Nima Tekido

Nima Rezaei , known online as Nima Takido (; also styled Nima Tekido), is an Iranian YouTuber and internet personality known for Persian-language comedy, entertainment and group-challenge videos. He received wider media attention in July 2026 after a planned meeting with fans at Iran Mall in Tehran attracted a crowd substantially larger than the event's planned capacity.

His content principally consists of comedy videos, reactions, challenges and group entertainment aimed at Persian-speaking audiences.

Published estimates of the number of attendees varied. Some reports referred to tens of thousands of people, although Radio Farda stated that no independent estimate had confirmed the larger figures. The outlet described only the presence of a crowd significantly greater than the event's expected capacity as firmly established.

The message displayed on the channel referred to an order issued by judicial authorities. According to Zoomit, the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran had not provided a detailed public explanation for the decision at the time of the report.

Reports circulating on social media also claimed that Takido had been arrested, but no official announcement or sufficiently reliable independent report confirming an arrest had been published.

Media analysis The Iran Mall gathering prompted discussion in Iranian and international media about changing patterns of celebrity and the role of social-media personalities in the lives of Iranian teenagers.

Radio Farda described Takido as part of a group of cultural figures who had developed large audiences outside traditional Iranian television and cinema. The report interpreted the gathering as an example of online networks rapidly producing large physical gatherings without a conventional organisation or central institution.

Iran International similarly described the event as evidence of a parallel celebrity culture among younger Iranians, with its own personalities, humour and online communities that were often unfamiliar to older audiences and traditional media institutions. These descriptions represented media analysis of the gathering rather than measurements of Takido's long-term cultural influence.