Javidnam's wife Persa Levinian: "Holding you from my arms, but never from my heart" Javidnam's wife Persa Levinian posted a video on Instagram on Thursday, November 7, lighting the candles for her husband's birthday in his absence and writing: "My eternal love, happy birthday is your first birthday without me holding you and telling you how much I love you in your eyes." He explained in the heartfelt note accompanying the video that circumstances did not allow him to reach Persa's grave and he went up to the roof of their house to celebrate his birthday: "I lit your candles, with tears, longings and a thousand impossible wishes. I took you from my arms on the 19th, but never from my heart." Javidnam Parsa Levinian, a 31-year-old protester, was killed on January 9, 1404 during the demonstrations in Isfaya.