Look at the life of Morteza Dehdari; His camera off but his images immortalized

Mehr News Agency, Provinces Group: Morteza Dehdari was born in Abadan in the year 6 and began the love of photography from childhood by buying a small camera. This simple camera was the starting point for his professional route, which eventually became one of Iran's most influential war photographers. During his five years of professional career, he attended the imposed war fighters and captured unique images of various operations, martyrs and historical moments of the war.

Starting photography and entering the battlefields

Morteza Dehdari said about his start in photography: “I started buying a camera from childhood, and after entering the media and starting to work in the Islamic Republic newspaper, I was seriously pursued. “With the start of the imposed war, I continued photography on the front and the war with the warriors.”

“Since I became a photographer, I was accompanying the warriors most of the operations,” said Dehdari. “I have taken a photo of many of the martyrs who were martyred in various operations.”

A memory of Imam Khamenei's historic trip to war zones

One of the memorable memories of Morteza Dehdari was to accompany Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his first trip to war zones. He in this Bar “On one of my trips, I realized that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was planning to travel to Ahwaz for the first time and want to visit the war zones,” he said. “With the insistence and insistence I spent my agreement with them on this trip.”

“We were waiting for the plane at the airport and his companions, which quickly caught our attention after a moment,” Dehdari continued. Later, we found out that Bani -Sadr had canceled his aircraft. The only airline to fly to Ahwaz was a freight freight aircraft that the gentleman said we were going with. “

He says: “After reaching Ahwaz and going to Khorramshahr, Ayatollah Khamenei observed Iraqi actions with the martyrs of Jahanara and Sardar Nouri and other companions from the Khorramshahr bridge and through the viewpoints of the Iraqi actions.”

Record

During his career, Dehdari captured many images of the historical moments of the war. One of his most famous photos is a picture of the Khorramshahr Bridge and the Sajdah of a soldier who has won four international awards.

This photo was admired not only in Iran but also worldwide and won numerous awards, including the best photo of the year in the Iranian Press and the first place at the War Photo Festival.

Cooperation with the martyrs and Participants

During the imposed war, Dehdari worked with many media groups and warriors. She's interviews of the martyr Rahbar, one of His companionsHe referred to as an exceptional man in the news and media. “The martyr was the leader of an exceptional man,” said Dehdari. One day I had gone to the opening of Imam Port Petrochemicals with him, who jokingly said to me, “Morteza, you are all the time in the cities and streets and war zones. If you were martyred one day, who is the news of your martyrdom?” “I said with a laugh,” Finally, a driver will find this news. “

He also mentioned martyr Behrouz Moradi, a prominent war photographer and artist, saying: “Behrouz Moradi was photographer, writer, designer, journalist and painter. He was really an artist, and one of his lasting honors is the “Welcome to Blood City”. “Behrouz, while participating in most of the operations, had no injuries, but in the last operation before the end of the war in the last shootings he was shot and martyred.”

During his career, Dehdari received many awards and honors, including a sign of war in year 2 and appreciation from the Supreme Leader. However, he considered serving the warriors as his best honor.

Shaw He said: “The second servant of the war dedication in year 2, the Supreme Leader, as well as as The most documentary “I have a well -known world photographer, but I personally consider my best honor to serve the warriors.”

Morteza Dehdari, a veteran photographer and documentary of the war, died at the age of eight. He was not only a photographer but also a narrator of history who, with his camera, reminded the epics and sacrifices of the warriors for future generations. His death is a major loss not only for the Iranian art and media community, but for all those who are interested in the history and culture of this land.