جاویدنام · Javidnam

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 was a 19-year-old chef, student, and athlete from Arak, Iran. He was killed on October 27, 2022, during the nationwide "Woman Life Freedom" protests. His family was told of his death one day before his birthday. Reports say security forces hit him repeatedly on the head with batons. Some of the fatal blows reportedly took place inside the Arak Intelligence Department. His father, Amir Shahidi-Nezhad, keeps his memory public. He commemorates Mehrshad and other protest victims at his grave, shares childhood videos, and presses for justice, often in messages about his son's goals and the protests.

مهرشاد شهیدی‌نژاد منفرد طهرانی، سرآشپز، دانشجو و ورزشکار ۱۹ ساله اهل اراک، در ۵ آبان ۱۴۰۱ در جریان اعتراضات سراسری «زن، زندگی، آزادی» کشته شد. یک روز پیش از تولدش، خبر مرگش به خانواده رسید. مهرشاد بر اثر ضربات متعدد باتوم نیروهای امنیتی به سر جان باخت. بر اساس گزارش‌ها، بخشی از این ضربات در اداره اطلاعات اراک وارد شده است. پدرش امیر شهیدی‌نژاد یاد مهرشاد و دیگر جان‌باختگان اعتراضات را در مزارش زنده نگه می‌دارد، ویدیوهای دوران کودکی او را منتشر می‌کند و برای عدالت تلاش می‌کند؛ اغلب با پیام‌هایی درباره آرزوهای پسرش و اعتراضات.

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_shahidijavidnamnationwide_protests_2022woman_life_freedomarak

Arak, Iran27 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_shahidijavidnamwoman_life_freedomarakprotest_victims_2022

Arak, Iran27 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.

javidnammehrshad_shahidi_nezhadarakiran_protests_2022woman_life_freedom

Arak, Iran27 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_shahidijavidnamaraknationwide_protestsprotest_victims_2022

Arak, Iran27 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_shahidijavidnamnationwide_protests_2022woman_life_freedomarak

Arak, Iran27 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_shahidijavidnamprotest_victimswoman_life_freedomarak

Arak, Iran26 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_shahidiarakjavidnamflower_layingmemorial_ceremony

Arak, Markazi Province, Iran16 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.

javidnammehrshad_shahidihadis_najafihananeh_kiapouya_bakhtiari

Behesht-e Sakineh Cemetery, Karaj, Iran2023-04

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

javidnammehrshad_shahidiwoman_life_freedomiran_protestsprotest_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.

javidnammehrshad_shahidi_nezhadmehrshad_shahidisarina_esmailzadehmemorial_ceremony

Arak, Markazi Province, Iran2 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_nezhadmehrshad_shahidijavidnamarakrevolutionary_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_nezhadjavidnamarakwoman_life_freedomprotest_victims

Arak, Iran27 Oct 2022

VIDEO

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

javidnammehrshad_shahidihadis_najafiarakkaraj

Arak, Iran16 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.

javidnammehrshad_shahidiarakelectionselection_boycott

Arak, Iran2026-01

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_shahidijavidnamarakgravememorial

Arak, Iran2024-05

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.

javidnamuprising_2022memorialmehrshad_shahidinavid_afkari

Iran2026-01

VIDEO

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

mehrshad_shahidijavidnammemorialchefjustice_seeking

Arak, Iran2026-01

VIDEO

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

mehrshad_shahidijavidnamarakflower_tributecemetery

Arak, Iran

VIDEO

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.

arakgatheringstreet_protestsnight_filmingmehrshad_shahidi

Arak, Iran31 Dec 2025

VIDEO

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

araknighttime_gatheringmehrshad_shahidijavidnamarak_protests

Arak, Iran31 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, Iran31 Dec 2025

A memorial portrait of Mehrshad Shahidi, killed after arrest; his death was announced the next day.

javidnammehrshad_shahidikilled_in_custodymemorialiran_protests

Iran27 Oct 2022

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