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 into the military service in Ilam city. Having completed his service, he took the university entrance examination and was accepted in the major of Electronic Engineering.
In his spare time, he worked as an assistant to his father in a cultural products shop. His interest in the martyrs and cultural affairs motivated him to compile a rich archive of the martyrs’ photos.
Mahdi used to visit the martyr’s section of the cemetery on a weekly basis along with his friends. Whenever the bodies of the fallen victims of the Iran-Iraq war were found and returned to the city, he passionately attended their funeral.
On the night of February 18, 2001, Mahdi left the house to buy some food. Shortly after, a loud sound of gunfire was heard. His father rushed out only to find Mahdi lying on the ground with his face covered in blood. He ran to the body of his son in the hope of helping him out, but he had died on the spot after being shot three times in the head and liver.
The Darvishi family later found that their child had been assassinated by some elements of the MEK terrorist group, who had entered Ilam through the Mehran border with the intention of plotting acts of sabotage to destabilize the region.
The bereaved father of Mahdi Darvishi, for whom the loss of his son was huge suffering describes the MEK as such: the blood of my son was another stigma and disgrace of this disgraceful group.
They are the mercenaries of the enemies and their base is even weaker than the web of spiders.