This International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, TriLinc Global honors the lives of Iranian women and girls who have paid an unimaginable price in the pursuit of freedom, dignity, and equality.
In recent months, a renewed wave of nationwide protests has been met with a harsh crackdown, amid reports of communication shutdowns, fear, and pressure on families seeking answers. In these protests, women have courageously stood shoulder to shoulder with men, often at the forefront. Young and old, mothers and daughters, and women from across Iran’s regions and ethnic communities have stepped forward with extraordinary resolve, refusing to be silenced even in the face of danger.
We remember that behind every headline is a person whose life mattered. Someone’s daughter, sister, friend, classmate, colleague. And while any public list will always be incomplete, human rights monitors and independent reporting have documented women and girls among those killed in the January 2026 protests, including:
- Golsa Sharifi, 20 – Yazd
- Nahal Jafari,13 – Shiraz
- Sahar Bayat, 30 – Zanjan
- Yasna Eskandarieh, 46 – Tehran
- Parima Ahmadi, 16 – Bandar Abbas
- Marzieh Kamali Bameri, 23 – Kerman
- Parvin Azizi (nurse), 51 – Andisheh
- Mojgan Zeinali (mother of three), 38 – Tabriz
- Akram Pirgazi (mother of two), 40 – Neyshabur
- Parisa Lashgari (mother of one), 30 – Nourabad Mamasani
We also remember the women and girls whose names the world learned in earlier waves of unrest, Mahsa (Jina) Amini, Nika Shakarami, Hadis Najafi, Sarina Esmailzadeh, and Armita Geravand, and the countless others whose families cannot safely speak their names aloud.
TriLinc honors their memory by reaffirming a simple principle. Women’s rights are human rights. We stand with families seeking truth, with communities calling for accountability, and with all who insist, peacefully and persistently, on a future where no one is killed, silenced, or punished for demanding freedom and equal dignity.