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Mehrshad Shahidi

مهرشاد شهیدی‌نژاد منفرد طهرانی

Age: 19
Sex: male
Date of death: 27 October 2022
Place of death: Arak, Intelligence Department (+10 more)
Hometown: Arak
Event: Woman Life Freedom (+7 more)
Profession: chef and student
Cause of death: beaten to death by security forces with multiple baton strikes to the head, including in the Arak Intelligence Department

Story

Mehrshad Shahidi-Nezhad Monfared Tehrani was a 19-year-old chef and student from Arak, Iran. He was killed on October 27, 2022, during the nationwide protests, after being beaten with multiple batons to the head by security forces, including in the Arak Intelligence Department. His death was reported to his family one day before his birthday. His father actively commemorates his memory and that of other protest victims at his grave.

مهرشاد شهیدی‌نژاد منفرد طهرانی، سرآشپز و دانشجوی ۱۹ ساله اهل اراک بود. او در ۵ آبان ۱۴۰۱ در جریان اعتراضات سراسری در اراک و بر اثر ضربات متعدد باتوم نیروهای امنیتی به سرش، از جمله در اداره اطلاعات اراک، کشته شد. خبر مرگ او یک روز پیش از تولدش به خانواده‌اش اطلاع داده شد. پدرش به طور فعال یاد و خاطره او و دیگر جان‌باختگان اعتراضات را بر مزارش گرامی می‌دارد.

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Mehrshad Shahidi-Nezhad Monfared Tehrani, a 19-year-old chef, student, and athlete from Arak, Iran, was tragically killed on October 27, 2022. His death occurred during the nationwide "Woman Life Freedom" protests, and was reported to his family just one day before his birthday. Mehrshad died after being subjected to multiple baton strikes to the head by security forces, with reports indicating that some of these fatal blows took place within the Arak Intelligence Department. His father, Amir Shahidi-Nezhad, actively keeps his memory alive. He commemorates Mehrshad and other protest victims at his grave, shares childhood videos, and advocates for justice, often through heartfelt messages remembering his son's aspirations and the meaning of the protests.

مهرشاد شهیدی‌نژاد منفرد طهرانی، سرآشپز، دانشجو و ورزشکار ۱۹ ساله اهل اراک، در تاریخ ۵ آبان ۱۴۰۱ به طرز دلخراشی جان باخت. او در جریان اعتراضات سراسری «زن، زندگی، آزادی» کشته شد و خبر درگذشت او تنها یک روز پیش از تولدش به خانواده‌اش اطلاع داده شد. مهرشاد بر اثر ضربات متعدد باتوم نیروهای امنیتی به سرش جان سپرد و گزارش‌ها حاکی از آن است که بخشی از این ضربات مرگبار در اداره اطلاعات اراک به او وارد شده است. پدرش، امیر شهیدی‌نژاد، یاد و خاطره او را فعالانه گرامی می‌دارد. او به طور منظم یاد مهرشاد و دیگر جان‌باختگان اعتراضات را بر مزارش زنده نگه می‌دارد، ویدیوهایی از دوران کودکی‌اش منتشر می‌کند و به دادخواهی ادامه می‌دهد، اغلب از طریق پیام‌های پرمهر که آرزوهای فرزندش و معنای اعتراضات را یادآوری می‌کند.

Archive — 22 items

Mehrshad Shahidi, a 19-year-old chef and student from Arak, was killed on October 27, 2022, after receiving multiple baton strikes to the head from security forces during the nationwide protests.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam nationwide_protests_2022 woman_life_freedom arak

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

A portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi (Shahidi Nezhad Monfared Tehrani), a 19-year-old chef and student who was killed by security forces in Arak on October 27, 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom protests.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam woman_life_freedom arak protest_victims_2022

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

A stylized memorial portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi-Nezhad (Shahidi-Nezhad Monfared Tehrani), a 19-year-old chef and student killed by security forces in Arak during the 2022 nationwide protests.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi_nezhad arak iran_protests_2022 woman_life_freedom

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

Mehrshad Shahidi (Shahidi-Nezhad Monfared Tehrani), a 19-year-old chef and student from Arak, was killed by security forces during the 2022 nationwide protests after being beaten with batons.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam arak nationwide_protests protest_victims_2022

