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On the afternoon of Sunday, June 22, 2025, a Red Crescent volunteer, Ali Akbar Mirmohammadi, aged 33 or 34, was killed in an alleged Israeli “double-tap” strike in Isfahan, Iran, and succumbed to his injuries on June 29. The strike also killed five individuals recorded as having militant status, including Saeed Younesi who was a member of the Basij. Saeed was also Ali’s friend and and his employer in the agricultural machinery workshop. Four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members were also killed.
According to a Lalehkhiz TV report dedicated to late Ali Mirmohammadi, Ali and Saeed were killed when they were going to help IRGC personnel trapped under the rubble after an alleged Israeli strike hit their position (a military center). An IRGC vehicle carrying Ali, Saeed, and at least two militants was struck, leading to the immediate death of Saeed and the grave injury of Ali. According to Ali’s father and brother who spoke to a reporter of Lalehkhiz TV, Ali and Saeed were told to leave upon arriving to the scene as a drone was hovering overhead. However, the pair stayed, and they were struck along with a loader that was also present in the scene.
Based on the testimonies of Ali’s father and brother, Ali was a volunteer with the Red Crescent for eight to ten years, but he was not an official member. He worked in an agricultural machinery workshop with his friend Saeed Younesi who owned the workshop. According to his father, Ali usually worked two or three days a week for the Red Crescent except during holiday periods, in which he worked with them full time. The TV report also featured the images of Ali and clips from his funeral.
The death of Ali Mirmohammadi was announced by the Red Crescent Society in the statement, saying: “The fifth member of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, aid worker “Sayyid Ali Akbar Mirmohammadi”, who was injured on Sunday, July 1, 1404, following the brutal attack of the Zionist regime in Isfahan, was martyred today.” The statement was accompanied by an image of Ali in the paramedic uniform.
A report by the Red Crescent Society dedicated to its five paramedics and volunteers who had perished during the 12-day war contained additional details about Ali. Born in 1991, he had two university degrees, a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and a bachelor’s degree in law. He was recently married, around two and half months, according to @iranian_rcs on Instagram. In 2005, after completing a first aid course, he joined the Shahreza Red Crescent Society and since then, he has participated seriously in relief and humanitarian activities. His last shift happened just 48 hours before his death.
The head of the Shahreza Red Crescent Branch, Morteza Emadi, recalling his last meeting with Seyyed Ali Akbar, said that he attended the base with his wife, also a Red Crescent volunteer. He described Ali as a “humble person”: “If he had to go to the base, he would take the lead and do the work with readiness and humility. He was disciplined and would go to his shifts on time, and he was never given a warning. His commitment and responsibility were noticed by his friends.” Morteza Emadi added that Ali “had faith, purity, and was religious. He was the leader in marches, Friday prayers, and public appeals.”
Eitaa.com mourned the death of the other victim, Saeed Younesi, a Basij member, who was killed “after many years of struggle and service in various fields of the Islamic system.” The post contained two images of Ali, a middle-aged man wearing glasses.
Instagram account @khademin_shohada.shahreza posted a video showing a house of the mother of Saeed and his images.
In terms of Saeed’s Basij affiliation, under the Geneva Conventions, Article 43 of Additional Protocol I, armed forces of a state include all organised armed forces, groups, or units. As the IRGC is a state armed force, and the Basij is a constituent branch, individuals cited as being members of the Basij have been recorded as militants unless sources reported a formal end to their affiliation. As such, Saeed’s death has been recorded among the count of militant fatalities.
Four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in the incident: Mostafa Younesi who was also a wrestler, Esmail Gharghani, Jahangir Teymouri and Mohammad Saghafi. They are considered militants by Airwars and are not included in the civilian casualty toll.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military. On June 22, 2025, the Israeli military announced via it’s official English-language Telegram account that “missile launchers were struck in Isfahan”, adding “During the strikes, an IAF aircraft identified Iranian Armed Forces soldiers loading missile launchers and eliminated them.” It is not clear whether the strikes in Isfahan and eliminated soldiers match the strike and corresponding harm recorded in this incident. As such, the strike status remains ‘likely’, but this Telegram post has been included as a potentially relevant source.
Given that the strike hit those on their way to assist those trapped and injured in an earlier strike, Airwars has classified this strike as a “double-tap”, noting that a militant becomes a hors de combat when injured, and is no longer a legitimate military target.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Isfahan, Iran (اصفهان), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.653878, 51.665997. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.