Morteza Azhdari

مرتضی اژدری گوش

Also known as مرتضی اژدری

38 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

Killed during protests

Life

Morteza was the father of two children aged 13 and 10 and was a tenant.
Persian original
مرتضی پدر دو فرزند ۱۳ و ۱۰ ساله و مستاجر بود.
He leaves behind two children—a 13-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son.
Persian original
He leaves behind two children—a 13-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son.
He was a tenant struggling to pay rent, and a father of two.
Persian original
He was a tenant struggling to pay rent, and a father of two.
Azhdari was the father of two children; a 13-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son.
Persian original
اژدری پدر دو فرزند؛ یک دختر ۱۳ ساله و یک پسر ۱۰ ساله بود.

In Mashhad he had a tailoring workshop producing trousers.
Persian original
در مشهد کارگاه خیاطی تولیدی شلوار داشت.
Iran's chaotic economic situation had caused Morteza too to become unemployed.
Persian original
اوضاع نابسامان اقتصادی ایران باعث شده بود که مرتضی هم بیکار شود.
Mashhad is Iran’s second-largest city and a major religious center, home to the shrine of Imam Reza.
Persian original
Mashhad is Iran’s second-largest city and a major religious center, home to the shrine of Imam Reza.
Tabarsi Boulevard is one of the city’s busiest and most densely populated areas, frequented by working-class residents and religious pilgrims.
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Tabarsi Boulevard is one of the city’s busiest and most densely populated areas, frequented by working-class residents and religious pilgrims.

How they died

Morteza Azhdari, 38 years old, was killed on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests on "Tabarsi" Boulevard in Mashhad by gunfire of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic.
Persian original
مرتضی اژدری ۳۸ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات بلوار «طبرسی» مشهد با شلیک گلوله نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی کشته شد.
Government agents shot him while he was helping his friend who had been shot.
Persian original
ماموران حکومتی او را در حالی‌که داشت به دوست تیر‌خورده‌اش کمک می‌کرد، هدف گلوله قرار دادند.
19 Dey 1404 in Mashhad. At the beginning of the video you see Morteza Azhdari celebrating and dancing at his sister's henna ceremony, forty days before he was killed. In this video Morteza is wearing green clothes. Further on in the video you see other images of Morteza dancing among friends and relatives, over which mourning music has been placed. Morteza Azhdari, father of two teenage children aged 13 and 10, was shot by government forces on Friday, 19 Dey 1404, in the protests on "Tabarsi" Boulevard in Mashhad while he was helping his friend who had been shot, and was killed
Persian original
۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در مشهد. در ابتدای ویدیو مرتضی اژدری در حال شادی و رقص برای مراسم حنابندان خواهرش، چهل روز پیش از کشته‌شدن را می‌بینید. مرتضی در این ویدیو لباس سبز بر تن دارد. در ادامه ویدیو، تصاویری دیگر از رقصیدن مرتضی در جمع دوستان و اقوام را می‌بینید که بر آن موسیقی سوگواری گذاشته شده است. مرتضی اژدری، پدر دو فرزند نوجوان ۱۳ و ۱۰ ساله، جمعه ۱۹دی۱۴۰۴ در اعتراضات بلوار «طبرسی» مشهد، در حالی‌که به دوست تیرخورده‌اش کمک می‌کرد، هدف شلیک نیروهای حکومتی قرار گرفت و کشته شد
According to IranWire, 38-year-old Morteza Ajdari was shot and killed by Islamic Republic forces on Friday, January 9, during protests on Tabarsi Boulevard in Mashhad.
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According to IranWire, 38-year-old Morteza Ajdari was shot and killed by Islamic Republic forces on Friday, January 9, during protests on Tabarsi Boulevard in Mashhad.
The Islamic Republic responded to his protest against these harsh living conditions with a bullet.
Persian original
The Islamic Republic responded to his protest against these harsh living conditions with a bullet.
According to IranWire's report, while helping one of his friends who had been wounded, he is hit in the chest by a bullet
Persian original
بنا بر گزارش ایران‌وایر او هنگام کمک به یکی از دوستانش که زخمی شده بود؛ از ناحیه سینه مورد اصابت گلوله قرار میگیرد

After their death

Three days after the killing, Morteza's family were able to see him while his body was being washed.
Persian original
سه روز بعد از قتل، خانواده مرتضی توانستند او را در حالی‌که پیکرش را شست‌و‌شو می‌دادند، ببینند.
Government agents gave the family the address of Morteza's grave in "Behesht-e Reza", and Morteza's body was buried in their presence.
Persian original
ماموران حکومتی به خانواده آدرس مزار مرتضی را در «بهشت رضا» دادند و با حضور خودشان، پیکر مرتضی به خاک سپرده شد.
Three days after Morteza was killed, his family was finally allowed to see his body as it was being prepared for burial.
Persian original
Three days after Morteza was killed, his family was finally allowed to see his body as it was being prepared for burial.
Government forces then placed his body in a vehicle and handed the family a burial address - “Behesht-e Reza, Block 50, Plot 22.” Morteza Ajdari was laid to rest with only a small group of family members present.
Persian original
Government forces then placed his body in a vehicle and handed the family a burial address - “Behesht-e Reza, Block 50, Plot 22.” Morteza Ajdari was laid to rest with only a small group of family members present.
According to IranWire's report, three days after he was killed, his family were able to see his body while it was being washed.
Persian original
طبق گزارش ایران‌وایر خانواده او، سه رو بعد از کشته شدنش، توانستند پیکرش را هنگام شست‌وشو ببینند.
His body was buried at the Behesht-e Reza cemetery in Mashhad, Block 50, Section 22.
Persian original
پیکر او در آرامستان ‌بهشت رضا در مشهد، بلوک ۵۰، قطعه ۲۲، به خاک سپرده شد.

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