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Zahra Bani-Amerian
Zahra Bani-Amerian was a 48-year-old retired Social Security employee from a Turkish family originally from Sonqor in Kermanshah Province and residing in Karaj. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on the evening of Friday, 9 January 2026, she was killed together with her husband Bijan Mostafavi, 55, a retired education employee, and their son Danial Mostafavi, 19, a computer science student, when Iranian government forces opened fire on their personal vehicle during protests in Karaj.
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Zahra Bani-Amerian was a 48-year-old retired Social Security employee from a Turkish family originally from Sonqor in Kermanshah Province and residing in Karaj. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights verified that on the evening of Friday, 9 January 2026, she was killed together with her husband Bijan Mostafavi, 55, a retired education employee, and their son Danial Mostafavi, 19, a computer science student, when Iranian government forces opened fire on their personal vehicle during protests in Karaj.
Their eldest son, Davoud Mostafavi, was also in the vehicle and survived despite being hit by gunfire. The three who were killed were transferred to Sonqor and buried under heavy security, without the family’s consent and under pressure from government forces, in ceremonies held before 6:00 a.m.
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