Portrait of Fahmideh in the Martyrs' Museum, Tehran
Native name
محمد حسین فهمیده
Born
(1967-05-06)6 May 1967 Qom, Imperial State of Iran
Died
30 October 1980(1980-10-30) (aged 13) Khorramshahr, Iran
Buried
Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran
Allegiance
Islamic Republic of Iran
Service/branch
Basij
Engagements
Iran–Iraq War
First Battle of Khorramshahr †
Awards
Order of Fath (first-grade)
Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh (Persian: محمد حسین فهمیده;[1](1967-05-06)6 May 1967 – (1980-10-30)30 October 1980) was an Iranian child soldier and an icon of the Iran–Iraq War. During the First Battle of Khorramshahr in 1980, he served with the Basij and fought invading Iraqi forces in and around the city of Khorramshahr. Fahmideh is credited with having halted the advance of an Iraqi tank column after he jumped underneath an Iraqi tank and detonated a full grenade belt, killing himself in the process. He is celebrated as a war hero in Iran.[2]
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