Kermanshah Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Kermanshah, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 464 names, from 11 Khordad 1388 to 7 Mehr 1405. The city of Kermanshah with 362 names has the largest share; it is followed by Javanrud with 34, Eslamabad with 25 and Nowsud with 15 names. Salas-e Babajani, Dizelabad, Harsin, Qasr-e Shirin, Kangavar and Ravansar are also in this list.

Fates

In Kermanshah the number of those killed in protests is higher than the number of those executed: 238 people were killed in protests and 182 people were executed. 27 people were killed by government forces outside of protests and 5 in other circumstances. 6 people lost their lives in detention, 1 person in suspicious circumstances and 1 person after being released from detention. 2 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence and 2 people face a charge that carries the death penalty. 29 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 33 women in this list. The median age is 28 years and the oldest person was 65 years old.

Years and days

The year 1404 with 181 names is the heaviest year, and the day 18 Dey 1404 alone has 85 names; 19 Dey 1404 also has 16 names. The year 1398 with 87 names is the second heaviest year, and the day 25 Aban 1398 with 19 names falls in it. The year 1401 with 56 names is the third; the day 30 Aban 1401 with 7 names is in that year. The day 26 Aban 1398 also has 5 names.

Some lives

Borhan Mansournia, 28 years old, had obtained a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Urmia University and wanted, after his military service, to build a veterinary clinic in his birthplace Marivan and serve the surrounding villages. The source says “economic inequality troubled him.” In the protests of Aban 1398 he was shot from behind and died at half past nine on the night of 27 Aban in Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah.

Minou Majidi, 62 years old, mother of three children, was a graduate of teacher training and for a time was a table tennis coach for the deaf. According to the source, she sympathised with the mother of Jina (Mahsa) Amini and “did not want to leave the young protesters alone.” She was shot dead on 30 Shahrivar 1401. This sentence from those close to her remains: “She always believed in freedom and cared about people. She was kind to everyone and had a supportive personality.”

Asra Tavousinia, 14 years old, from the village of Dasht Bolagh, was wounded on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 in Kermanshah by a military round to the pelvis and, after two weeks in a coma, lost her life on 4 Bahman in Taleghani Hospital. A source close to her family said that she would have turned fifteen on 12 Ordibehesht 1405. Amirmohammad Arbabpouri, 15 years old, from the village of Barivah Sofla, was killed in Shahrak-e Moallem in Kermanshah by a direct shot; according to the source, his body was given to the family in return for 700 million tomans.

Sepehr Azami, 24 years old, from Kangavar, had just opened a barbershop and was known among his friends for his “generosity.” He was killed on 15 Azar 1401 at close range with a shotgun. One of his parents said: “He had nothing to do with that ceremony and had not chanted any slogan.” Samad Zahabi, 21 years old, a farmer and herdsman with a passion for wrestling, had turned himself in after an incident in autumn 1390; he was executed on 13 Mehr 1394 in Dizelabad Prison, and his mother heard the news during a visit.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Kermanshah province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Kermanshah, Javanrud, Eslamabad 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 Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 184 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 130, Persian Wikipedia with 129 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 115 cases. Every Kermanshah name on this page has at least one source, but some only one. For 105 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these victims from Kermanshah, share your memory or correction with us.