Fereydoun Faraji

Fereydoun Faraji (Persian: فریدون فرجی; also Fereydoon), born 3 Bahman 1373 (23 January 1995), was a Kurdish man from Saqqez in Kurdistan province, the son of Mostafa and Pari. Amnesty International's Lives Cut Brutally Short gives his age as 27; HRANA's 82-day report and some memorials list 28. To earn a living he worked at the Sushian pizza shop on Varzesh Boulevard in Baneh and usually returned to Saqqez on Thursdays to be with his family.

On Thursday 5 Aban 1401 (27 October 2022) his employer kept him in Baneh. That evening, as protests burned along Varzesh Boulevard opposite his workplace, he was hit by two live rounds, one in the hip and one at close range into the heart, and died. His body was taken to Salahuddin Ayyubi Hospital in Baneh. Relatives say the governor conditioned release of the body on an immediate midnight burial, so he was buried without a public mourning at Aichi cemetery in Saqqez. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported IRGC forces killing civilians during the Baneh protests of that wave. IranWire later reported that the justice-seeking family continued to face security threats while mourning.

Amnesty lists FEREYDOON FARAJI, age 27, fatal incident 27 October 2022, Baneh, Kurdistan. HRANA's list (#260) gives Fereydoun Faraji, 28, Baneh, 27 October 2022, bullet wound, Confirmed (source: Kurdpa).