Name: Mohammad-Ali Akbari
Date of Birth: 1949
Occupation: Rug seller
Marital Status: Married (father of 3 children)
Date of Martyrdom: September 16, 1982
Mohammad-Ali Akbari was born into a Muslim religious family in a village near Qom, south of Tehran, and finished his preliminary studies in his birthplace. In his early youth, Akbari left his village for Tehran, where he experienced different jobs.
There he fulfilled his military service and got married. Mohammad-Ali Akbari and his
Name: Khezrollah Akbarzadeh
Date of Birth: 1967
Place of Birth: Kamangar Kola
Date of Martyrdom: January 13, 1982
Place of Martyrdom: Amol
Khezrollah Akbarzadeh was born in 1967 in Kamangar Kola in northern Mazandaran province on the family farm. He went to school at the age of 7 and learned Quran at an early age. He spent his primary school years in his birthplace. He was hindered from going to school and continuing his studies due to his family’s poor financial condition.
Name: Ramezan-Ali Ramezani
Date of birth: 1949
Date of Martyrdom: January 26, 1982
Place of Martyrdom: Amol
Born in a religious family in the town of Amol in 1949, Ramazan-Ali Ramezani was deprived from school due to his parents’ critical economic condition.
Therefore he had to work hard to make money to help his family. Ramazan-Ali started working as a carpenter and after a few years he was developed as a skilled and talented craftsman.
During the Islamic Revolution Ramezani always
Alireza partook in the fight against anti-revolution groups in Amol jungles during the early years of Islamic Revolution, where he was killed by the anti-revolutionary groups.
Alireza Qasemnejad was born in 1962 in Rashkola village in northern Mazandaran province. As the only child in his household, Alireza was actively involved in the anti-Shah rallies and other Islamic religious ceremonies.
He also partook in the fight against anti-revolution groups in Amol jungles during the
Name: Hasan Askari
Date of Birth: 1943
Place of Birth: Lasht-e Nesha
Date of Martyrdom: August 26, 1981
Place of Martyrdom: Kachesfahan
Marital Status: Married (father of a child)
Hasan Askari was born in 1943 in Lasht-e Nesha district in northern Gilan province. He completed his primary studies in his birthplace and then moved to Astaneh Ashrafiyeh to study in Seminary. Then he went to Qom to further his religious studies in Qom hawza. There he attended the teaching sessions of great
Name: Hossein Mottaqi
Date of Birth: May 8, 1968
Place of Birth: Vishka village, Rasht
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: July 1, 1987
Born and raised on the family farm in Vishka village in northern Rasht province, Hossein Mottaqi helped his father with farming. He spent his school years and received his diploma in his birthplace.
Despite his young age, the affable and good-tempered Hossein involved in the revolutionary and anti-Shah activities along with his family members. After the
Name: Akbar Shokrgozar
Date of Birth: April 1, 1955
Place of Birth: Astaneh Ashrafieh
Date of Martyrdom: January 4, 1983
Marital Status: Married (father of a child)
Born into a devout family in 1955, Akbar Shokrgozar learned how to read Quran in Maktab, old-fashioned schools in Iran, before he went to school.
He attended night school while working to make a living, and recieved his diploma in 1978 in mathematics. Then he started his military service, and spent the short period of military
Name: Seyed Mohammad Sharifi
Date of Birth: March 21, 1962
Place of Birth: Bandar Anzali
Marital Status: Amol Forest
Date of Martyrdom: November 14, 1981
Born in 1962, Seyyed Mohammad Sharifi helped his father with carpentry work and attended the school at the same time. He finished his school years in his hometown. He was very enthusiastic about reciting the holy Quran, and attended the Quranic sessions.
When the anti-Shah protests broke out in Iran, he along with other oppressed Muslims
On September 13, 2009, Mamousta Mullah Borhan Ali, who led the Friday prayers in the western city of Sanandaj, was assassinated in a hail of bullets. The assailants were identified as members of the PJAK (the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan).
Borhan Ali was born in 1953 into a devout clerical family in Kani Sanan village in Kordestan, near the Iran-Iraq border. Having finished his religious studies, he received the license to teach law and issue legal opinions (ijazat al-Ifta
On August 30, 1981, an explosion ripped through the headquarters of Prime Minister in Tehran, were Premier Mohammad-Javad Bahonar and President Mohammad-Ali Rajai along with some other officials were meeting at the time.
Born in 1933 in the southeastern city of Kerman, Mohammad Javad Bahonar embarked on religious studies at Ma’soumieh hawza (seminary) in his hometown. Then, he left for Qom, where he was a student of such noted clerics as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah
Addressing the Assembly of Experts on September 24, 2009, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, “The source of this crime is definitely abroad and within the enemies' espionage agencies. But the Sunni seminarians and the Kurdish people will indubitably continue this revered martyr's path with a greater enthusiasm."
