This page keeps the memory of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, from the province of Semnan. This list contains 99 names, from 31 Tir 1388 to 14 Shahrivar 1405. The city of Semnan with 50 names and Shahroud with 23 names have the largest share; Damghan with 17 and Garmsar with 6 names come after them.
Fates and years
Of these 99 people, 84 were executed. 11 people were killed in protests, 3 people were killed by government forces outside of protests and 1 person in other circumstances. The median age is 31 years; the youngest was 19 years old and the oldest 63. No child under 18 is recorded in this list, and there are 5 women in it.
The names from Semnan are mostly gathered in recent years. The year 1404 with 64 names, nearly two thirds of this entire page, is the heaviest year of this province, and the day 19 Dey 1404 with 7 names the heaviest day. From 1405 so far, 13 names have been recorded; the day 26 Khordad 1405 with 4 names and 10 Mordad 1405 with 4 names fall within it. Before that, the year 1395 with 7 names was the year with the most names, and the days 21 Shahrivar 1390 and 1 Mehr 1395 have 2 names each.
Dey 1404 in Shahroud
Amirhossein Shadabi, 20 years old, was a conscript soldier spending the last days of his service. He was killed on 19 Dey 1404 on 17 Shahrivar Street in Shahroud by a military weapon, and his body was buried only on condition of burial in silence, in the early hours of 24 Dey, in the Vadi-ol-Salam cemetery.
Saeed Golsorkhi, 31 years old, had a clothing shop and was one of the active powerlifters of Shahroud. According to the source, he had a tattoo of Reza Shah Pahlavi on his arm. He was shot in the knee on 19 Dey, was admitted to hospital, and lost his life on 22 Dey 1404. Matin Montazerzohour, 32 years old, a bodybuilder and self-employed, had come from Gorgan to Shahroud with his friends; he was killed on the evening of 18 Dey by a bullet to the chest. His body reached the family after four days and was buried in Gorgan without a ceremony.
The executions of Shahroud and Semnan
Abolfazl Saedi, 24 years old, was the only child of a mother who was a teacher and had raised him alone and in poverty, and he himself became the breadwinner of the household from a young age. He had set his heart on going to university and helped children who had dropped out of school. The source says he “had put up a picture of Cyrus the Great in his room and always wished that Iran would return to its former glory.” He was executed on 26 Khordad 1405 in Shahroud Prison; according to the source, the interrogators in Semnan Prison had injured his pelvis while extracting a forced confession. Arvin Kheirkhahan, 19 years old, was also executed on 10 Mordad 1405 in Shahroud; according to the source, “only six months were left until his twentieth birthday.” His family was told to collect the body at three in the morning and bury it at five in the morning.
About this list
The list of the Javid-Nam in Semnan province is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed from Semnan, Shahroud, Damghan and Garmsar is higher, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Iran Human Rights Society with 43 cases and HRANA with 42 cases; followed by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 15, and Iran International and Iran Human Rights with 12 cases each. Every name from this province has at least one source, but some only one. For 11 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of these 99 people, share your memory or correction with us.