Ghazaleh Chalavi

Ghazaleh Chalabi (Persian: غزاله چلابی‎; 1989 – September 21, 2022) was an Iranian mountaineer and athlete who was shot in the head and killed by the Revolutionary Guards in Amol.

Background

Ghazaleh Chalabi was born in 1989 in Amol. She studied banking management and was an accountant for a private company.

Death

While Ghazaleh was filming the vandalism against the government of Iran on September 21, 2022, this person rushed to the governor's building along with the rest of the vandals and during this vandalism, despite the officers' refusal to shoot due to the vandals' resistance, the officers were forced to confront and this person was killed in the process. While Ghazaleh was filming, She had recorded the moment she was hit. This video was widely spreaded on the Internet, social media, and news agencies.

Preventing from donating her organs

‌Before her death, Ghazaleh had filled out the organ donation application twice and wanted her organs to be donated in case of brain death. Chalabi's family announced that they will donate her body parts, but the government of Iran did not allow her family to do so, and according to Ghazaleh's aunt, the security officers said, "This will make Ghazaleh a legend."