Mehdi Joozi

مهدی جوزی

20 years old · Karaj · Alborz Province

9 January 2026 Killed during protests

Life

An athletic young man, footballer and goalkeeper
Persian original
جوانی ورزشکار، فوتبالیست و دروازه‌بان
Mehdi also pursued bodybuilding professionally.
Persian original
مهدی ورزش بدنسازی را نیز به‌طور حرفه‌ای دنبال می‌کرد.

After his father's death he had become the family's breadwinner and his mother's carer
Persian original
پس از فوت پدر، نان‌آور خانواده و سرپرست مادرش شده بود

His height and athletic abilities had made him a well-known figure among his neighbours.
Persian original
قد بلند و توانایی‌های ورزشی‌اش او را در میان هم‌محله‌ای‌ها به چهره‌ای شناخته‌شده تبدیل کرده بود.
He was helping the wounded
Persian original
در حال کمک به مجروحان بود
He was originally from a village near Fuman and lived in Shahrak-e Fahmideh, Karaj
Persian original
او اصالتا اهل روستایی در نزدیکی فومن و ساکن شهرک فهمیده کرج بود
Mehdi also pursued bodybuilding professionally.
Persian original
مهدی ورزش بدنسازی را نیز به‌طور حرفه‌ای دنبال می‌کرد.

In the words of those close to them

He was originally from a village near Fuman and lived in Shahrak-e Fahmideh, Karaj; an athletic young man, footballer and goalkeeper who, according to those close to him, after his father's death had become the family's breadwinner and his mother's carer.— Those close to him
Persian original
او اصالتا اهل روستایی در نزدیکی فومن و ساکن شهرک فهمیده کرج بود؛ جوانی ورزشکار، فوتبالیست و دروازه‌بان که به گفته نزدیکانش، پس از فوت پدر، نان‌آور خانواده و سرپرست مادرش شده بود.

How they died

On the evening of 18 Dey at the Mesbah intersection in Karaj, while he was helping the wounded, he was hit in the abdomen by direct live fire, and after being taken to hospital lost his life early on 20 Dey
Persian original
شامگاه ۱۸ دی‌ماه در چهارراه مصباح کرج زمانی که در حال کمک به مجروحان بود با شلیک مستقیم گلوله جنگی از ناحیه شکم هدف قرار گرفت و پس از انتقال به بیمارستان، بامداد ۲۰ دی جان خود را از دست داد

After their death

His family faced restrictions on holding a ceremony and were not even allowed to print a death notice
Persian original
خانواده او با محدودیت‌هایی در برگزاری مراسم مواجه شدند و حتی اجازه چاپ اعلامیه فوت به آن‌ها داده نشد
Mehdi Joozi's body was buried in his birthplace, in a village in Gilan Province, under restricted and lonely conditions
Persian original
پیکر مهدی جوزی در زادگاهش در روستایی در استان گیلان و در شرایطی محدود و غریبانه به خاک سپرده شد
His family faced restrictions on holding a ceremony and were not even allowed to print a death notice.
Persian original
خانواده او با محدودیت‌هایی در برگزاری مراسم مواجه شدند و حتی اجازه چاپ اعلامیه فوت به آن‌ها داده نشد.
Mehdi Joozi's body was buried in his birthplace, in a village in Gilan Province, under restricted and lonely conditions.
Persian original
پیکر مهدی جوزی در زادگاهش در روستایی در استان گیلان و در شرایطی محدود و غریبانه به خاک سپرده شد.

Sources

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