Hassan Jangju

Hassan Jangju (; 1967–1984) was an Iranian Basiji during the Iran–Iraq War who became subject to an iconic photograph taken by Alfred Yaghobzadeh in 1980. He was declared missing in action in 1984, and his body was returned to Iran in 2017.

Shot In the photo, Jangju is crawling through muddy ground of the marshes in south of Iran while he is holding a rifle in ready state. Alfred Yaghobzadeh was working for the Gamma and Associated Press news agencies at the time of capturing the famous photograph. The same photo was used as propaganda for recruiting volunteers by the Iranian authorities during the Iran–Iraq war and afterwards. A few hours after the funeral, his mother Jeyran Pourali died.