Khuzestan Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Khuzestan, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 546 names, from 30 Mehr 1388 to 1 Mehr 1405. Ahvaz with 235 names has the largest share; it is followed by Dezful with 86, Mahshahr with 82, Behbahan with 29, Shushtar with 27, Andimeshk with 23, Izeh with 22, and Khorramshahr with 14 names. Abadan, Hamidiyeh, Shush and Ramhormoz are also in this list.

Fates

In Khuzestan the number of those killed in protests is higher than the number of those executed: 208 people were executed and 290 people were killed in protests. 11 people lost their lives in detention and 9 people were killed by government forces, most of them outside of protests. 8 people have been sentenced to death, 8 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence, the sentence of 6 people has been upheld and 6 people face a charge that carries the death penalty. 26 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 26 women in this list. The median age is 27 years and the oldest person was 57 years old.

Years and days

Two years in Khuzestan are heavier than all others: 1404 with 193 names and 1398 with 177 names. Three days of Aban 1398 are among the five heaviest days of this province: 25 Aban with 22 names, 27 Aban with 19 names and 26 Aban with 11 names. However, 19 Dey 1404 with 22 names is as heavy as the heaviest day of Aban, and 18 Dey 1404 with 13 names comes after it. The year 1401 with 54 names is also heavy, and the years 1390 and 1392 have 16 names each.

Izeh, Aban 1401

On 25 Aban 1401, two children and adolescents were killed in Izeh. Artin Rahmani Payani, 17 years old, worked in a repair shop and dreamed of one day having his own repair shop in Tehran. He had written to his mother: “I am sorry, mother. I want to set foot on a path on which you may not see my youth.” Artin was killed by three bullets on South Hafez Street in Izeh. His family has been quoted as saying: “Whenever I see Artin's clothes, oily clothes that smell of honour, I grieve that he did not reach his dream.” On the same day Kian Pirfalak, a third-grade child who dreamed of becoming a robotics engineer, was shot dead in the family car.

Earlier

Farzad Ansarifar, 27 years old, a construction worker and tiler, was killed on 25 Aban 1398 in Behbahan by a bullet from behind to the head. His family said: “We told them, just tell us who gave the order to kill our child. But they still have not answered us.” Hashem Shabaninejad (Amouri), 32 years old, a teacher of Arabic literature in Ramshir and a poet who wrote in Persian and Arabic, was executed on 11 Dey 1392. This sentence of his remains: “As long as appropriate and peaceful ways exist to realise our demands, I do not believe in violence.” Hadi Rashedi, a chemistry teacher from Ramshir, was executed on the same day, and the burial place of neither was told to the families.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Khuzestan is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Ahvaz, Dezful, Mahshahr and the other cities of this province is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from Persian Wikipedia with 185 cases; followed by the Iran Human Rights Society with 164, HRANA with 103 and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 94 cases. Every Khuzestan name on this page has at least one source, although some only one. For 42 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 546 people, share your memory or correction with us.