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

A portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi (Shahidi-Nezhad Monfared Tehrani), a 19-year-old chef and student who was killed by security forces during the 2022 nationwide protests in Arak.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam nationwide_protests_2022 woman_life_freedom arak

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

A black and white portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi, a young chef killed by security forces during the Woman Life Freedom protests, sitting on the floor in a kitchen area.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam protest_victims woman_life_freedom arak

Arak, Iran 26 Oct 2022

VIDEO

People gather to lay flowers on the grave of Mehrshad Shahidi in Arak on the last Thursday of the year, March 16, 2023.

mehrshad_shahidi arak javidnam flower_laying memorial_ceremony

Arak, Markazi Province, Iran 16 Mar 2023

The family of javidnam Mehrshad Shahidi visits the flower-covered grave of Hadis Najafi during the Sizdah Bedar holiday to honor several victims of the protest movement.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi hadis_najafi hananeh_kia pouya_bakhtiari

Behesht-e Sakineh Cemetery, Karaj, Iran 2023-04

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A video shared by Mehrshad Shahidi's father showing the young protest victim smiling as his mother braids his hair.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi woman_life_freedom iran_protests protest_victims

Arak, Iran

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Amir Shahidi-Nezhad, the father of Mehrshad Shahidi, celebrates the birthday of killed teenage protester Sarina Esmailzadeh at his son's grave.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi_nezhad mehrshad_shahidi sarina_esmailzadeh memorial_ceremony

Arak, Markazi Province, Iran 2 Jul 2023

VIDEO

A compilation of childhood videos of Mehrshad Shahidi, a young protester killed in Arak during the Woman Life Freedom movement, shared by his father.

mehrshad_shahidi_nezhad mehrshad_shahidi javidnam arak revolutionary_uprising

Arak, Iran

VIDEO

Mehrshad Shahidi-nezhad, a young chef and athlete, was killed on October 27, 2022, after being beaten with batons in the Arak Intelligence Department during the Woman Life Freedom uprising.

mehrshad_shahidi_nezhad javidnam arak woman_life_freedom protest_victims

Arak, Iran 27 Oct 2022

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A memorial video honoring javidnaman Mehrshad Shahidi and Hadis Najafi, featuring footage of their gravesites and personal photographs.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi hadis_najafi arak karaj

Arak, Iran 16 Sept 2022

A group of people stand around the memorial grave and glass-enclosed portrait of Javidnam Mehrshad Shahidi in Arak, with a text overlay about counting votes during the 2024 election boycott.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi arak elections election_boycott

Arak, Iran 2026-01

A group of young men and an older man stand behind the glass-enclosed grave of Mehrshad Shahidi, a protester killed in Arak during the 2022 protests, in a photo dated May 2024.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam arak grave memorial

Arak, Iran 2024-05

VIDEO

A memorial video features portraits of several victims of the 2022 uprising, such as Mehrshad Shahidi and Majidreza Rahnavard, set against a field of red flowers to mark the second anniversary of the protests.

javidnam uprising_2022 memorial mehrshad_shahidi navid_afkari

Iran 2026-01

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A memorial video featuring artistic portraits, digital illustrations, and footage of Mehrshad Shahidi, a young chef and victim of state violence.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam memorial chef justice_seeking

Arak, Iran 2026-01

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Visitors and family members place flowers on the grave of Mehrshad Shahidi, a young chef killed during the 2022 nationwide protests in Arak.

mehrshad_shahidi javidnam arak flower_tribute cemetery

Arak, Iran

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Nighttime protest videos from Arak on December 31, 2025, featuring demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans and slogans in memory of Mehrshad Shahidi while addressing security forces.

arak gathering street_protests night_filming mehrshad_shahidi

Arak, Iran 31 Dec 2025

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Protesters in Arak gather at night on December 31, 2025, chanting anti-government slogans, honoring Mehrshad Shahidi, and questioning security forces.

arak nighttime_gathering mehrshad_shahidi javidnam arak_protests

Arak, Iran 31 Dec 2025

VIDEO

Protesters in Arak gather at night on December 31, 2025, chanting slogans against the government and in memory of Mehrshad Shahidi while addressing security forces.

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Arak, Iran 31 Dec 2025

A memorial portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi, who was killed after being arrested, with his death announced the next day.

javidnam mehrshad_shahidi killed_in_custody memorial iran_protests

Iran 27 Oct 2022

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