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According to a reporter from the Khair Iran Analytical News Agency, "Yaser Zivari" was a firefighter from Asadabad, Hamedan Province, who was injured while helping the wounded in the Zionist regime's aggressive attacks and attained martyrdom on Sunday evening, 1st of Tir this year. On 3rd of Tir, the funeral ceremony for this martyr was held in Asadabad with the enthusiastic presence of the people; a ceremony in which all the people of the city had come. The streets and alleys were full of people. Old and young, men and women, all gathered to see off the hero of their small city, Asadabad, Hamedan; to see off a young man who was known by many for his kindness and generosity. Mrs. Farnia; Yaser Zivari's wife tells us: "Everyone knew that if they came to Yaser's house for help, they would not leave empty-handed." This was his way of life, volunteering and helping, and he gave his life in this way; to help the people of his city.
A wish that came true
Although a few days have passed since the incident, Mrs. Farnia is still thinking about her martyred husband’s birthday, two months ago, in May. The moment when Yasser blew out his birthday candle and then made a wish. Yasser blew out his birthday candle and then fell into thought. Farnia asked, “What did you wish for this year?” Yasser did not answer. For a moment, his gaze remained fixed on his wife, his four-year-old son Reza, and his wife’s pregnant belly. For a moment, a dark shadow fell on his eyes, and then he smiled and said, “God willing, it will be good.”
Mrs. Farnia had wished that her 37th birthday would be a blessed year for her husband. The year he would become a father for the second time. But Yasser had thought about his days of service. To increase his presence at the Asadabad Pass Road Rescue and Relief Base. He was eager to help, and perhaps that is why, in the early days of the Zionist regime's imposed war, he took his life in his hands and did not leave the field.
Farnia tells the Khair Iran reporter: "Yaser had one foot in the aid and rescue base and the other in the city's fire station." Years ago, when his lips had just grown, Zivari became familiar with the voluntary activities of the Red Crescent Society. Whenever he found free time, he would go to the base and take a first aid course so that maybe one day he could save someone's life on the street. Or he would participate in the group's voluntary and humanitarian activities. Sometimes he would attend the Nazar Khedat programs and deliver livelihood packages to the needy, and sometimes he would do a shift of voluntary service at a roadside base.
“The first thing he said at the proposal meeting was that he would have to work both firefighting shifts and shifts at the aid station,” says Farnia. According to Farnia, even though her husband was employed by the fire department, he would serve people at the road rescue station after his shift when he could rest. But that wasn’t all that Zivari did. He was a professional basketball player for many years and even played for his city’s basketball team for many years. After retirement, he continued to coach and referee basketball to encourage the city’s youth to play sports. Yaser’s sports, charitable, and volunteer activities continued until 1404.
Heroic Ascension
Farnia remembers that Yaser had just finished his shift at the fire department and was at home, but the fire department called him again and told him to be on standby. Although Yasser was tired from his daily work, he put on his uniform and headed to the base. Farnia heard the terrible sound. One eye was on the clock and the other on the news that was being transmitted. The city was under missile fire and her husband was in the field, busy providing aid and relief. Yasser returned home at seven in the evening. He had put out many fires and saved many lives. The next day, on June 14, he put on his uniform again, because he was ready to be a Red Crescent volunteer. He left the house at six twenty. Farnia heard the story of that day from her husband's colleagues and friends; Yasser and other rescuers had been going from this street and house to that alley and neighborhood for several hours to provide aid and assistance. Several explosions had occurred in less than five minutes, one after the other. Two or three missiles hit the side of a Samandi car and several people were injured and martyred. Yasser's voice is still ringing in his colleagues' ears as he laughed and said, "By God, they're going to hit us right now." A few minutes later, a missile hit the fire truck, and then the paramedics saw a half-dead body. They were carrying him away on a stretcher. When the paramedics went to help, they were stunned. It was Yasser, hit by shrapnel in the neck and back.
Farnia tells the rest of the story. When she heard the news, she didn't know how to get to the hospital. Yasser was in the operating room and had been taken to the ward unconscious. The doctors had said that he might never walk again because of the shot in his back. Farnia had looked at her tall husband and thought, "I'll be there until the end, even if he can't walk." Eight days passed. Then another operation was performed, and after the doctors had given up hope of a cure, they transferred him to Hamadan Hospital.
Yaser's wife says: "He has been feeling better lately and has regained consciousness." He had wanted to see his wife and Reza, his son. When they met, he had laughed as always and said: "We are going home together." Farnia's heart was heavy. She says: "We have prepared ourselves for him to return home." Yaser's enthusiasm, however, seemed to be greater than his desire to leave. The first day of Tir was coming to an end. The sky had cast its red curtain over the city of Asadabad when Yaser answered the call of God.
Farnia says: "Don't think that Yaser is gone, both his soul and his body have become immortal and are alive." Farnia will definitely have words for Reza when he grows up. She must create a correct image of his father for the child he will soon give birth to. She has words about their father's kindness. About the sound of his loud and constant laughter. The mother will speak of the heart that trembled for the homeland. He will tell of the day when their father heroically burned in enemy fire, but his memory and charitable deeds, like Qaqnusi, lived on.
Reporting by Leila Shoghi