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Elham Zeynali
Elham Zeynali (also spelled Zeinali) was a Kurdish woman and a supervisor at Imam Ali Hospital in Kermanshah. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), she was shot from behind with live ammunition by Iranian government forces. Sources said she sustained severe injuries to her lower back, abdomen, and uterus, underwent major surgery in hospital, and later died from the extent of her wounds.
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Elham Zeynali (also spelled Zeinali) was a Kurdish woman and a supervisor at Imam Ali Hospital in Kermanshah. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), she was shot from behind with live ammunition by Iranian government forces. Sources said she sustained severe injuries to her lower back, abdomen, and uterus, underwent major surgery in hospital, and later died from the extent of her wounds.
Her body was laid to rest on 13 January 2026 (23 Dey 1404) at Bagh-e Ferdows cemetery. Hengaw listed her with Mohammad Mehdi Badri, Melika Dastyab, and Hassan Fallahi among Kurdish people killed in Kermanshah in that report.
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