🔻40 years ago, on this day, 13 Mordad, the ever-living Masoud Dhatparvar, a champion of classical physics and a bodybuilding coach, was born in the city of Rasht.

🔹Dhatparvar was killed on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 during the Iranian national revolution against the Islamic Republic, when he was shot by a combat bullet fired by the government’s repressive forces.

🔹In an online interview, he had called the people of Iran “Pahlavan” because of their resilience in this economic situation.

🔹Dhatparvar began professional sports in his teens, and after taking part in domestic competitions, in 2012 he won the biggest honor of his sporting career by securing the World Championship title in the Classic Physique category in Bulgaria. He also earned the title of World Champion of Champions (Overall) in the same competitions, and for years he worked in Rasht as a coach and a well-known figure in bodybuilding.

🔹After the killing of the ever-living Dhatparvar and the silence of Hadi Choopan, the former Mr. Olympia champion, a campaign was launched against the massacre of the people of Iran, which came alongside the deaths of many Iranian bodybuilding and physique champions. The campaign involved bringing down images of Hadi Choopan in gyms and replacing them with the image of the Pahlavan Masoud Dhatparvar.