Hamid Mahdavi

حمید مهدوی

38 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

Dey 1404 Killed during protests

Life

Firefighting
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آتش‌نشانی
A well-known firefighter and athlete in Mashhad
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آتش‌نشان و ورزشکار شناخته‌شده در مشهد
firefighter and athlete
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firefighter and athlete
Hamid Mahdavi, a recently hired professional firefighter in Mashhad, athlete and international rugby referee
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حمید مهدوی آتش‌نشان حرفه‌ای تازه استخدام شده در مشهد،‌ ورزشکار و داور بین‌المللی راگبی
Firefighter, athlete and international rugby referee
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آتش‌نشان، ورزشکار و داور بین‌المللی راگبی

Hamid Mahdavi was a firefighter whose scene of helping a protester by carrying him on his back was widely shared.
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حمید مهدوی آتش‌نشانی بود که صحنه کمکش به یک معترض با کول کردن او بازتاب گسترده‌ای داشت.
A video of him has been published in which he carries a wounded person (Jafar Javidi) on his shoulders and tries to get him away from the scene of the clashes.
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ویدیویی از او منتشر شده که یک فرد زخمی (جعفر جاویدی) را بر دوش گرفته و تلاش می‌کند او را از محل درگیری دور کند.
He stepped in to help wounded citizens
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برای کمک به شهروندان مجروح وارد عمل شد
He risked his life to save others
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جان خود را برای نجات دیگران به خطر انداخت
Mahdavi spent his final hours carrying wounded protesters away from lines of security forces.
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Mahdavi spent his final hours carrying wounded protesters away from lines of security forces.
a firefighter whose act of carrying an injured protester on his back had spread widely online
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a firefighter whose act of carrying an injured protester on his back had spread widely online
Besides his job, he was an Instagram influencer with about 95,000 followers
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او علاوه بر شغلش، اینفلوئونسر اینستاگرام با حدود ۹۵ هزار دنبال کننده بود
He also went voluntarily to the Shahid Rajaei port after the disaster there.
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او همچنین داوطلبانه بعد از سانحه بندر شهید رجایی، به آنجا رفت.
Perhaps my share in this world is a job that will intercede for me before God.
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شاید سهم من در این دنیا، شغلی باشد که نزد خدا برایم شفاعت کند.

In the words of those close to them

He was brave, kind and honorable— Instagram user
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He was brave, kind and honorable

You came to a good end, man. What a gamble you made, dear one. It was all a win.— Rasoul Khadem
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عاقبت به خیر شدی مرد. چه قماری کردی عزیز. همه‌اش برد بود.

How they died

On the evening of 18 Dey he was shot while he was helping wounded protesters
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شامگاه ۱۸ دی‌ماه در حالی هدف شلیک قرار گرفت که مشغول کمک به معترضان مجروح بود
A bullet hits his throat and takes his life
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گلوله‌ای به گلوی او اصابت می‌کند و جانش را می‌گیرد
A firefighter named Hamid Mahdavi, who was himself killed a few hours later, carried him on his back and took him away from the scene.
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یک آتش‌نشان به نام حمید مهدوی، که خود او نیز ساعاتی بعد کشته شد، او را بر دوش گرفت و از محل دور کرد.
He stepped in to help wounded citizens, and while trying to move them to a safe place he was shot by the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic and lost his life.
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برای کمک به شهروندان مجروح وارد عمل شد و در حالی که تلاش می‌کرد آنها را به محل امن منتقل کند، هدف تیراندازی نیروهای سرکوبگر جمهوری اسلامی قرار گرفت و جان خود را از دست داد.
On the evening of 18 Dey he was shot while he was helping wounded protesters.
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شامگاه ۱۸ دی‌ماه در حالی هدف شلیک قرار گرفت که مشغول کمک به معترضان مجروح بود.
A bullet hits his throat and takes his life.
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گلوله‌ای به گلوی او اصابت می‌کند و جانش را می‌گیرد.

After their death

Those present at the ceremony for the eternally remembered Hamid Mahdavi in Mashhad chanted the slogan "We swear by the blood of our comrades, we stand until the end"
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حاضران در مراسم جاویدنام حمید مهدوی در مشهد، شعار «قسم به خون یاران، ایستاده‌ایم تا پایان» سر دادند
A group of firefighters and emergency service officials in the US state of Virginia, holding an official ceremony, [honoured] the memory and name of Hamid Mahdavi
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جمعی از آتش‌نشانان و مسئولان خدمات اضطراری آمریکا در ایالت ویرجینیا با برگزاری مراسمی رسمی، یاد و نام حمید مهدوی
took place not in silence but amid chants in the street: “For every one person killed, a thousand will rise behind them.”
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took place not in silence but amid chants in the street: “For every one person killed, a thousand will rise behind them.”
In the city of Mashhad, those present at the ceremony for the eternally remembered Hamid Mahdavi chanted the slogans "We swear by the blood of our comrades, we stand until the end", "Death to Khamenei" and "This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return".
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در شهر مشهد حاضران در مراسم جاویدنام حمید مهدوی شعار «قسم به خون یاران، ایستاده‌ایم تا پایان»، «مرگ بر خامنه‌ای» و «این آخرین نبرده، پهلوی برمی‌گرده» سر دادند.
In Mashhad, at the fortieth-day memorial of Hamid Mahdavi, who was a firefighter, and Sajjad Bahadori-Moghaddam, the crowd chanted slogans.
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تو مشهد، سر مراسم چهلم حمید مهدوی، که آتش‌نشان بود، و سجاد بهادری‌مقدم، جمعیت شعار داد.
Witnesses reported clashes and the sound of gunfire.
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شاهدها از درگیری و صدای تیراندازی خبر دادن.

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