Asra Panahi

On 12 October 2022, Iranian teenager Asra Panahi (, born on 5 March 2007 ) was killed during the Mahsa Amini protests in the city of Ardabil. She was among a group of students at Shahed Girls High School who are reported to have refused to join a pro-government demonstration and perform the "Salam Farmandeh" song. The students are reported to have been beaten by plainclothes security forces summoned to the school. Panahi died at Fatemi Hospital in Ardabil after sustaining severe injuries.

Life Asra Panahi was born in Ardabil, Iran. She was born on 5 March 2007.

Panahi was known as a swimmer and in the freestyle swimming of Azerbaijan girls (Azerbaijan Cup 2017) on 28–29 November 2018, she was able to take the third place (bronze) in the 50m and 100m freestyle swimming and achieve the third place (bronze) in the individual event (age group 11–12 years) and in the team freestyle swimming (age group 11–12 years) in the 4 x 50 meters event. These competitions were hosted at Abadgaran Pool in Tabriz.

Panahi was also selected as the top swimmer in the under-12 age group in the women's swimming league of East Azarbaijan province in 2017. In September 2018, she participated as a representative of East Azarbaijan Province in the Olympiad of the best swimming talents of Iran, and in the age group of 13–14 years, she achieved the sixth place in the country in swimming 50 meters backstroke.

Death Panahi was killed on 12 October 2022 after plainclothes forces stormed the Shahed Girls High School in Ardabil. Her uncle gave an interview that has been publicized on state television to claim her death was caused by a heart problem, not security forces, similar to interviews from relatives of Nika Shakarami and Sarina Esmailzadeh.

The Coordinating Council of Trade Union Organizations of Iranian Educators initially reported that the death of Panahi occurred as a result of the attack of plainclothes security forces at the school. Hours later, they amended their statement to say that they could neither confirm nor deny the death of a student.