Mahmoud Ghasemi
محمود قاسمی
- Age
- 42
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 8 January 2026
- Place of death
- Bushehr (+1 more)
- Hometown
- Bandar-e Boal Kheyr, Bushehr
- Event
- Lion & Sun Revolution (+1 more)
- Profession
- Ship captain
- Cause of death
- killed during the crackdown on protests
Biography
Mahmoud Ghasemi was a 42-year-old ship captain from Bandar-e Boal Kheyr and a father of two daughters. Known as the 'Lion of Tangsir,' he was killed in January during the crackdown on the Woman Life Freedom movement. His body was withheld at the IRGC's Qaem Hospital for four days before being released to his family under threat and intimidation.
ناخدا محمود قاسمی، ۴۲ ساله و اهل بندر بوالخیر بوشهر، از ناخدایان معروف لنج و پدر دو دختر بود که در جریان سرکوب اعتراضات «زن، زندگی، آزادی» جان باخت. او که با لقب «شیر تنگسیر» شناخته میشد، در دیماه کشته شد و پیکرش پس از چهار روز ارعاب و تهدید از سوی بیمارستان قائم سپاه، به خانواده تحویل و در زادگاهش به خاک سپرده شد.
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Mahmoud Ghasemi, a sea captain from Bushehr who was killed in January 2026, is seen in a domestic setting sitting next to his young daughter.
A memorial portrait of 42-year-old Mahmoud Ghasemi from Bualkhayr, Bushehr, honored as a victim of the Islamic Republic's crackdown during the Woman Life Freedom protests.