The Life and Death of Sajjad Samadi
Death Sajjad Samadi 24 years old in Iran Gonbad-e Kavus
Written by: Rana
The story of Sajjad Samadi began in one of the streets of Gonbad-e Kavus—a city that, during the days of nationwide protests, drew its breath between silence and the crack of gunfire. Sajjad was 24 years old: a young man born of that very city, living a simple life with a future that had yet to take shape. He was neither a politician nor a public figure; he was an ordinary young man like so many others, with modest plans, the hope of holding down a job, and the quiet dream of a peaceful life. During the protests, a bullet fired by security forces struck him. Under normal circumstances, the wound might not have been fatal, but the suffocating security atmosphere, the blackout of communications, and the impossibility of rushing him to a hospital left him stranded between the street and the desperate hands of those around him. Sajjad did not perish at the moment of the shot, but bled to death without aid—a death born of both the bullet and the sheer cruelty of the circumstances the Islamic Republic had created. His body was brought back to his hometown and laid to rest in the presence of his family and a gathering of mourners—a ceremony that felt less like bidding farewell to a single…
سجاد صمدی · گنبدکاووس · رقص سوگ
