Parviz Abbasi
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.
Biography
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.
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Peace advocates, including a prominent Iranian academic and Venezuelan delegates at a United Nations event in Paris, paid tribute on Wednesday to a young Iranian poet who was killed along with her parents and teenage brother last week during an Israeli airstrike on Tehran. Parnia Abbasi, just days shy of her 24th birthday, died in a June 13 airstrike targeting a residential complex in Tehran’s Sattarkhan neighborhood. The attack was part of the first wave of Israel’s unprovoked, U.S.-backed war on Iran, which has reportedly claimed at least 585 lives and injured over 1,300 people as of early Wednesday. Iranian media reported that Parnia’s retired father Parviz Abbasi, her mother Masoumeh Shahriari, and her younger brother Parham Abbasi also lost their lives in the strike. The family was said to be asleep when their home was bombed.1 commondreams.org Open source