Seyyed Abolghasem Dehnavi was born in 1961 in Tehran. After the victory of the Islamic revolution, he joined the army and served as guard duty in Tehran. On 8 February, 1982 during the operation in which Mousa Khiabani’ safe house was annihilated, he saw two children crying in the midst of a barrage of bullets and running here and there in terror. He reached the children slowly to save them. Although he was able to save Masoud Rajavi's son, he himself was martyred in the exchange of gunfire
Mahdi Darvishi was born in 1957 in a family of six children in the city of Ilam. His father was a librarian in the library of the Education Office and his mother was a housewife. He was very intelligent and polite, paying special respect to his parents even since childhood. His childhood was concurrent with the Iran-Iraq war. He was a regular mosquegoer and learned how to recite Quran in a pleasant and charming voice.
After finishing high school and obtaining his diploma, he went straight
Alireza Entezami was born on February 14, 1998, in a Muslim religious family in Shiraz. He was the first child of the family. He had a slight congenital limb deformity and he had to undergo a surgical procedure at 12. Until then, he had to wear a splint.
He was a docile child and very respectful toward his parents. He loved Quran and managed to memorize the 30th chapter of the holy book. Being raised in a devout family, Alireza was fond of attending religious gatherings and sessions and he
Abdollah Bagheri was born on January 1, 1960, in Kakolak village, Charmahal Bakhtiari province. His father was an educated pious man, making a living from farming and livestock grazing. After finishing his primary school in his village, Abdollah left his school to help his father in farming.
He was later encouraged to continue his studies in a Seminary in Isfahan. Living away from his family for some years, he completed the first stage of his studies. Around the same time, his younger brother
Bahman Rahimi was born in 1963 in a village near Kurdistan’s Sarvabad. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. Although they had many children, Bahman’s parents never neglected their children’s religious upbringing. Studied until the third grade of primary school, Bahman failed to continue his studies because he had to walk a long distance to school. As a diligent boy, he started working on the land to help his father. Having been brought up in a religious Muslim family
Seyed Nour Khoda Mousavi was born into a large family in September 1970 in Lorestan. His father was an ordinary worker. Nour Khoda was a kind and forbearing guy who was brought up in a devout Muslim family.
Having received his high school diploma, Nour Khoda completed his military service and then sat for the university entrance exam. He was accepted into the University of Police. He was graduated from university, got married, and fathered two children. He showed a keen interest in his
Noz’hat Shaban Azad was born in 1959 as the fifth child of the family. She was a top student at school and spent a lot of time studying her school books. She graduated in 1978 from high school and went on to attend Shiraz University as a Metallurgical Engineering major. In the ensuing months, the anti-Shah protests began and Noz’hat became actively involved in the rallies. She, along with a number of her friends, joined the demonstrations and went on strikes in the university to oppose the
Taleb Taheri was born on December 19, 1967, to a blacksmith father and homemaker mother in Tehran. Started school at the age of 7, he was a diligent student. He loved Quran and recited it with a beautiful voice.
He joined the revolutionary forces fighting the Western-backed Pahlavi regime along with his brothers. He distributed the written statements of Imam Khomeini at night and took part in the anti-Shah rallies.
Following the Islamic Revolution, Taleb decided to continue his studies
Fereshteh Bakhishi was born on May 28, 1950, in Khoshgan village in western Kurdistan province. Her father, Haj Mohammad, was a Sunni cleric working as a farmer. Her mother, a homemaker, was a devout Muslim who did her best in upbringing her children. She studied until the fifth grade of elementary school but failed to continue her studies as it was not conventional for girls to study in secondary and high schools at that time. Raised in a Muslim devout family, Fereshteh was acquainted with
Ali Abdolizadeh was born on July 17, 1956 in Bandar Abbas in a family of 9. His father was an employee of the Gendarmerie and his mother was a housewife. As a child, he was a quiet boy, learning how to respect elders under the teaching of his mother. His talent in making friends and proper manner of etiquette had made him popular among his peers.
After finishing high school, Ali Abdolizadeh was accepted in the major of Civil Engineering at the University of Zahedan. Those days were
Moslem Keykha was born on August 31, 1973, in the village of Vermal in the vicinity of Zabol city. His father was a janitor of a school in their village and his mother was a housewife.
