Dey 1404

This page keeps the memory of 2629 people who gave their lives in Dey 1404; from 1 Dey 1404 to 30 Dey 1404. 2355 of them were killed in protests. In this same month, 255 people were also executed; the gallows did not stop working even in the days of the street. 17 people were killed by government forces outside the protests and one person was sentenced to death.

Two days

Most of the names on this page belong to two days: 18 Dey 1404 with 1315 names and 19 Dey 1404 with 841 names. On these two days, more than two thousand people were killed in the cities of Iran. Before and after that, too, the days are not empty: 48 names on 17 Dey 1404, 54 names on 20 Dey 1404 and 25 names on 21 Dey 1404.

Tehran with 491 names, Mashhad with 196, Karaj with 186, Isfahan with 171 and Rasht with 104 names have the highest numbers; after them come Kermanshah with 85, Fardis with 63, Eslamshahr with 37, Gorgan with 36, Arak with 35, Qazvin with 32 and Shahriar with 29 names. Among the provinces, Tehran with 699 names, Isfahan with 312, Alborz with 277, Razavi Khorasan with 264 and Gilan with 176 names are in the lead.

The ages range from 2 to 76 years, and the median is 29 years. 209 of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, this month were under 18; two hundred and nine children and adolescents. The sources have clearly written of 107 people that they were women. For 792 people we have a description of life.

Children and young people

Sina Ashkbousi, 17 years old, the only child of the family, who wanted to go to Canada to continue his studies, was killed in Tehranpars; the source writes that he “took the Lion and Sun flag, put on a mask and went into the street, but never came back.” Sam Afshari, 17 years old, provincial swimming champion, was shot from behind near Mehran Square in Karaj. Ribin Moradi, 17 years old, a player in the Saipa youth team, was targeted from behind and from close range. Raha Bohlouli-Pour, 23 years old, a student of Italian, who used to say “I am very much for life,” died one day after being wounded on Fatemi Square.

Those who went to help others

Mojtaba Vosough, 36 years old, a supermarket owner in Isfahan and father of two children “aged 6 years and 6 months,” was killed on 19 Dey when he saw an agent attacking a woman and rushed to help her. Behnam Izadi, 35 years old, in Mamasani, who looked after his elderly father and mother, went with his car to help the wounded; this short answer of his remains: “I am a citizen.” Hamid and Vahid Arzanlou, two brothers who were managers of “Aysa Mobl Kian,” were both killed on 18 Dey; Vahid had gone to help his wounded brother.

Athletes

Masoud Zatparvar, 39 years old, “a two-time world champion in classic physique,” was killed in Rasht by a military bullet, and his father died of a heart attack after his death. Arshia Barari, 25 years old, in Zanjan, a fitness and Kyokushin champion, lay half-alive on the ground for an hour and the agents did not let anyone help him. Pouria Gholamali, 32 years old, who worked in the Alaeddin shopping centre and loved nature, was killed in Haft Hoz in Tehran, and his body was left in the courtyard of Al-Ghadir Hospital.

Sources and incompleteness

2629 names, for all their length, are not a complete list of the Javid-Nam in Dey 1404. The real number is higher and the names of many have not yet been published; we record only names that have a source. The main sources are HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 2165 cases, Iran International with 1639, iranhrs.org with 1301, IranWire with 439, Iran International with 377, Persian Wikipedia with 370, iranintl.com with 282, the Iran Human Rights Society with 279, HRANA with 248 and the Hana Human Rights Organization with 215 cases. If you knew one of the Javid-Nam in Dey 1404, send us your memory or correction.