Aban 1401

This page keeps the memory of 331 people who gave their lives in Aban 1401; from 1 Aban 1401 to 30 Aban 1401. 267 of them were killed in protests; protests known since the autumn of that year by the name “Woman, Life, Freedom.” 41 people were executed in this same month, 11 people lost their lives in custody, 9 people were killed by government forces outside the protests, one person died in suspicious circumstances and 2 people are at risk of execution.

Days and cities

The day with the most names this month is 25 Aban 1401, with 34 names. After it come 13 Aban 1401 and 26 Aban 1401 with 24 names each, 4 Aban 1401 with 19 names and 5 Aban 1401 with 17 names. Those killed in Aban 1401 lost their lives in many cities: Tehran with 21 names, Shiraz with 18, Zahedan with 17, Sanandaj, Khash and Bukan with 16 each, Karaj with 14, Mahabad with 13, Izeh and Javanrud with 10 each, Piranshahr with 7 and Dezful with 6. Among the provinces, Sistan and Baluchestan with 40 names, West Azerbaijan with 39 and Kurdistan with 27 are in the lead.

The ages range from 7 to 70 years, and the median is 26 years. 32 people were under 18, and the sources have written of 43 people that they were women.

Izeh, 25 Aban

Kian Pirfalak “was a third-grade primary school pupil,” the first child of a family of four, with a little brother named Radin. “He wanted to become a robotics engineer and was very intelligent.” A video of him remains in which he tests a boat he built himself: “In the name of the God of the rainbow, I built this boat.” On 25 Aban 1401 he was killed in the family car in Izeh; the account that remains of that moment is this: “The car windows were up, then they riddled the car with gunfire.”

Artin Rahmani Payani, 17 years old, the first child of a family of five, worked in a mechanic's repair shop and dreamed of one day having his own repair shop. He had written to his mother: “I am sorry, mother. I want to set foot on a path on which you may not see my youth.” One of those close to him says: “Whenever I see Artin's clothes, oily clothes that smell of honour, I feel regret that he did not reach his dream.”

Other cities

Javad Rezaei Lafmejani, 47 years old, a stonemason who carved the Faravahar motif and father of 2 children, was killed by pellets from close range on 25 Aban. Javad Mousavi, 39 years old, a safety expert and father of 2 young children who always carried a first-aid kit, was killed on 26 Aban in Khorasgan, Isfahan, by a shot to the face. Borhan Karami, 32 years old, a plasterer and father of a young child, went to Mount Shahu every week. Habibollah Fathi, 62 years old, father of 8 children, was killed in Divandarreh; his family have said: “The killer of our loved one is the Islamic Republic.”

Sarina Saedi, 16 years old, in Sanandaj, who dreamed of becoming a doctor or a university professor, and Zanyar Allahmoradi, 25 years old, in the same city; Fereshteh Ahmadi, 32 years old, who was killed in Mahabad on her birthday, and Kobra Sheikh Saqqa, 52 years old, on the same day; Ali Kordkolahouri, teacher of the village of Bourta, in Khash; and Shahriar Mohammadi, 28 years old, in Bukan, are all among those who lost their lives in this same month.

Sources and incompleteness

331 names are not all of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, in Aban 1401; the real number is higher, and our list contains only names that have a source. The main sources are the Iran Human Rights Society with 340 cases, Persian Wikipedia with 209, iranhrs.org with 125, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 103, English Wikipedia with 96, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 72, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 67, Haalvsh with 27 and Hengaw with 25 cases. If you knew one of the Javid-Nam this month, send us your memory or correction.