Hormozgan Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Hormozgan, and the name of the person from this province who has been sentenced to death. This list contains 257 names, from 30 Khordad 1388 to 14 Mehr 1405. Bandar Abbas with 199 names has the largest share; it is followed by Minab with 31, Qeshm with 13 and Kish with 12 names. Charak and Bandar Jask also have one name each.

Fates and years

Of these 257 people, 184 were executed and 64 were killed in protests. 7 people were killed by government forces outside of protests and 1 person lost their life in detention. 1 person has been sentenced to death. The median age is 28 years and the oldest person was 68 years old. 7 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 17 women in this list.

The year 1404 with 78 names is the heaviest year of this province, and the day 18 Dey 1404 with 21 names the heaviest day. But in Hormozgan four consecutive years, 1392 to 1395, were also a heavy period: 24, 39, 16 and 22 names. Several days of those years are among the heavy days: 3 Esfand 1393 and 26 Mordad 1394 with 8 names each, and 20 Shahrivar 1395 and 6 Mehr 1395 with 7 names each. The years 1401 with 24 and 1398 with 20 names are also heavy.

Dey 1404 in Bandar Abbas

Khaled Mollaei, 20 years old, was a third-semester student of industrial management at the University of Hormozgan and did part-time work in his free time. He was known as “an honest, energetic and concerned young man.” On the evening of 18 Dey 1404, at around 10 at night, near the Sepah Tower in the front rows of the protesters, he was killed by a sniper's bullet to the head; the students of the University of Hormozgan boycotted classes in protest. Ehsan Toufan, 40 years old, manager of an agency of a private postal company and father of a three-year-old daughter, was killed on the same night opposite the state broadcasting building in Bandar Abbas by a bullet from behind to the head and neck. The source says “Ehsan had no financial need, and his only concern was freedom.”

Ahmad Kazemi Shahrouei, 24 years old, owner of a mobile accessories shop in the Bandar Abbas day market and a provincial volleyball referee, was killed on 20 Dey 1404 in the Damahi neighbourhood. Those around him have called him “a shopkeeper with a good name and honour.” This sentence of his remains: “For now nothing is more important than the people. Work is closed, leisure is closed, study and life are closed.” He was buried in the village of Shahrou.

Adolescents who were executed

Mehdi Hashemi, according to the source, “was 14 years old at the time of the crime.” He was held first in the juvenile correction centre and then in Bandar Abbas Prison, and was executed at the age of 25, on the morning of 4 Shahrivar 1393. Amirali Shadabi was 17 years old at the time of the charge and had studied up to the seventh grade. The source quotes someone who knew him: “He was a brave and clever boy.” He himself had said: “That man was very tall and I was underneath him. He beat me a lot, and I struck with a knife to defend myself.” Amirali was executed on 23 Tir 1398 together with 2 others in Minab Prison.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Hormozgan province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Bandar Abbas, Minab, Qeshm and Kish is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 138 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 49, HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 42 and Iran International with 37 cases. Every Hormozgan name on this page has at least one source, but some only one. For 51 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 257 people, share your memory or correction with us.