Fallen Hero Majid Nikandish; an honorable soldier of the homeland
to become Execution Majid Nikandish 25 years old in Iran Mashhad Vakilabad
Written by: Sayeh
At dawn on 30 September (8 Mehr), a slender streak of gray light crept across the tall, cold walls of Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. In that heavy, biting silence, the seconds moved with agonizing slowness. At the far end of a dimly lit corridor, a young man took weary yet resolute strides toward an inescapable fate. He was Majid Nikandish—a son of the soil of Quchan whose destiny had become intertwined with the alleys of Mashhad and the resounding cries of protest in the Tabarsi district during the tumultuous winter of the past year. Now, on the threshold of daybreak, he stood facing the final station of his life. It had all begun in the month of Dey (late December to January), when a wave of nationwide protests swept the country following runaway inflation, the collapse of livelihoods, and acute social and political paralysis. After the initial sparks on 28 December (7 Dey), nationwide calls to action issued by Prince Reza Pahlavi for 8 and 9 January (18 and 19 Dey) brought the accumulated rage of the people pouring into the streets. Majid, a 25-year-old auto body repairman who, like millions of his generation, carried a heart full of dreams large and small while being crushed bene…
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