This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Ardabil, and the name of the person from this province who has been sentenced to death. This list contains 102 names, from 14 Ordibehesht 1388 to 24 Mordad 1405. Almost all of these names go back to the city of Ardabil: 97 people. Meshginshahr with 3 names and Khalkhal with 2 names are the other cities in this list.
Fates
85 of these 102 people were executed and 16 people were killed in protests. 1 person has been sentenced to death. The median age is 30 years; the youngest was 15 years old and the oldest 50. 3 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 10 women in this list.
Until the year 1395 there are only a few names from Ardabil in our list; from 1396 with 10 names the number rises and continues with 10 in 1399, 8 in 1400 and 11 names in 1401. The year 1404 with 32 names is the heaviest year of this province. From 1405 so far, 7 names have been recorded. The day 16 Dey 1402 with 5 names is the heaviest day, followed by 18 Khordad 1401 with 3 names.
Dey 1404 in Ardabil
Salehe Akbari, 35 years old, was a nurse, an operating room technician, an employee of the Social Security Organization, a sports first-aid instructor and a professional mountaineer. According to the source, she and her husband, who were both familiar with first aid, helped many of the wounded during the days of protest in Ardabil. The source writes: “To prevent violence against her husband, Salehe stood in front of the agents.” She was killed in Dey 1404 in her own home by a bullet to the chest.
Abolfazl Jahani Eshtolagh, 20 years old, had worked on other people's farmland since childhood and had a sandwich shop in the village called “Mister Fast Food.” He was killed on 18 Dey 1404 in the protests in Ardabil. The source writes: “Abolfazl's face was so shattered that he was identified only by the tattoo on his back.” His family searched for his body for four days. Ali Shirmohammadi, 30 years old, single and a worker in building composites, was killed on the evening of 19 Dey 1404 in the area of Moallem Park in Ardabil by a bullet below the shoulder blade, and his body was buried before dawn on 24 Dey.
Executions
Majid Esmailzadeh was the son of a low-income worker. According to the source, he was 16 years old at the time of the charge and “under the legal age and consequently a child.” In detention he had been beaten so badly that his whole body was bruised. He was executed at the age of 21, on 30 Farvardin 1399, in Ardabil Prison. One of his parents said: “Just like that, they gave me a call and said come and see your son!”
Vali Khanalizadeh, 25 years old, from Meshginshahr, broke his leg in detention and received no treatment; the source says he “slipped at the foot of the gallows and fell to the ground,” and was executed in that state. According to the source, he was taken for the execution of the sentence even though the forensic doctor had not confirmed his physical health. Mehran Nourmohammadi, 27 years old, a single young man, was executed on 20 Shahrivar 1401 in Ardabil.
About this list
The list of the Javid-Nam in Ardabil province is not complete. The real number is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 42 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 29, HRANA with 21 and Iran International with 10 cases. Every Ardabil name on this page has at least one source, but some have only one report behind them. For 7 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 102 people, send us your memory or correction.