Ahvaz

This page is dedicated to 235 people whose names appear in our list with a source and with the city of Ahvaz. 124 of them were executed and 77 were killed in protests. 5 people lost their lives in detention, 3 people were killed by government forces outside of protests and 1 person in other circumstances. The death sentence of 6 people has been upheld, 6 people have been sentenced to death, 7 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence and 6 people face a charge that carries the death penalty. The earliest date on this page is 30 Mehr 1388 and the latest 31 Shahrivar 1405.

Years and days

Two years in the list for Ahvaz are heavier than the rest: 1404 with 66 names and 1398 with 59 names. The years 1401 with 20 names, 1392 with 14 names and 1402 with 13 names come after them. The year 1390 has ten names, and from the year 1405 so far 10 names have also been recorded. From each of the years 1395, 1396 and 1397 there is only one name on this page.

In Ahvaz no day has a very high number, but several days recur: 18 Ordibehesht 1390, 16 Ordibehesht 1402 and 12 Mehr 1404 with 7 names each, 25 Bahman 1401 with 6 names and 8 Ordibehesht 1392 with 5 names. The youngest person on this page was 16 years old and the oldest 53, and the median of the ages is 27 years. 7 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 20 women in the list for Ahvaz whose source stated that they were women.

Death in detention

Naser Alboushokeh Derafshan, 19 years old, who had just finished his military service and had a small clothing shop on Naderi Street in Ahvaz, died in detention on 10 Bahman 1390. His family went to the detention centre with a property deed and a little food in the hope of his release, and in the grounds saw that their son's body was in an ambulance. They were told he had died a natural death; but according to the family, signs of torture and bruising were visible on his body. His body remained for 11 days in the morgue of Golestan Hospital.

Emad Heydari, 31 years old, was arrested on 5 Mehr 1401 and, according to the source, on 14 Mehr his body, having died under torture, was handed over. Hossein Ghavi, 28 years old, who had a disability in his leg and was the sole breadwinner of the household, had a tea kiosk in Zargan. According to the source, he was arrested by IRGC Intelligence on the charge of filming areas that had been destroyed in American and Israeli attacks, and lost his life in the detention centre.

Protests

Reza Taei, 22 years old, a student, was killed on 22 Aban 1388, according to the source at close range by one of the police officers, when he stopped his car and got out. One of those close to him has been quoted as saying: “We ask the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to think a little about our young people and about the deprivation and unemployment of the Arab people.” Mehdi Kabizadeh, 47 years old, father of a daughter, according to the source was arrested in the Dey protests in Khuzestan and lost his life because he was deprived of adequate treatment.

Executions and sentences

Abdolreza Gharabat, 52 years old, who according to the source had worked in the IRGC from 1359 to 1381, had been wounded in the war and then turned to teaching ethics, was executed on 6 Bahman 1389 in Karoun Prison in Ahvaz. His family heard the news from the media. Ali Aghajari Peyvand was arrested at the age of 17 on a charge of “murder” and was executed on 28 Mehr 1404, at the age of 22, in Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz. Dariush Atashafrouz was also arrested at the age of 17, and his death sentence has been upheld. Hassan Mosalavi (Torfi), an Arab civil and cultural activist, has been sentenced to death in absentia on charges such as “moharebeh (enmity) against God.”

About the sources and the incompleteness of this list

These 235 names are not all of the victims from Ahvaz; the real number is higher, and we record only a name for which we have a source. The largest share of the sources for this page is held by the Iran Human Rights Society with 79 cases; followed by Persian Wikipedia with 58, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 54, HRANA with 50 and Radio Zamaneh with 20 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 14 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the victims from Ahvaz, send us your memory or correction.