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According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society's information website, it was Monday, June 16, when news arrived that the Zionist regime had attacked a Red Crescent ambulance and two rescue workers were martyred while on duty. "Mojtaba Maleki" was one of these martyrs. None of us had seen war, but we were fully prepared. Hossein Nikbakht is Mojtaba's friend and colleague who were together that Monday in the breathtaking rescue and relief operation in Tehran: "We took pictures and talked about relief and martyrdom, and joked. None of us had seen war and had no idea. That's why we were going through the hardest days of our lives. Among all the incidents, the war was the hardest for us because we saw the rubble and destroyed residential houses from close up, we pulled our fellow countrymen's women and children out of the rubble and hoped that we might save lives. It was the same evening that west Tehran was attacked again and we were sent to the area for operations. We had an ambulance and a rescue vehicle. I was supposed to be sent with Mojtaba in an ambulance, but the plan changed and three other people went to the west of the capital in an ambulance, and I took myself to the scene in my rescue vehicle.” This rescuer explains that they had gone into action to assess the area when the first explosion occurred with a very strong wave; they had just come to their senses when another explosion... and his friend was martyred: “A few minutes after the second explosion, I came to my senses and saw that I was injured; but I stopped and looked for my other colleagues again and found almost everyone except Behnam and Mojtaba. I went to our cars, which were parked a little further away, and our ambulance was completely burned and nothing was left of it. During the Gaza war, I had seen the Zionist regime attack even rescue workers, but I couldn’t believe it until I saw that the ambulance was completely destroyed. A few minutes later, Behnam, covered in blood, came towards us; but there was no news of Mojtaba. We were hoping to find Mojtaba, but about an hour later I saw several military personnel carrying a body and carrying it away. A few minutes later they brought another body that was covered in a blanket. We realized that Mojtaba Maleki, our good friend who had been married for almost two or three years, had been martyred along with another aid worker named "Amir Hossein Jamshidpour." Those two bodies were the bodies of our forces that were taken from the scene. The entire team was in a very bad state, so they did not allow us to face the bodies, but then I heard that Mojtaba had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and chest. "He had been looking for Red Crescent courses since he was a teenager. It had not been more than a few years since they started living together. They had imagined thousands of dreams for their future. His grieving wife says of Mojtaba's interest in volunteer work and helping others since his teenage years: "Mojtaba decided to take Red Crescent courses when he was a teenager. As he himself said, when he was young and standing in line at the bakery to buy bread, an old man suffered a cardiac arrest in front of his eyes. Because no one had the knowledge to save the lives of people in that critical situation, the old man lost his life. This painful incident prompted Mojtaba to learn Red Crescent courses and receive the degree of sacrifice, which is the highest degree of Red Crescent training." His wish was martyrdom. On the morning of June 16, Mojtaba Maleki set off on a mission like all previous days; but his farewell that day was different from all previous days. The young woman says about this: "It had been almost 3 years since Mojtaba and I had been married. His dream was to be martyred and he always prayed in his qunut prayers that he would be martyred and in the end he achieved his great dream. From the day Israel's attack on our beloved Iran began, I was stressed and anxious. I knew what my wife was pursuing and that was why I was stressed. Because when Mojtaba made the promise of Sadeq II, he said that we must raze Israel to the ground. He said that we must destroy global oppression and he believed that we had the power to do so. "The last phone conversation "was at noon when I found out that Israel was going to attack several areas in Tehran, including the Iranian Broadcasting Corporation, Chitgar and ..
I called my wife several times since the morning and asked her to take care of herself." Martyr Maleki's wife continues with anger: "The last time I called her was around 5:30 in the evening. It was clear that she was very busy. I once again emphasized to her to take care of herself. She said that we are ready and not to worry; whatever God wills, it will happen. I said goodbye to him, but I didn’t know that I would never hear his voice again. I am a nurse, and that day, when my shift ended, I called my wife, but someone else answered. The person who answered said that enemy missiles had attacked an area in Tehran and were conducting an operation. My wife and three ambulances had gone to the intended location to provide relief. Apparently, the enemy had set up an ambush and was waiting for the rescue vehicles to arrive. Then, they directed the drone over the rescue vehicles and targeted the rescue vehicles; defenseless and unarmed people who had gone to save the lives of their fellow citizens.” The last selfie that remained was Hazrat Fard, one of the rescuers on the scene of the war, who was present at the moment his colleagues were martyred and was himself injured. The heaviness of his voice shows that it is difficult for him to even remember that moment. That moment will never be erased from this rescuer’s mind. A moment full of passion and terrifying seconds as lives were lost one by one: “I didn’t understand what happened at all. All my attention was on finding Mehdi and Mojtaba, and we were so caught up in this that we got away from the ambulance. At that moment, the ambulance hit us and we lost Mojtaba. I was also hit by the blast wave. When I came to, I realized that my colleague was taking me to the ambulance to take me away from there. I immediately screamed and resisted. I wanted to go back to my colleagues. But they wouldn't let me. My ears couldn't hear anything. I felt bad. But I wanted to stay with the children. To go to Mojtaba. But they wouldn't let me and forcibly threw me into the ambulance and took me away. But all my thoughts were with the children. I still can't believe that my comrades are no more. Mojtaba had been saying since day one that, given the critical situation that had arisen, we must always stay with the people. All of us rescuers go on missions with love and our focus is on serving the people, but every time we went on a mission to war scenes, we hugged each other, took souvenir photos, and said goodbye to each other, because martyrdom might be our last mission.” From patience and tolerance to exemplary dignity and peace, Mojtabi was born on February 17, 1973; it was one day before the birth of Imam Hassan Mojtaba, and that is why we named him Mojtaba. Martyr Maleki’s father says, “He had the distinctive qualities of the blessed name of the second Imam of the Shiites. From patience and tolerance to exemplary dignity and peace. It didn’t matter what the crisis was. From a family challenge to relief and rescue operations; Mojtaba had a personality that always tried to resolve issues calmly and logically, and everyone was ultimately satisfied. "Mojtaba had learned altruism, philanthropy, and love for Iran at home. Martyr Maleki's father says: "The same years we went to Natanz, around 1990, he became a member of the Red Crescent. His interest in these matters goes back to his brother Mustafa's temporary presence in the Red Crescent's work." Of course, Mojtaba Maleki's father also mentioned the bakery queue incident and the main spark for learning first aid and joining the Red Crescent as the main motivation for his martyred son: "He had a degree in electronics and was active in mobile phone repairs and installing CCTV cameras, but his main job was relief and rescue in the Red Crescent. In general, we raised the children at home to help people at all times; even to the extent of pushing people's cars. "Mujtaba had learned altruism, humanity, and love for Iran at home, and he sacrificed his life for this very reason."/Razieh Zargari