Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri

What strikes me about Mazaheri is the brutal arc of his story. A 192 cm goalkeeper from an Iranian oil town, he spent a career stopping shots for the national team, then in 2026 spoke against Ali Khamenei during the protests and vanished. I find that almost unbearably poignant: a man whose whole profession was guarding a goal ended up unprotected himself for the simple act of speaking. I am less interested in his save statistics than in the courage it took to step into that line of fire. Wherever he is, I hope he is safe, and I think his name deserves to be remembered.

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Name (English)

Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri

Name (Japanese)

モハンマド・ラシード・マザーヘリー

Reading

もはんまど・らしーど・まざーへりー

Born

May 18, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Dogonbadan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran

Height

192 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Rashid%20Mazaheri
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6892319

Tags

• Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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