Parisa Taghibi

Parisa Taghibi (Persian: پریسا تقیبی) was a 45-year-old Gilak woman from Rasht in Gilan Province. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights and the Hyrcani human rights monitor describe her as the head of her household and the mother of two daughters; memorial posts remember her as the family's provider.

On Thursday, 8 January 2026 (18 Dey 1404), she was shot directly by Islamic Republic forces during protests in Rasht and killed. Security forces did not allow her family to hold any mourning ceremony, and her body was buried at about 3 a.m. without family members present. She was among eight women Hengaw verified killed that day, including Parvaneh Khojandi Rad in Lahijan. Her name, with her father's name recorded as Meraj, also appears on the list of the dead published by the government in February 2026, and HRANA and Iran Human Rights include her among cases confirmed by two or more sources. Iran International's Javidnaman memorial records her as 45 and killed on 18 Dey.