Isfahan Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Isfahan, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 1091 names, from 30 Farvardin 1388 to 13 Mehr 1405. The city of Isfahan with 762 names has the largest share; it is followed by Najafabad with 35, Fouladshahr with 34, Kashan with 31, Khomeinishahr with 29, Shahinshahr with 26, Yazdanshahr with 25 and Shahreza with 21 names. Baharestan, Zarrinshahr, Dastgerd and Mobarakeh are also in this list.

Fates and days

In Isfahan province the number of those killed in protests is higher than the number of those executed: 687 people were killed in protests and 341 people were executed. 10 people lost their lives in detention and 4 people were killed by government forces outside of protests. 22 people are at risk of the execution of a death sentence, 23 people have been sentenced to death and 4 people face a charge that carries the death penalty.

A large part of this difference comes from two days: 19 Dey 1404 with 166 names and 18 Dey 1404 with 114 names. For this reason the year 1404 with 712 names has more names than any other year in this province. From 1405 so far, 86 names have been recorded, and the day 22 Tir 1405 with 15 names is the third heaviest day. The years 1398 with 60 names and 1401 with 48 names are also heavy. The median age is 31 years and the oldest person was 66 years old. 49 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 53 women in this list.

Dey 1404 in Isfahan and Najafabad

Pouria Hamzehei, 20 years old, was a bodybuilder and football player and had worked several shifts to finally buy a car he had set his heart on. Before leaving home he had told his mother: “I am going so that everyone can live in the future; Mum, forgive me.” He was killed on 19 Dey 1404 on Bozorgmehr Street in Isfahan by a bullet to the heart. Hossein Radi Najafabadi, 24 years old, was a diver and firefighter and had gone to Armenia for work a few months earlier. The source says he “wrote on his Instagram page about the unknown beauties of the sea.” He was killed on 19 Dey on Mirdamad Street in Najafabad by two live military rounds while trying to move several people away from the scene of the clashes.

Mojtaba Vosough, 36 years old, a supermarket owner and father of two young children, was killed at the Simin three-way junction in Isfahan while helping a woman who had been attacked, and was buried on 26 Dey in Korsegan. Ehsan Mehri, a building services engineer and bodybuilder from Fouladshahr, according to an English-language source, heard a call for help while driving with his family in Zarrinshahr and got out of the car; he was shot dead before the eyes of his family and was buried on 25 Dey 1404.

Earlier

Mahsa Mogouei from Fouladshahr was 18 years old and was studying to be admitted to dentistry. The source says she “dreamed of becoming a doctor and spending part of her income on helping people in need.” She was killed with birdshot on 31 Shahrivar 1401. Alireza Kharbou, 20 years old, from Dizicheh, who had just married and worked with his pickup truck, was hit by a bullet in Dey 1404 while helping a wounded person, and lost his life.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Isfahan province is not complete. The real number of victims from Isfahan, Najafabad, Kashan and the other cities of the 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 487 cases; followed by Iran International with 435, iranhrs.org with 291, the Iran Human Rights Society with 220 and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 152 cases. Every name from Isfahan and its surrounding cities has at least one source, but some rest on only one report. For 172 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 1091 people, share your memory or correction with us.