This page keeps the memory of 33 artists; painters, actors, singers, rappers, designers and puppet makers about whose art the sources have spoken in the description of their lives. The first date on this page is 11 Ordibehesht 1388 and the last 22 Mehr 1405. 27 of them were killed in protests and 3 were executed. 2 have been sentenced to death and one faces a charge that carries the death penalty.
Dey 1404
Most of the names on this page, 26 names, belong to the year 1404; 13 artists were killed on 18 Dey 1404 and 7 artists on 19 Dey 1404. From the year 1405 there are also 2 names on this page. Tehran with 13 names, Isfahan with 5, Mashhad with 3 and Kermanshah with 2 names have the largest share. The ages range from 16 to 51 years, and the median is 28 years. 4 people were under 18, and the sources have written of 8 people that they were women. For 25 of these 33 people a description of life is available, and of the others sometimes only a name, a city and a date remain.
Stage and voice
Ahmad Abbasi, 28 years old, a theatre actor and set designer, had been involved since 3 Dey in the performance of the play “Setareh” at the Hilaj theatre in Tehran; he had earlier been the production manager of the play “Khomari” and an actor in the play “Lahzeh-ye Za.” On 18 Dey 1404 he was hit by a bullet and died before his family could reach him. Reyhaneh Yousefi, 28 years old, a theatre actress who “was full of energy and loved the stage,” was killed on the evening of 19 Dey in Naziabad. Arya Honarmand, 27 years old, a rapper and composer, had released a song called “Azadi” (Freedom) three days before his death; he was killed on 18 Dey in Naziabad by two military bullets. Abolfazl Yaghmouri, 17 years old, a rapper with the stage name “Fateh” who had just begun rapping, died in the street in Fardis after 40 minutes of bleeding. Babak Jamali, a singer in Arak and father of two young children, four-year-old Nikan and one-year-old Radman, according to the source had gone to the protest “to build a better future for his children.”
Colour and design
Sahba Rashtian, 23 years old, an animation graduate of the Isfahan University of Art and an assistant referee in women's football, was killed on 19 Dey 1404 in Isfahan; the source writes that she “has become a symbol of these protests.” Amirali Zarei, 35 years old, a student at the University of Art and a musician, lost his life before the eyes of his sister. Amir Yektaei Yeganeh, 16 years old, a DJ and percussion player, was killed in Qarchak. Reza Moradi, 17 years old, an apprentice panel beater and car painter in Azna, who had said about the reason for his protest: “Misery, poverty and high prices,” lost his life in hospital on 15 Dey 1404.
Those executed
Delara Darabi, 22 years old, who “had painted since the age of ten” and whose exhibition of works in prison had drawn attention to her case, was executed on 11 Ordibehesht 1388 in Rasht; the first name on this page. Alisina Mostafavi, a musician and mountaineer from Bam, was executed in Mehr 1405 on the charge of “armed action.” These charges are the account of the authorities, not a verdict of guilt.
Sources and incompleteness
These 33 names are not all of the artists who have lost their lives; the page contains only those whose art the sources have mentioned. The main sources are iranhrs.org with 27 cases, Iran International with 21, HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 20, English Wikipedia with 18, iranintl.com with 15, Persian Wikipedia with 11, Iran International with 10, IranWire with 8, Independent Persian with 7 and RFE/RL with 5 cases. If you knew one of these artists, from their work or personally, send us your memory or correction.