This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of North Khorasan, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 102 names, from 13 Ordibehesht 1391 to 23 Mehr 1405. Esfarayen with 52 names has the largest share; it is followed by Shirvan with 23, Bojnurd with 21 and Jajarm with 6 names.
Fates and years
Of these 102 people, 55 were executed and 34 were killed in protests; 2 people were also killed by government forces outside of protests. 9 people are at risk of the execution of a death sentence, 1 person has been sentenced to death and 1 person faces a charge that carries the death penalty. The median age is 32 years; the youngest was 16 years old and the oldest 54. 1 person was under 18 years of age, and there are 5 women in this list.
Until the year 1403 there are only a few names from this province in our list; no year has more than 4 names. The year 1404 with 67 names and the year 1405 with 17 names make up most of this page. One day is heavier than all others: 18 Dey 1404 with 22 names. The day 9 Mordad 1405 with 9 names is the second heaviest day, and 19 Dey 1404 with 3 names comes after it.
18 Dey 1404 in Esfarayen
Rasoul Jafari, 19 years old, was a student and loved the songs of Dariush; according to the source he had told his friends that the song “Talayeh-dar” (The Vanguard) seemed to have been sung for him. He was shot on 18 Dey 1404 in Esfarayen and died in hospital. Before his death he had written to his friends: “We have understood peace; we have weighed pain upon a rifle.” Under pressure, his family was forced to bury him secretly at night.
Jalil Milanlouei, 47 years old, head of a Resalat Bank branch and a lecturer in economics at Esfarayen University of Medical Sciences, was the father of two children and had lost his wife to cancer the year before. The source says his last story before going into the street was the Lion and Sun flag. He was killed on the same day by a military round to the chest. Anis Gerivani, 25 years old, who according to the source was one of the Kurmanji Kurds of Khorasan and lived alone in Esfarayen, was killed by two bullets to the neck; his family identified his body two days later in a morgue in Bojnurd.
Fatemeh Soltani, 32 years old, mother of two children, was also killed on 18 Dey 1404 in Esfarayen by a military round. These words of hers remain: “Tonight I am going for the sake of my children, because they deserve to have a good life.” Sorena Robatjazi, 22 years old, a computer engineering student at Bojnurd University of Technology, was learning a foreign language in order to go to Germany to continue his studies; he was killed by several military rounds.
At risk of execution
Hadi Abbasian, 38 years old, from Shirvan, was arrested on 23 Ordibehesht 1405, and the Revolutionary Court of Bojnurd sentenced him to death. He had earlier said: “We protest, we protest against everything, and we stand by our words... I have no fear of anyone.” According to the source, he has not been allowed to meet his family since his arrest.
About this list
The list of the Javid-Nam in North Khorasan is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Esfarayen, Shirvan, Jajarm and Bojnurd is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from HRANA with 42 cases and HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran with 31 cases; followed by Iran International with 22, the Iran Human Rights Society with 28 and iranhrs.org with 13 cases. Every name from this province has at least one source, but some rest on only one report. For 13 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 102 people, share your memory or correction with us.