The Light Within: Elahe Tavakolian's Story of Hope and Resistance

Elahe Tavakolian was among the many victims of this brutal tactic. During one of the protests, she was struck in the eye by pellets fired by security forces. The injury was not only excruciatingly painful but also resulted in the loss of her eyesight in that eye. This life-altering injury transformed Tavakolian from an ordinary citizen into a symbol of the regime's cruelty and the protesters' suffering.