This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. This list contains 58 names, from 4 Azar 1401 to 11 Mehr 1405. Shahrekord with 22 names and Lordegan with 20 names have the largest share; they are followed by Farrokhshahr with 5, Saman with 4, Hafshejan with 3 and Junqan with 2 names. Borujen and Boldaji also have one name each.
Fates and times
In this province most of the victims were killed in protests: 40 of the 58 people. 15 people were executed, 2 people lost their lives in detention and the death sentence of 1 person has been upheld. The median age is 28 years; the youngest was 17 years old and the oldest 52. 2 people were under 18 years of age, and there is 1 woman in this list.
All the names on this page go back to three years: 3 names from 1401, 38 names from 1404 and 1 name from 1405. In this province the killings began in the first days of Dey 1404: 11 Dey 1404 with 3 names, 13 Dey with 2 names, and the heaviest day, 17 Dey 1404, with 10 names. The day 18 Dey 1404 with 5 names is the second heaviest day.
Saman and Farrokhshahr
Several of the victims of this province are from the town of Saman. Mehdi Sanaei Samani, 38 years old, a pharmacy technician and father of two children aged 13 and 7, according to the source “always tried to obtain rare medicines for patients.” The source says he had also taken part in the protests of 1398 and 1401 and was always sensitive to social issues. On the afternoon of 18 Dey 1404 on Moallem Boulevard he was hit from behind by a bullet to the heart and died before reaching the clinic. Ehsan Aghajari Samani, 27 years old, a mechanic, joined the gathering with his friends after working hours and was hit from behind by a bullet to the head; he remained in a coma for more than five weeks and lost his life on 26 Bahman 1404. The fortieth-day memorial of Mehdi and the ceremony for Ehsan were both held on 30 Bahman in the Saman cemetery.
Ebrahim Ahmadpour Samani, 38 years old, whom the source calls “an elite student of the University of Tehran,” lost his life in Azar 1401, according to the source under torture by security agents in Tehran. Hossein Javanbakht from Farrokhshahr, according to the source, was a father who went to help his son and was killed by a direct shot.
Lordegan
Sajjad Valamanesh from Lordegan was killed in Dey 1404 by shots from security forces. An English-language source says that his father was put under pressure to repeat the official account in an interview with state media, and did so only to get back the body of his child. Ali Rahimi Rigi, 32 years old, also from Lordegan, has been sentenced to death and his sentence has been upheld. According to the source, from the beginning of his detention he took sole responsibility for all the charges so that his friends would not be arrested, refused a court-appointed lawyer and defended himself.
About this list
The list of the Javid-Nam in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Shahrekord, Lordegan, Saman and the other cities of this province is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 36 cases; followed by Iran International with 28, and the Iran Human Rights Society and iranhrs.org with 23 cases each. Hengaw has also reported 9 names. Every name from this province has at least one source, but some only one. For 11 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 58 people, share your memory or correction with us.