The year 1401 (2022–2023)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1401, and the names of those who faced a death sentence in this year. This list contains 1612 names, from 5 Farvardin 1401 to 28 Esfand 1401. The year 1401 is the year of the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in detention and of the uprising that followed it. In the list for this year, 771 people were killed in protests and 572 people were executed.

Fates

Apart from these two groups, 104 people lost their lives in detention and 78 people were killed by government forces outside of protests. 6 others were killed by government forces, 9 people lost their lives in suspicious circumstances and 2 people after being released from detention. 38 people were at risk of the execution of a death sentence, 31 people had been sentenced to death and the sentence of 1 person had been upheld. 135 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 237 women in this list whose source stated that they were women. The median age is 27 years; the youngest was 2 years old and the oldest 88.

Days and places

The day 8 Mehr 1401 with 155 names is the heaviest day of the year, and Zahedan with 241 names the most frequent city; Sistan and Baluchestan with 296 names is at the top of the provinces. After 8 Mehr come the days 30 Shahrivar with 88 names, 25 Aban with 34 names, and 31 Shahrivar with 25 names and 13 Aban with 24 names. After Zahedan come Tehran with 88, Karaj with 66, Shiraz with 61, Urmia with 44, Isfahan with 36 and Sanandaj with 34 names. West Azerbaijan with 114 and Tehran province with 106 names come after Sistan and Baluchestan.

Some lives

Mahsa (Jina) Amini, 22 years old, who had been admitted that same year to study microbiology at Urmia University, was arrested by the morality police on 22 Shahrivar 1401 in Tehran and reached the hospital less than two hours later with signs of brain death. She lost her life on 25 Shahrivar. Her father said: “Her place will never be filled for me. I am her father.”

Nika Shakarami, 17 years old, who worked in a coffee shop near Enghelab Square and was known for her fearlessness, disappeared on 29 Shahrivar on Keshavarz Boulevard, and her body was found after days without news. Sarina Saedi, 16 years old, a ninth-grade student in Sanandaj who wanted to become a doctor or a university professor, was injured by a baton blow and died in hospital on 4 Aban 1401. This sentence of hers remains: “I want to become a useful person for myself, my family and my society.”

Kian Pirfalak, a third-grade primary school pupil in Izeh who wanted to become a robotics engineer, was killed on 25 Aban 1401 in the family car by shots from agents. An account says: “The car windows were up, then they sprayed the car with bullets.” Mahsa Mogouei, 18 years old, in Fouladshahr, who was studying to be admitted to dentistry, was killed with birdshot on 31 Shahrivar. One of those close to her asked: “I wanted to know what my daughter's sin was, that she protested with empty hands and you riddled her body with bullets?”

Peyman Menbari, 25 years old, a railing maker from Sanandaj who had just married, was shot from behind in the head on 16 Mehr 1401. Zanyar Allahmoradi, 25 years old, an electrical engineering student in Sanandaj, and Shahriar Mohammadi, 28 years old, in Bukan were also killed by security forces' fire in Aban of this year. Atefeh Naami, 37 years old, an accountant, was found dead in her home in Karaj on 5 Azar 1401 after being missing for eight days.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, and those condemned in the year 1401 is not complete. The real number of the Javid-Nam in the year 1401 is higher than 1612, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Iran Human Rights Society with 1382 cases; followed by Persian Wikipedia with 543, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 419, English Wikipedia with 407, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 399 and Haalvsh with 323 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 302 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the Javid-Nam in the year 1401, share your memory or correction with us.