Fars Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Fars, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 571 names, from 21 Farvardin 1388 to 29 Shahrivar 1405. Shiraz with 466 names has the largest share; it is followed by Marvdasht with 19, Nurabad Mamasani with 16, Kazerun with 11 and Jahrom with 6 names. Neyriz, Meymand, Darab, Kuhchenar, Fasa, Qir and Qaemiyeh are also in this list.

Fates and years

Of these 571 people, 356 were executed and 204 were killed in protests. 5 people lost their lives in detention and 1 person was killed by government forces outside of protests. 2 people have been sentenced to death, 2 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence and the sentence of 1 person has been upheld. The median age is 30 years and the oldest person was 66 years old. 20 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 55 women in this list.

The year 1404 with 213 names is the heaviest year of Fars province; 18 Dey 1404 with 34 names and 19 Dey 1404 with 20 names fall in it. The years 1398 with 75 and 1401 with 62 names are also heavy. The days 31 Shahrivar 1397, 25 Aban 1398 and 26 Aban 1398, each with 9 names, come after them. The years 1400 and 1405 also have 28 names each.

Those killed in protests

Behnam Izadi, 35 years old, lived in Nurabad Mamasani with his elderly father and mother and took care of them; those close to him considered him “a nature-loving person.” The source says that on 14 Dey he went with his own car to help the wounded. One of his friends said that hours before going to the protests Behnam said again and again: “My life for the homeland, my life for Iran.” He was killed in Dey 1404 by a bullet to the eye and head and was buried in the darkness of the morning, with only a few family members present.

Mohammad Dastankhah, 15 years old, a third-year middle school student at Ferdowsi School in Shiraz, went to robotics classes in the summers. The source quotes those close to him: “He was warm-hearted; he had an extraordinary liveliness.” He was killed at the Mowlana intersection in Sadra by a bullet to the heart. One of his family members said: “My son was not killed by an unknown person; you killed him yourselves.”

Amin Bazrgar, 28 years old, was a carpenter and a wrestler and had won a bronze medal in the national championships in 1397. He had lost his father as a child and covered part of the family's expenses. This sentence of his remains: “Our silence is betrayal!” The remains of his body were found on Mount Derak near Shiraz.

Those executed in Adelabad

Several of those executed from this province whose life stories are available were executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. Safiyeh Ghafouri, 28 years old, who read The Little Prince, was hanged there on 22 Tir 1391. Alireza Tajiki, who had been arrested as a teenager, was executed in the same prison on 19 Mordad 1396, and Seyedeh Fatemeh Salbehi, who according to the source was 17 years old at the time of the charge, on 21 Mehr 1394.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Fars province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Shiraz, Marvdasht, Mamasani and the other cities of this province is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 206 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 163, HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 100 and Iran International with 99 cases. Every name from this province has at least one source, but some only one. For 71 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 571 people, share your memory or correction with us.