Mazandaran Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Mazandaran. This list contains 291 names, from 24 Aban 1388 to 8 Mehr 1405. Sari with 73 names has the largest share; it is followed by Nowshahr with 34, Amol with 34, Babol with 29, Chalus with 28, Qaemshahr with 20 and Nur with 14 names. Ramsar, Tonekabon, Babolsar and Savadkuh are also in this list.

Fates and years

In Mazandaran the number of those killed in protests is higher than the number of those executed: 171 people were killed in protests and 108 people were executed. 6 people were killed by government forces outside of protests and 1 person in other circumstances, 3 people lost their lives in detention and 1 person in suspicious circumstances, and 1 person faces a charge that carries the death penalty. The median age is 30 years and the oldest person was 58 years old. 13 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 11 women in this list.

The year 1404 with 176 names and the year 1401 with 48 names are the two heavy years of this province. The days 18 Dey 1404 with 38 names and 19 Dey 1404 with 24 names are the heaviest of all, and the day 30 Shahrivar 1401 with 19 names is the third. In the other years the number of names is small; no year before 1401 has more than 7 names.

Shahrivar 1401 in Qaemshahr

On 30 Shahrivar 1401, several people were killed in Qaemshahr. Mohsen Mohammadi Kouchaksaraei, 37 years old, a technician and master electrician for buildings, was the father of two sons aged five and eleven. According to the source, for low-income families he “worked for free or paid for their supplies and medicine.” He was shot from behind in front of the police station. This sentence from one of those close to him has been quoted: “It is true that I lose your body forever, but by your going you taught me to live honourably.” Rahim Kalij, 27 years old, the only son of the family and the owner of a mobile phone repair shop, was killed on the same day in Qaemshahr; the source calls him “an athlete, a lover of nature, brave, bold and charitable.”

Shirin Alizadeh Khansari, 36 years old, a designer and graphic artist and the mother of a seven-year-old son, was killed on 31 Shahrivar 1401 by a bullet to the face in a car while filming a gathering. According to the source, she “was a cheerful, warm-hearted and energetic woman.” Her family said: “We do not want to dip our bread in our child's blood.”

Dey 1404

Hassan Samakesh, 48 years old, an estate agent and father of two children, was known in his neighbourhood in Babol as “Hassan Daei” (Uncle Hassan). On 18 Dey 1404, near the Shahrbani intersection in Babol, he was shot in the eye and head at close range. Yadollah Heydari, an estate agent in Chamestan and father of two children, was shot from behind in those same days while leaving the scene; according to the source he had gone into the street for the future of his children. Negin Ghadimi, 28 years old, a biotechnology graduate and a girl who loved painting and swimming, lost her life on 20 Dey 1404 in Tonekabon in her father's arms; according to the source, the shooting continued and it was impossible to get her to hospital.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Mazandaran province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Sari, Nowshahr, Amol, Babol and the other cities of this 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 115 cases and the Iran Human Rights Society with 114 cases; followed by Iran International with 85, iranhrs.org with 74 and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 55 cases. Every Mazandaran name on this page has at least one source, but some only one. For 44 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 291 people, share your memory or correction with us.