Majid Javaheri was born in 1980. He studied civil engineering and worked at the Institute of Humanities—a prestigious academic center for humanities and social sciences in Iran. According to a family member, Majid also took on building renovations and carpentry in addition to his academic job.

“Since childhood, Majid handled all the technical work around the house,” the family member recalls. “Later, after spending time on YouTube learning new skills, his passion for hands-on technical work grew even more. He was planning to resign from the institute and begin working full-time in construction.”

Majid lost his father when he was just three years old and never got to know him. “Just as he never knew his father,” the family member says, “he will never see his own son. He was incredibly excited about becoming a father.” Majid also lost his mother to COVID-19. “She was the backbone of our family—a woman who loved travel, nature, and life itself.”

Majid and his wife, Mehri, had bought a home in the Orkideh Complex two years ago. They got married after renovating the home and had recently moved in. Mehri was four months pregnant when the attack happened.

“On the first night of the bombing, Israel was targeting a nuclear scientist who lived in their complex. Majid and Mehri were asleep in their bedroom when the wall collapsed, and they were thrown from their bed. Mehri is one of the few survivors of that building,” the relative says.

The next day, rescuers told the family to check Rasoul Akram Hospital to search for Majid. When they couldn’t find him there, they went to Kahrizak. “There were so many victims that it took a long time to find him. It wasn’t until yesterday that our family was able to identify his body in Kahrizak.”