Razavi Khorasan Province

This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Razavi Khorasan, and the names of those from this province who are still facing execution. This list contains 668 names, from 19 Khordad 1389 to 8 Mehr 1405. Mashhad with 459 names has the largest share; it is followed by Neyshabur with 73, Sabzevar with 54, Gonabad with 21, Quchan with 16, Torbat-e Jam with 15, Khaf with 11, Chenaran with 8 and Shandiz with 5 names. Kashmar, Tus and Shahroud also have one name each.

Fates and days

In Razavi Khorasan, 438 people were killed in protests and 199 people were executed. 6 people lost their lives in detention and 3 people were killed by government forces, including 1 person outside of protests. 11 people have been sentenced to death, 7 people face a charge that carries the death penalty, the sentence of 2 people has been upheld and 2 people are at risk of the execution of the sentence. 48 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 54 women in this list. The median age is 27 years and the oldest person was 74 years old.

The year 1404 with 542 names, that is, more than three quarters of this entire page, is the heaviest year. The days 18 Dey 1404 with 122 names, 19 Dey 1404 with 91 names and 17 Dey 1404 with 12 names fall in that year. But the year 1389 with 21 names is also heavy, and one day of it, 19 Mordad 1389, alone has 12 names. The years 1401 with 28 names and 1405 with 24 names come next.

Those who went to help the wounded

Hamid Mahdavi, 38 years old, was a firefighter and a well-known athlete in Mashhad. A video of him has been published in which he carries the wounded Jafar Javidi on his shoulders to take him away from the scene of the clashes. Hamid was killed on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 by a bullet to the throat while helping wounded protesters. Jafar Javidi, 29 years old, had also come to the protest site on the same day with first-aid supplies to treat the wounded, and he too lost his life. This sentence of his remains: “If we don't go, who should go?” His father and mother washed his body at home.

Morteza Ajdari Gush, 38 years old, had a trouser-tailoring workshop, had become unemployed and was the father of two children aged 13 and 10. He was shot dead on 19 Dey 1404 on Tabarsi Boulevard in Mashhad while helping his wounded friend.

The teenagers of Mashhad

Abolfazl Nowrouzi Anbarkeh, 14 years old, had studied up to the ninth grade and worked in a heavy-vehicle repair shop to buy a motorcycle. He was killed on 18 Dey 1404 by a bullet to the head. Parham Mehrabi, 19 years old, according to the source “a calm, kind and beloved teenager,” was killed beside the Haft-e Tir bridge in his father's arms. Abolfazl Adinehzadeh, 16 years old, an electronics student who had repaired mobile phones since the age of 14, was killed with birdshot on 16 Mehr 1401 in front of Ferdowsi University. This sentence of his remains: “Why should I leave my homeland? I love my homeland and want to have well-being and live in my country.”

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam in Razavi Khorasan province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Mashhad, Neyshabur, Sabzevar 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 343 cases; followed by Iran International with 312, iranhrs.org with 209 and the Iran Human Rights Society with 163 cases. Every Khorasan name on this page has at least one source, although some only one. For 103 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 668 people, share your memory or correction with us.