Kerman

This page keeps the memory of 224 people whose names are linked with Kerman, the capital of the province of Kerman; from 11 Dey 1388 to 22 Mehr 1405. Most of these names come from this city's prison: 181 people were executed. 35 people were killed in protests, one person lost their life in custody and one person in suspicious circumstances. 3 people are at risk of execution, one person has been sentenced to death and 2 people face a charge that carries the death penalty.

11 Dey 1392

In the list for Kerman, one day weighs more heavily than any other: 11 Dey 1392, on which 50 people are recorded; all the names of that year on this one day. The years 1404 with 56 names, 1392 with 50 names and 1393 with 28 names are the heaviest years of this page, and after them come 1402 with 16, 1401 with 13 and 1400 with 12 names. The day 18 Dey 1404 with 14 killed, the days 27 Shahrivar 1393 and 5 Bahman 1393 with 6 names each and 4 Azar 1400 with 5 names also stand out on this list. The ages range from 17 to 54 years, and the median is 32 years. 2 people were under 18, and the sources have written of 27 people that they were women.

18 Dey 1404

Rouhollah Ahmadi Kouhbanani, 40 years old, worked in building services. He and his son Amirali were killed by military bullets on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 at the beginning of Esteghlal Street in Kerman. The source writes that besides Amirali, he “was the father of two other children: a six-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son”; children who have now lost their father and their older brother. Amin Rezaei, 31 years old, a repairer of industrial café equipment, was killed on Azadi Square in Kerman. The source writes: “His son ‘Sadar’ was two years old and his daughter ‘Rasta’ only three months old when their father was killed.” Danial Dayani, 24 years old, a law student at Razi University, was also killed that same night.

Marzieh Kamali, 23 years old, a student whom the source introduces as Baluch, was hit in the back by pellets from close range on the evening of 19 Dey 1404 on Bahmanyar Street and lost her life.

Those executed

Arman Bahrasemani “was 16 years old at the time of the incident.” In prison he received sports and cultural certificates and commendations, and he was executed on 26 Dey 1395 at the age of 20. The source writes that from the dawn of that day “a large number of local people had gathered in front of Kerman Prison” and were praying for him to be saved. Jalil Shahbakhsh, 30 years old, and his brother's son Yousef Shahbakhsh, both of whom the source introduces as Baluch and of the Ghanbarzehi clan, were executed on 15 Azar 1397 together with at least 11 others in Kerman Central Prison; according to the source, both had confessed under torture to possessing weapons.

Alisina Mostafavi, 39 years old, a mountaineer and musician from Bam who according to his friends had climbed several peaks in the Himalayas, was arrested at his home in Ordibehesht 1405 and executed in Mehr 1405 on the charge of “armed action.” Habibollah Ghanbarzehi Farjad, 38 years old, a driver, was executed on 20 Mehr 1405. These charges are the account of the authorities, not a verdict of guilt.

Sources and incompleteness

224 names are not all of those from Kerman who lost their lives; the real number is higher, and we include only names that have a source. The main sources are the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 125 cases, the Iran Human Rights Society with 52, Haalvsh with 35, HRANA with 29 and 25, Iran International with 23, iranhrs.org with 9, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 6, Persian Wikipedia with 5 and IranWire with 4 cases. If you knew one of these 224 people, send us your memory or correction.