جاویدنام · Javidnam

Mehran Samak

مهران سماک

Age: 27
Sex: male
Date of death: 29 November 2022
Place of death: Bandar Anzali (+7 more)
Hometown: Bandar Anzali
Event: Woman Life Freedom (+3 more)
Cause of death: shot in the head by security forces

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Mehran Samak, a 27-year-old man from Bandar Anzali, was killed on November 29, 2022. He was shot in the head by security forces while celebrating in his car with his fiancée. He was reportedly honking his horn to express happiness over the Iranian national football team's defeat in the 2022 World Cup.

مهران سماک، جوان ۲۷ ساله‌ای اهل بندر انزلی، در تاریخ ۲۹ نوامبر ۲۰۲۲ کشته شد. او در حالی که همراه نامزدش در خودروی خود در حال بوق زدن و ابراز خوشحالی از باخت تیم فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی در جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ بود، با شلیک مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی به سرش در بندر انزلی جان باخت.

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Mehran Samak, a 27-year-old man from Bandar Anzali, was killed on November 29, 2022. He died after being shot in the head by security forces in his hometown during a moment of public expression. Mehran was in his car with his fiancée, honking his horn to express happiness over the Iranian national football team's defeat in the 2022 World Cup. It was during this celebratory act that he was fatally shot by security forces. His death has been widely commemorated, with his fiancée Nadia sharing memorial videos of their happy moments. Mehran's brother has also continued to remember him through anniversaries and tributes, highlighting the tragic loss of a young man killed for a moment of joyous defiance.

مهران سماک، جوان ۲۷ ساله‌ای اهل بندر انزلی، در تاریخ ۲۹ نوامبر ۲۰۲۲ در شهر خود به ضرب گلوله نیروهای امنیتی به سرش کشته شد. او در زمان کشته شدن، همراه نامزدش در خودروی خود در حال بوق زدن و ابراز خوشحالی از باخت تیم فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی در جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ بود که هدف تیراندازی مستقیم نیروهای امنیتی قرار گرفت. یاد و خاطره مهران سماک به طور گسترده گرامی داشته شده است. نامزدش نادیا ویدئوهای یادبودی از لحظات شادشان منتشر کرده و برادر مهران نیز در سالگردها و گرامیداشت‌ها، یاد این جوان را که به دلیل ابراز شادمانی کشته شد، زنده نگه داشته است.

Archive — 8 items

Mehran Samak, a 27-year-old man, was killed by direct gunfire from government agents in Bandar Anzali while honking his car horn after the Iranian football team lost to the USA.

mehran_samak javidnam victims_of_protests bandar_anzali direct_shooting

Bandar Anzali, Iran 29 Nov 2022

VIDEO

Mehran Samak, a 27-year-old man killed by security forces in Anzali, is seen driving in a vehicle at night in footage recorded shortly before his death.

mehran_samak javidnam anzali iran_protests_2022 woman_life_freedom

Anzali, Gilan, Iran 29 Nov 2022

Memorial portraits of Mehran Samak and Matin Nasri, identified as martyrs of the freedom movement in the provided text.

mehran_samak matin_nasri javidnam martyr_of_freedom against_oblivion

Iran 16 Sept 2022

VIDEO

A memorial clip released on the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Mehran Samak, who was shot dead in Bandar Anzali for honking his car horn during street celebrations.

javidnam mehran_samak memorial bandar_anzali gilan

Iran 2024-11

VIDEO

The mother of javidnam Behnam Layeq-Pour from Rasht visits the tomb of javidnam Mehran Samak in a cemetery in Bandar Anzali.

behnam_layeq_po cemetery memorial_service justice_seeking_mothers bandar_anzali

Bandar Anzali, Gilan, Iran 16 Sept 2022

VIDEO

A memorial video featuring happy moments and a birthday celebration for Mehran Samak, a protester killed in Bandar Anzali, with his fiancée Nadia.

javidnam mehran_samak bandar_anzali memorial protester_killed

Bandar Anzali, Gilan, Iran 2026-01

A memorial portrait of Mehran Samak, who was killed for honking and celebrating the defeat of the Islamic Republic team against England.

memorial mehran_samak javidnam state_killing state_violence

Iran 29 Nov 2022

A memorial portrait of Mehran Samak, who was killed in 2022 for celebrating a football team's elimination.

javidnam mehran_samak memorial 2022_protests killed

Iran 2026-01

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item:4575 ↔ item:12491 (0.981 )
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item:5978 ↔ item:12491 (0.399 )

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item:4305 ↔ item:6571 (0.875 · perceptual)

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