Fallen Hero Meysam Rahmati Torkashvand; The Echo of a Silent Protest
Death Meysam Rahmati Torkashvand 30 years old in Iran Shahriar Andisheh Phase 1
Written by: Mikhak Sepid
In the bustling, dust-choked suburbs of Shahriar, where the clamor of factories blended into the quiet despair of the working class, lived Meysam Rahmati—a thirty-year-old man whose face bore lines etched not by age, but by a lifetime of hardship and toil. A Kurd from the village of Qasemabad in Tuyserkan, he had shouldered the burden of his family since childhood, ever since the fifth grade. When his father lost the strength to work, Meysam, kind and warm-hearted, became the pillar of the household. He moved to Shahriar for work, found employment at the Minoo Company, and was dearly loved and quiet at his workplace. He married, but after a few years, unrelenting financial strain broke his marriage apart. Beneath all his outward calm, a fire of defiance burned in Meysam’s heart. He would say time and again, “They stole our youth and threw it away. I’m sick of this working-class grind and this endless running that leads nowhere.” On the night of January 8 (18 Dey), following a call by Prince Reza Pahlavi, he could bear it no longer and took to the streets to let his cry of protest be heard. A bullet struck his leg; he was wounded, yet his resolve only grew fiercer. The next day, Jan…
میثم رحمتی ترکاشوند · شهریار · نراتا · اندیشه
