Survivor of Tel Aviv’s Tehran Attack Regains Consciousness
WANA (Oct 15) – Today’s story is about a young woman named Fahimeh Hashemitabar, a master’s student at Sharif University of Technology and an honors graduate of the University of Tehran. She was the only child of a family that lost both parents in Israeli attacks on Iran.
On the night of the attack, June 20, 2025, Fahimeh was at her father’s home. Her father, Seyed Asghar Hashemitabar, born in 1974, was a researcher in the defense sector and held a Ph.D. in Strategic Sciences from the Supreme National Defense University of Iran. He, along with his wife Tahereh Taheri and daughter, was directly targeted in an Israeli strike at their residence.
Seyed Asghar Hashemitabar had been placed under U.S. sanctions in 2019 for his involvement in nuclear and missile research and development activities.
Seyed Asghar Hashemitabar and his wife Tahereh Taheri. Social media/ WANA News Agency
Following the attack, Fahimeh was the only survivor of her family, but she suffered severe injuries, including brain trauma, spinal stroke, and lung failure, and has remained hospitalized ever since.
According to Shohreh Pirani, widow of the Iranian nuclear scientist Dariush Rezaeinejad, Fahimeh spent most of the days after her parents’ martyrdom in a coma, in induced sleep, immobile, and connected to multiple machines.
Now, after 112 days, she has regained consciousness and has only recently learned about the death of her parents.
Shohreh Pirani, the widow of the Iranian nuclear scientist Dariush Rezaeinejad, and her daughter. Social media/ WANA News Agency
Fahimeh’s Academic and Scientific Path
From elementary through high school, Fahimeh studied in schools for gifted students. She was initially admitted to Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tehran but later switched to Industrial Engineering, where she became one of the top students.
During her studies, she served as a teaching assistant in several courses, including programming, and was consistently among the best in her class.
According to her husband, Hossein Charbaghi: “Even as a student, she was disciplined and hardworking. At university, she studied with great dedication and always prioritized academics over personal matters. During her master’s studies, she also worked as a planning and project control specialist at a private company.”
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How They Met — and the Promise That United Them
Fahimeh Hashemitabar and her husband first met during their university years at the University of Tehran, when they were both teaching assistants for the same course. Their acquaintance led to engagement, but before the official marriage contract, Fahimeh made a request of her fiancé: “If you want to make me happy, you must be admitted to Sharif University.”
With Fahimeh’s encouragement and her father’s support, Charbaghi succeeded in passing the master’s entrance exam, and both continued their studies at Sharif University of Technology.
Their wedding was planned for September, but destiny had another plan…
Fahimeh Hashemitabar. Social media/ WANA News Agency
Global Sympathy for the Girl Who Returned from the Edge of Death
Fahimeh’s awakening from a coma after more than 100 days sparked widespread attention on social media. Online users from across the world — including the United States and Europe — shared messages wishing her a full recovery.
Many described her return to life as a symbol of hope and human resilience, sending condolences and words of support for her on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
Some of the online users’ words are as follows:
