Kerman Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Kerman, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 332 names, from 10 Tir 1388 to 22 Mehr 1405. The city of Kerman with 224 names has the largest share; it is followed by Jiroft with 32, Bam with 29, Sirjan with 26 and Rafsanjan with 16 names.

Fates

In Kerman execution is the fate of most of these names: 267 people. 53 people were killed in protests, 3 people were killed by government forces and 1 person was killed by them outside of protests, 1 person lost their life in detention and 1 person in suspicious circumstances. 3 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence, 2 people face a charge that carries the death penalty and 1 person has been sentenced to death. The median age is 31 years; the youngest was 15 years old and the oldest 54. 6 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 31 women in this list.

Years and days

The heaviest day of this province is 11 Dey 1392 with 50 names; for this reason the year 1392 with 51 names is one of the heaviest years, and almost all the names of that year go back to this single day. The year 1393 also has 36 names; the days 27 Shahrivar 1393 and 5 Bahman 1393 have 6 names each. The year 1404 with 120 names is the heaviest year, and the days 18 Dey 1404 with 17 names and 19 Dey 1404 with 10 names fall in it.

Dey 1404 in Kerman

Marziyeh Kamali (Bameri), 23 years old, was a student. The source calls her “a Baluch female student.” On 19 Dey 1404 on Bahmanyar Street in Kerman she was shot in the back with birdshot at close range and lost her life; her body was buried the next day, after a pledge had been taken from the family, in her birthplace Anbarabad. Rouhollah Ahmadi Kouhbanani, 40 years old, who worked in building services, was killed on the evening of 18 Dey at the beginning of Esteghlal Street in Kerman by a military round. Those close to him considered him “a sociable and well-mannered person” who loved his family. The source says his children “have lost their father and their elder brother.” Ehsan Jafari, 22 years old, a microbiology student, was shot at the Khajou intersection and lost his life weeks later.

Earlier

Mohammad Naderipour, 21 years old, a civil engineering student in Sirjan, according to his friends and family “was a wholesome and honest young man.” On 10 Tir 1388, after an exam session, he was abducted in his own car, and his body was found 48 hours later in the same car. Sadegh Shahsavaripour, 32 years old, a truck driver from Bam, was executed on 5 Khordad 1390 together with his cousin in Bam Prison. Alisina Mostafavi, a mountaineer and musician from Bam who according to the source had conquered several peaks in the Himalayas, was executed in Mehr 1405 in Kerman on the charge of “armed action”; this is the charge announced by the authorities.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Kerman province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Kerman, Jiroft, Bam, Sirjan and Rafsanjan is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 150 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 93, HRANA with 75 and Haalvsh with 44 cases. Every Kerman name on this page has at least one source, but some only one, and for most of them nothing apart from name and date has been recorded. For 52 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 332 people, share your memory or correction with us.