Fateme Asadi

Fateme Asadi's remains were found on 7 November 2021 during explorations in the Chehel Cheshmeh mountains in Divandarreh district, Iran.

Asadi's funeral was held at Imam Reza shrine on 11 November 2021 and the next day at Fatima Masumeh Shrine. Another funeral was held for her on 16 November 2021, from Azadi square in Sanadaj, to her resting place in Hajar Khatoon Mosque.

Fateme Asadi (Persian: فاطمه اسدی, romanized: Fāṭmh Asdī; 1960–1984) was an Iranian woman who was tortured and killed by the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) when she was attempting to obtain the release of her husband, who was detained by the group. Her remains, found 37 years later in 2021, were buried in the Chehel Cheshmeh mountains in Divandarreh district and identified by a DNA test. She is reportedly the first Iranian woman victim since the Iran–Iraq War, whose missing body was recovered. She was labelled a martyr by Iranian media.

Fateme Asadi was born in 1960 in Bagherabad village, Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, Iran. Asadi's husband dug wells for Hosseinabad village, Sanandaj, at the request of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) accused him of being an IRGC spy. He was held on this pretext and transported by the militia to the Dowlatou prison. The militants asked for 200,000 tomans, which Fateme Asadi collected by selling her belongings. She was, however, held by the KDPI militants when she was handing over the money. She spent a month in detention where she was harassed and tortured before she was shot dead.