The year 1403 (2024–2025)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1403, and the names of those who faced a death sentence in this year. This list contains 943 names, from 4 Farvardin 1403 to 28 Esfand 1403. The main face of the year 1403 in this list is the gallows: 795 people were executed in this year, and among the names are 206 women whose source stated that they were women.

Fates

Apart from those executed, 72 people were killed by government forces outside of protests, 13 people lost their lives in detention and 4 people were killed in protests. 29 people were at risk of the execution of a death sentence, 27 people had been sentenced to death and the sentence of 3 people had been upheld. 5 people were under 18 years of age. The median age of the names of the year 1403 is 35 years and the oldest person was 65 years old.

Days and places

The day 11 Esfand 1403 with 19 names is the heaviest day of the year. It is followed by 12 Ordibehesht with 14 names, 18 Mehr with 13 names, and 17 Mordad and 11 Mehr 1403 with 12 names each; days on each of which several people died together. Karaj with 69 names is the most frequent city, and Alborz province with these same 69 names is at the top of the provinces. After Karaj come Urmia with 25, Shiraz with 18, Tabriz with 17, Kermanshah with 16, Zahedan with 15 and Isfahan with 14 names. Mashhad and Yazd have 10 names each. West Azerbaijan with 38 and Kermanshah with 23 names come after Alborz.

Azad Shahabi

Azad Shahabi, 38 years old, father of two children, had a khanqah (Sufi lodge) named “Khanqah of Sheikh Abdolqader Gilani” in Saqqez. According to the source, without anyone knowing, he helped the families of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, in the protests in Kurdistan. On 28 Tir 1403, three unknown persons attacked his khanqah and home in the Tappeh Malan neighbourhood of Saqqez, and he was shot together with two of his followers. According to the source, security forces afterwards removed the khanqah's CCTV cameras without the family's knowledge. The family has been quoted as saying: “The family is not looking for three suspects, but for the thoughts and ideas behind these killings, and even if this way of thinking is in Tehran, it must be held accountable.”

Gholamreza Rasaei

Gholamreza Rasaei, 35 years old, a business management graduate who kept bees and sold honey, had lost his father at the age of 11 and had become the breadwinner of his family. The source considers him a follower of the Yarsan faith. One of those close to him described him as follows: “Reza was a calm boy, a modest boy, a boy who minded his own life.” He was hanged on the morning of 16 Mordad 1403 in Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah, without a last visit and without his family and lawyers being informed, and according to the source security forces did not give his body to the family for burial in his birthplace.

Fathers who were taken

For many of those executed in the year 1403, the sources have said nothing but their age and family; they have mentioned them as married and having children. On 25 Azar 1403, Elyas Tardast, 22 years old, Alireza Galehbacheh, 37 years old, and Mohammad Vazir Roudini, 45 years old, from Zahedan were executed, and on the same day Reza Kharkouhi, 43 years old, in Yazd. One day later, on 26 Azar, Yaghoub Barahouei Moghaddam was executed in Zahedan. Earlier, on 19 Shahrivar 1403, Saeed Hassanzehi, 30 years old, Farzad Sancholi Moghaddam, 29 years old, and Nour Mohammad Nouri had been executed, and on 4 Dey 1403 Abdolrahman Eshaghzehi, 57 years old.

About this list

The list of the Javid-Nam and those condemned in the year 1403 is not complete. The real number of executions in the year 1403 is higher than 795, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from the Iran Human Rights Society with 1071 cases; followed by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network with 277, Haalvsh with 224, HRANA with 80 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 17 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 155 people a description of their life is available, and for many only a single line. If you knew one of the names of the year 1403, share your memory or correction with us.