The year 1394 (2015–2016)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1394, and the names of those who faced a death sentence in this year. This list contains 372 names, from 9 Farvardin 1394 to 25 Esfand 1394. 315 of them were executed; but the year 1394 also has another face: 43 people were killed by government forces outside of protests in this year.

Fates

Apart from those executed and those 43 people, 4 people lost their lives in detention, 3 people were assassinated outside Iran and 1 person was killed in protests. 3 people were sentenced to death in this year and 3 people were at risk of the execution of the sentence. The median age of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, in the year 1394 is 30 years; the youngest of them was 17 years old and the oldest 68. 1 person was under 18 years of age, and there are 7 women in this list whose source stated that they were women.

Days and places

The day 18 Khordad 1394 with 19 names is the heaviest day of the year. It is followed by 24 Farvardin with 17 names, 4 Khordad with 15 names, 20 Mehr with 14 names and 5 Mordad with 9 names. Karaj with 99 names is the most frequent city; it is followed by Urmia with 59, Tabriz with 42, Zahedan with 25, Bandar Abbas with 13, Tehran with 11 and Shiraz with 10 names. Alborz with 91, West Azerbaijan with 66 and East Azerbaijan with 45 names are at the top of the provinces.

Some lives

Shahab Karimi, 28 years old, had spent four years of his childhood in prison together with his mother; his father had been executed in 1370, when Shahab was 3 years old. Shahab left school after the fifth grade and worked in a mechanic's workshop. He was executed on 24 Farvardin 1394, a day that has 17 names in this list, together with eight others. The source quotes a sentence from the agents: “Now that the families have rioted, we will not wait until tomorrow and will execute them this very night.”

Farshad Haghi, 31 years old, a welder and road-construction contractor devoted to his wife and child, had written in prison: “I wish I could be in a calm environment for at least a few days. Here there is no peace at any time of day or night.” He was executed in Azar 1394 together with 4 others in Rajaei Shahr. Mohsen Nasiri, 30 years old, a street vendor who before his arrest had wanted to ask for the hand of the girl he loved, was executed at dawn on 22 Dey 1394 together with three others in Karaj.

Samad Zahabi, 21 years old, a village farmer and herdsman with a passion for wrestling, was executed on 13 Mehr 1394 in Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah; when his mother went to visit, she heard that her son was no longer alive. Mehdi Ranjkesh, 25 years old, who had a physical and intellectual disability, had asked for help in a video message on the day before his execution and was executed in Dey 1394 in Khorramabad. Alireza Rezaei, 24 years old, an Afghan sound recordist and assistant director, died on 29 Shahrivar 1394 in a border detention centre after a kick to the chest. Mansour Arvand, the sports champion from Mahabad, was also secretly executed in Khordad 1394.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam and those condemned in the year 1394 is not complete. The real number of executions and of those killed in the year 1394 is higher than 372, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 324 reports; followed by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 45 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 41 cases. Every name from the year 1394 has at least one source, but some only one. For 43 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the Javid-Nam in the year 1394, share your memory or correction with us.