Fallen Hero Parniya Khalaji Pirbalouti
Death Parnya Khalaji Pirbalouti 20 years old in Iran Tehran Shamshiri Street
Written by: Javid
It was around eight in the evening when we took to the streets. The crowd grew larger by the minute, and chants echoed through the avenue. In those very first hours, they shot me with shotgun pellets, but I didn't back down. Despite being wounded, I stayed alongside the others. There were a few of us moving ahead of the rest. A girl was right next to me; shoulder to shoulder, we chanted and pressed forward. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire rang out. It took only a few seconds. A sniper's bullet struck the upper part of her chest and exited through her right shoulder blade. Right then, I untied her own shawl and bound it over her wound to stem the bleeding. I took her in my arms and ran back. People rushed to help. We all hoped we could still save her, but when I laid her on the ground, I realized it was already too late. The girl who, just moments before, had been chanting by my side, had lost her life. That girl was Parnia Khalaji, a twenty-year-old from Tehran who worked as a cashier at a branch of the Daily Market chain store on Shamshiri Street in Southern Mehrabad. On the evening of 9 January 2026 (19 Dey 1404), following the call of Prince Reza Pahlavi, she stepped out of her h…
پرنیا خلجی پیربلوطی · تهران · مهرآباد
