in the Orchideh Complex on Sattarkhan Street was struck in the June 13, 2025 bombing—an attack that claimed all four lives in the Abbasi household.

How they died

Killed instantly by the collapse of her family’s apartment following an Israeli missile strike

Parviz Abbasi, a retired Iranian civil servant, was killed in the early hours of June 13, 2025, during an Israeli airstrike on Tehran's Sattarkhan neighborhood. The attack targeted a residential complex, resulting in the deaths of Parviz, his wife Masoumeh Shahriari, and their children Parnia and Parham Abbasi. The family was reportedly asleep when their home was bombed.

The Israeli military confirmed the elimination of Abdolhamid Minouchehr, a nuclear engineering professor at Shahid Beheshti University, in the same strike. While the Israeli Defense Forces stated their operations aim to prevent civilian casualties, the Abbasi family's deaths highlight the tragic loss of innocent lives amidst the ongoing conflict.

Why we remember them

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

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