Gilan Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Gilan, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 466 names, from 11 Ordibehesht 1388 to 9 Shahrivar 1405. Rasht with 325 names has the largest share; it is followed by Lahijan with 42, Bandar Anzali with 13 and Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh with 10 names. Rudbar, Langarud, Khoshkbijar, Rostamabad, Talesh, Kuchesfahan, Manjil and Rezvanshahr are also in this list.

Fates

In Gilan the number of those killed in protests is higher than the number of those executed: 294 people were killed in protests and 145 people were executed. 8 people lost their lives in detention and 1 person in suspicious circumstances, and 5 people were killed by government forces, 4 of them outside of protests. 6 people have been sentenced to death, 3 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence, 3 people face a charge that carries the death penalty and the sentence of 1 person has been upheld. The median age is 30 years and the oldest person was 76 years old. 17 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 31 women in this list.

Years and days

The year 1404 with 330 names is the heaviest year; the day 18 Dey 1404 with 86 names and 19 Dey 1404 with 62 names fall in it. The year 1401 with 47 names comes after it; the day 30 Shahrivar 1401 with 7 names and 31 Shahrivar 1401 with 6 names fall in it. Earlier, the year 1392 with 14 names was heavy, and the day 23 Ordibehesht 1392 with 7 names is in it.

Dey 1404 in Rasht

Masoud Zatparvar, 39 years old, a former world champion in classic physique and a coach who had many students, was killed on 18 Dey 1404 in Rasht by a military round. According to the source, after his death gym owners put up his picture on the walls of their gyms as “the true model of chivalry.” Azar Nasirpour, 52 years old, mother of two children and resident of Karaj, had come to Rasht to visit her family. Her friends say “she knew how to laugh, she knew how to give energy, she knew how to change the mood of the house.” On Saadi Street in Rasht she was hit in the leg by a bullet that tore her artery, and she lost her life around four in the morning of 19 Dey in hospital.

Narges (Soudabeh) Sarbandi, 18 years old, the youngest child of the family, was shot from behind in the head on the evening of 19 Dey on Shamsipour Street in Rasht. According to an English-language source, she remained in a coma for three days and then the machines were disconnected. Her family was not allowed to see her during the ritual washing.

Earlier

Javad Rezaei Lafmejani, 47 years old, was a stonemason skilled in carving the Faravahar motif; he was the father of 2 children. He was shot at close range on 25 Aban 1401; according to the source “they removed 115 pellets from his body.” Sasan Ghorbani, 31 years old, a blacksmith from Talesh whose family was about to go and ask for the hand of the girl he loved, was killed on 30 Mehr 1401. Delara Darabi, a painter who had drawn since the age of ten, was executed on 11 Ordibehesht 1388 in Rasht; the earliest date in this list.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Gilan province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Rasht, Lahijan, Anzali 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 211 cases; followed by Iran International with 182, the Iran Human Rights Society with 150 and iranhrs.org with 147 cases. Every Gilan name on this page has at least one source, but some only one. For 62 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the victims from Gilan, share your memory or correction with us.