Mullah Mohammad Sheikh-ul Islam was born in Baneh in western Iran on March 22, 1936. He studied Islamic teachings with his father and other scholars. In
Name: Hojjatollah khademi
Date of Birth: 1969
Place of Birth: Baqlouje village
Date of Martyrdom: August 1, 1989
Hojjatollah Khademi was born into a religious family in Baghlouje village near the town of Qorveh in Kurdistan province, western Iran, in 1969. There, he grew up and went to school until he finished the elementary school. The lack of higher education in his neighborhood made him leave his school and work alongside the rest of the family on the farm.
After the call of great
Name: Hamid Sani’I Qomi
Date of Birth: September 28, 1962
Date of Martyrdom: September 14, 1981
Place of Martyrdom: Vali-Asr Square, Tehran, Iran
Hamid Sani’i Qomi was born on September 28, 1962. He lived a single life in Tehran until the age of 19. In 1981, he was assassinated by the members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq organization (MEK, also known as MKO and PMOI) in Tehran.
Name: Nader Kheirkhah
Date of Birth: March 25, 1943
Marital Status: Married (father of five children)
Born into a poor family in 1943 in Masal, Gilan, Iran, Nader Kheirkhah had a great enthusiasm for learning and gaining knowledge, but despite this his father burned his books for he had not enough money to pay for his education. Nader Kheirkhah started selling ice creams to make money for his education. He enrolled in a college of Technical Agriculture somewhere away from his hometown. Then
Name: Alireza Fat’hi-Dokht
Date of Birth: June 24, 1964
Place of Birth: Lafmejan village, Gilan
Date of Martyrdom: July 30, 1981
Alireza Fat’hi-Dokht was born on 24th of June, 1964, in Lafmejan, one of the villages of Lahijan city in Gilan province. He finished his primary and secondary school in his birthplace and furthered his studies in Lahijan. He retained a keen interest in the religion of Islam all his life and participated in the Quranic sessions.
Fat’hi-Dokht joined the anti-Shah
Name: Qolamhossein Zahmatkesh
Date of Birth: 1941
Place of Birth: Khomam, Rasht
Marital Status: Married (father of a child)
Date of Martyrdom: May 14, 1982
Place of Martyrdom: Gilan University
Qolamhossein Zahmatkesh was born in 1941 into a devout Muslim Family. When he finished his school years, Zahmatkesh attended an Islamic Seminary and became a cleric.
After the Islamic Revolution, Zahmatkesh spared no effort to consolidate the pillars of the nascent revolution. He
Name: Morteza Khodadadi
Date of Birth: November 25, 1949
Place of Birth: Torbat-e Heidarieh
Marital Status: Married (Father of a child)
Date of Martyrdom: December 26, 1981
Place of Martyrdom: Port of Anzali (Bandar Anzali)
Morteza Khodadadi was born on November 25, 1949 into a poor family from Torbat-e Heidarieh County, Khorasan Razavi Province, who made a living from small farming.
He attended the Seminary when he was 13, where he could gain Islamic
The first Martyr of Mihrab performed the Eid ul-Adha Prayers on November 1, 1979. During the sermon of the prayers, he said, “They are threatening to kill me, I’m not afraid of martyrdom, and I’m up for it.” Ayatollah Qazi Tabatabai was assassinated the very same day by the elements of the terrorist Forqan group.
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabi who, after his martyrdom, became known as “the first Martyr of Mihrab” was born in 1914 into a devout Muslim family in Tabriz
Name: Parviz Mohebbi
Date of Birth: December 24, 1958
Place of Birth: Masal, Gilan
Date of Martyrdom: October 10, 1981
Place of Martyrdom: Tehran
Parviz Mohebbi was born in Masal County in Gilan province into a religious Muslim family. He spent his early school years in his hometown and went to Martyr Motahhari High School for his first three years of high school. After that he went to Tehran to further his studies in leading high schools in Tehran. Though he did not
Name: Qasem Azar Arjmand
Date of Birth: August 31, 1956
Place of Birth: Langroud, Gilan
Date of Martyrdom: May 2, 1983
Marital Status: Married (father of a child)
Qasem Azar Arjmand was the second of eight children born into an Islamic religious family. He spent his primary, secondary, and high school education years in his birthplace, northern city of Langroud. At the same time and in order to lend a hand to his family, Qasem helped at his father’s fruit store. Sometimes
Name: Mohammad-Ali Akbari
Date of Birth: 1949
Occupation: Rug seller
Marital Status: Married (father of 3 children)
Date of Martyrdom: September 16, 1982
Mohammad-Ali Akbari was born into a Muslim religious family in a village near Qom, south of Tehran, and finished his preliminary studies in his birthplace. In his early youth, Akbari left his village for Tehran, where he experienced different jobs.
There he fulfilled his military service and got married. Mohammad-Ali Akbari and his
