Fallen Hero Hamidreza Yaghoubizadeh Venini; The Night a Family Changed Forever

Death Hamidreza Yaghoubi Zadeh Vanini 41 years old in Iran Tehran Narmak / Sarsabz

Written by: Sepehr

Hamidreza Yaghoubi Vanini, 41 years old, born on July 30, 1984 (8 Mordad 1363), was the son of Mashaallah Yaghoubi and the family's only son. He was the father of a daughter—a daughter alongside whom he had built a vast part of his life and his hopes. On January 8 (18 Dey), Hamidreza was present at the protests in the Sarsabz area of Narmak, Tehran. But that very evening, an event occurred that changed his family's life forever. Around 9:30 p.m., the telephone rang at Hamidreza’s family home. Just moments before, the house still carried its usual warmth; laughter and conversation flowed freely, and no one could have known that everything was about to change that night. The family was informed that Hamidreza had been arrested. His father, accompanied by a relative, left the house to search for him. After searching, they found Hamidreza inside a Samand car with a flat tire. Filled with anguish, the father rushed to the car, leaned over his son, and said: "Hamid… Hamid dear! It’s me, Dad." Then, in that fatherly tone—never imagining, perhaps, that these would be his final attempts to protect his boy—he said, "Roll up the car window, my child will get cold." The father set to work movi…

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