Fateme Asadi

Fateme Asadi
Born1960
Bagherabad village, Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, Pahlavi Iran
Died1984 (aged 24)
Known forThe first Iranian female victim whose missing body was located and recovered after the Iran–Iraq War
Children
  • Keshvar Mahmoudi[1]
  • Baha'oddin Mahmoudi (died when he was 6 months, while his mother was in PDKI custody[1])

Fateme Asadi (Persian: فاطمه اسدی, romanized: Fāṭmh Asdī; 1960–1984) was an Iranian Kurdish woman who was, according to the Iranian media, tortured and killed by the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI).[2][3] The PDKI denied responsibility and accused the Iranian government of fabricating the report.[4] The PDKI had detained her husband, prompting Asadi to travel to them to obtain his release.[5] She disappeared and her remains were found 37 years later in 2021,[6] identified by a DNA test, and buried in the Chehel Cheshmeh mountains in Divandarreh district.[7] She was labelled a martyr by Iranian media.[8][6]

  1. ^ a b "Words from a girl who reunited with her mother recently". ISNA (in Persian). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "پایان ۳۷ سال انتظار" [The end of 37 years of awaiting] (in Persian). Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ^ "چگونگی کشف پیکر اولین بانوی شهید تفحص شده در مستند «ماجرا»" [How Fateme Asadi's body was explored in "The Adventure" documentary]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "بەردەوامیی چەواشەکاری و شەڕە تەبلیغاتییەکانی ڕێژیم بە دژی حیزبی دێموکرات" [Continued misrepresentation and propaganda wars of the regime against the Democratic Party (PDKI)]. Kurdistanmedia. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ "روایتی از لحظه اعلام خبر پیدا شدن پیکر شهید فاطمه اسدی به دخترش" [When the discovery news of Fateme Asadi's body was given to her daughter]. Tasnim (in Persian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "راخوان جایزه منطقه ای شهیده فاطمه اسدی در سنندج منتشر شد" [The announcement of Martyr Asadi award in Sanandaj]. Bushehr branch of Ministry of Culture and Islamic guidance. Retrieved 17 October 2022.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Huj. Shahriari visits holy shrine of Imamzadeh Hajareh Khatoun, grave of Fatemeh Asadi in Sanandaj (photo)". Taghrib News Agency (TNA). 5 December 2021. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. ^ "مراسم تشییع شهیده فاطمه اسدی فردا در سنندج برگزار می‌شود" [The funeral of Martyr Fateme Asadi will be held tomorrow in Sanandaj]. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.