The year 1402 (2023–2024)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1402, and the names of those who faced a death sentence in this year. This list contains 760 names, from 1 Farvardin 1402 to 28 Esfand 1402. 574 of them were executed. In the list for the year 1402 the names of 202 women appear whose source stated that they were women, and 52 people were still at risk of the execution of a death sentence at the end of the reports.

Fates

74 people were killed by government forces outside of protests in this year and 13 people in protests. 23 people lost their lives in detention, 2 people died in suspicious circumstances and 1 person was assassinated outside Iran. 18 people had been sentenced to death and the sentence of 3 people had been upheld. 8 people were under 18 years of age. The median age of the names of the year 1402 is 35 years and the oldest person was 72 years old.

Days and places

Ordibehesht 1402 is a heavy month in this list: 16 Ordibehesht with 11 names is the heaviest day of the year, followed by 14 Ordibehesht with 10 names and 9 Ordibehesht with 9 names. The days 8 Azar and 16 Dey 1402 also have 9 names each. Karaj with 89 names is the most frequent city, and Alborz province with these same 89 names is at the top of the provinces. After Karaj come Urmia with 28, Zahedan with 24, Birjand with 21, Hamedan with 19 and Kerman with 16 names.

Two names in Arak Prison

Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, 37 years old, a cabinet maker who took care of his elderly mother, according to the source had launched a Telegram channel named “The Scandal of the Islamists” in Azar 1395 and “was opposed to superstition.” Yousef Khoob Imcheh, father of two sons and a little daughter, criticised religious superstition in channels with the same approach. According to the sources, both were subjected to pressure and torture to extract confessions, and on 18 Ordibehesht 1402 they were executed in Arak Prison without having had a last visit. One account says: “Nowhere in the world is the punishment for asking questions and fighting superstition death.”

Some other lives

Mohammad Ghobadlou, 24 years old, a hairdresser who had been treated for bipolar disorder since 1395, according to the source was deprived of his medication during the first two months of his detention. The source considers him the ninth of those arrested in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests to be executed by judicial sentence. He was executed in the early hours of 3 Bahman 1402 without a last visit. One of those close to him said: “They did not let my child have the chance to make a will for his family and say goodbye to us.”

Among those executed this year are the names of many fathers about whom the source has reported only their family. Saeed Barahouei, 38 years old, and Ali Barahouei, 39 years old, were executed on 9 Mordad 1402; the sources mention both as married and having children. Ahmad Ghofran, 35 years old, from Kerman, and Gholam Mir were executed on 28 Khordad 1402; for both, too, the sources speak of a wife and children.

Outside Iran

Loghman Aji, 21 years old, an aluminium worker who liked to read and loved football, was killed on 16 Tir 1402 together with another member of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan in the Helshow area near Qaladze in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. One of those close to him described him as “a very calm person, without guile or deceit, clever, active and capable.”

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, and those condemned in the year 1402 is not complete. The real number of executions and of those killed in the year 1402 is higher than 760, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Iran Human Rights Society with 486 cases; followed by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 384, Haalvsh with 239, HRANA with 171 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 37 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 195 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of the names of the year 1402, share your memory or correction with us.