Nahayat Rahimi Dashti

Nahayat Rahimi Dashti (Persian: نهایت رحیمی دشتی) was a 37-year-old woman from Gorgan in Golestan Province (born circa 1367 / 1988-89). Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that on Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), Iranian government forces shot her in the neck near Falakeh-e Kakh; she died from the wound. Hengaw listed her among ten women whose identities it confirmed from killings on 8-9 January across several cities, including Sona Yekta and Jamileh Shafiei.

At her fortieth-day ceremony, her mother spoke of a family that once carried Muharram standards through the streets, and of a new calendar of mourning: “From now on, our Tasu’a and Ashura? 18 Dey, 19 Dey! This road continues.”