Growing up in a religious and hardworking family, he had to move to another nearby village to continue his studies at the middle school after finishing primary school. At the end of the middle school, he had to drop out of school due to the financial problems of his family and move to Zahedan where he began
Omar Dadgar was born in 1961 in one of the villages of Marivan city. His father was a traditional surgeon and his mother was a housewife. Dadgars had the reputation of generosity and hospitality. His father was a devout and religious man who was strict about the upbringing and education of his children. They had poor living conditions, and considering the difficulty of farming in rural areas, daily activities were divided among the children with everyone being assigned to a special work. No
Nahid Fatehi Karjou was born on June 25, 1965, in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. Her father was an employee of City Hall and her mother, a descendent of the Holy Prophet, was a housewife. Nahid was a kind and caring child and abandoned school after finishing primary school.
Given that the adolescence of Nahid coincided with the Iranian people’s uprising against the Pahlavi regime, she also joined the revolutionaries to further the movement of Imam Khomeini. Even as a child, she was
Mahmud Abiz was born as the third child of a family of seven in Zahedan. His father worked at the post office and his mother was a housewife. He finished his school studies and did such activities as wood carving along with his studies. As an intelligent boy, Mahmud managed to memorize some sections of the Quran and even fancied memorizing the entire Quran.
Alireza, the last child of the Abiz family and the younger sibling of Mahmud, was born in 1999. He was an energetic boy from the very
Koroush Firouzi was born in April 1969 in the village of Kotak in Kerman province. His father was a hunter and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution he became a farmer. Koroush was the third son of a devout Muslim family. His life was founded upon the teachings of the holy Quran. He went to a primary school in the city of Raber, Kerman and then moved to Shiraz to continue his education in the middle school along with his brother who was studying in the University of Shiraz.
After the Iraqi
Sakineh Sanadgol was born in 1981 in Southeastern Sistan Baluchistan Province. Having finished his higher education, she married Mohammad Yaser Pordel. Their union was blessed with a child in 2006. Following the birth of their first child, Sanadgol and Pordel, both teachers, changed their working hours in a way that they could take care of their baby in shifts.
Their second child was born on October 9, 2010, and Sakineh named it Sana. Sanadgol used to participate in the mourning ceremonies
Abbas Goudarzi was born in Rey, Tehran on May 9, 1962. He joined the anti-Shah revolutionaries. Fascinated with the charismatic character and speeches of Imam Khomeini, Abbas dedicated his life to the propagation of Islamic culture and the freedom message of the Supreme Leader of Iran.
He found a job as a truck chauffeur so that he could travel to different cities and disseminate the message of Imam. After Islamic Revolution, Mr. Goudarzi got married and then moved to Karaj. They had four
Nasrin Afzal was born in February 1960 in Shiraz. Her father was a retired employer of the Agricultural Department of Fars Province and her mother was a homemaker. She passed her studies and became actively involved in the anti-Shah revolutionary activities. She started wearing Islamic hijab during high school. Acquainting with the high character of Imam Khomeini, Nasrin tried to follow his instructions and put them into practice.
She started her revolutionary activities by taking down the
Mohammad Galdavi was born on June 20, 1980, in the city of Gonbad Kavus in Golestan Province. Relocated to Zahedan when Mohammad was a child, his father became the custodian of the Zahedan Jame Mosque. He was always quiet and cheerful and hardly became angry at others. He also worked at a home appliance shop along with his brother during his school studies. Living at a mosque had had an enormous impact on Mohammad, making him careful of on-time prayer. He also learned the recitation of the
He was born Erfan Katari on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, in Chabahar in Sistan Baluchistan Province to a Muslim devout family. As the first child of a family of 7, Erfan was quite different from his siblings paying great attention to religious duties and Quran recitation. He was a gentle and well-mannered boy, treating the elderly with great respect. He had learned to help the poor from his parents and once gave his blanket to a needy person on a cold day in winter.
He loved attending the
Seyyed Abolghasem Dehnavi was born in 1961 in Tehran. After the victory of the Islamic revolution, he joined the army and served as guard duty in Tehran. On 8 February, 1982 during the operation in which Mousa Khiabani’ safe house was annihilated, he saw two children crying in the midst of a barrage of bullets and running here and there in terror. He reached the children slowly to save them. Although he was able to save Masoud Rajavi's son, he himself was martyred in the exchange of gunfire
