The year 1398 (2019–2020)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1398, and the names of those who faced a death sentence in this year. This list contains 1098 names, from 12 Farvardin 1398 to 27 Esfand 1398. The year 1398 is one of the heaviest years in this list, and most of its names come not from execution but from killing in the street and outside it.

Fates

638 people were killed in protests in this year and 231 people lost their lives at the hands of government forces outside of protests. 200 people were executed, 8 people died in detention and 7 people were assassinated outside Iran. 7 people had been sentenced to death, 5 people were at risk of the execution of the sentence and the sentence of 2 people had been upheld. 44 people were under 18 years of age; children, the youngest of whom, according to the data, was 2 years old. The median age is 28 years and the oldest person was 70 years old. There are 15 women in this list.

Days and places

Two groups of days set this year apart from other years. The day 18 Dey 1398 with 175 names is the heaviest day of the year. And three consecutive days of Aban: 25 Aban with 118 names, 26 Aban with 92 names and 27 Aban with 30 names. The day 13 Azar 1398 with 8 names comes after them. Tehran with 215 names is the most frequent city; it is followed by Karaj with 79, Shiraz with 72, Kermanshah with 65, Ahvaz with 59 and Mahshahr with 56 names. Tehran province with 340 and Khuzestan with 177 names are at the top of the provinces.

Some lives

Nikta Esfandani, 14 years old, who pursued theatre seriously and had just begun the guitar, was killed in Aban 1398 in Sattarkhan, Tehran, by birdshot to the head; the official report wrote the cause of her death as “food and drug poisoning.” Mehdi Salmanzadeh, 14 years old, an eighth-grade student in Qaemiyeh, according to the source “despite his young age was concerned and fearless.” He was killed on 7 Dey 1398. One of those close to him has been quoted as saying: “In the protests of Aban 1398 Mehdi insisted that I take him with me to the protests.”

Mina Sheikhi, 50 years old, mother of six children, and Pouya Bakhtiari, 27 years old, an electrical engineer devoted to Iranian poetry, were both shot dead in Aban of this year. Borhan Mansournia, 28 years old, a veterinarian from Marivan, lost his life on the night of 27 Aban in a hospital in Kermanshah. Mehdi Sohrabifar, 17 years old, who according to the source had an intellectual disability, was executed on 5 Ordibehesht 1398 in Shiraz.

Masoud Molavi Vardanjani, 33 years old, an engineering graduate who had been a data security consultant for years and had gone to Turkey in 1397, was killed on 23 Aban 1398 in Turkey with 11 bullets. One of those close to him had said earlier: “My son said that he was very frightened by these threats and that the people who want to kill him are very serious.”

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, and those condemned in the year 1398 is not complete. The real number of those killed and executed in the year 1398 is higher than 1098, and the names of many were never published; we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from Persian Wikipedia with 731 cases; followed by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 258, Amnesty International with 256, IranWire with 245 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 133 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 42 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the Javid-Nam in the year 1398, share your memory or correction with us.