The year 1405 (2026–2027)

This page keeps the memory of those who were executed or killed in the year 1405, and the names of those who face a death sentence in this year. The year 1405 has not yet come to an end: this list contains 562 names, from 3 Farvardin 1405 to 23 Mehr 1405, and this page will grow longer as new reports arrive. 375 of these names belong to those executed, and many of them had been arrested in the protests of Dey 1404 (Lion and Sun Revolution).

Fates

60 people were killed by government forces outside of protests in this year and 12 others lost their lives at the hands of government forces. 9 people are counted among those killed in protests, some of whom had their wounds from Dey 1404 and died in this year. 3 people died in detention. 56 people are at risk of the execution of a death sentence, 32 people have been sentenced to death, the sentence of 14 people has been upheld and 1 person faces a charge that carries the death penalty. 7 people were under 18 years of age, and there are 33 women in this list. The median age is 32 years; the youngest was 15 years old and the oldest 71.

Days and places

The day 22 Tir 1405 with 24 names is the heaviest day of these months. It is followed by 27 Khordad with 15 names, 9 Mordad with 14 names, and 24 Khordad and 3 Shahrivar with 13 names each. Isfahan with 81 names is the most frequent city, and Isfahan province with 86 names is at the top of the provinces. After Isfahan come Karaj with 33, Shiraz with 28, Tabriz with 24, and Mashhad and Zahedan with 22 names each.

Those executed after Dey

Alireza Sepahi Badjani, 25 years old, was arrested in the Dey protests in Isfahan and sentenced to death in a case that became known as “Alikhani Square.” His lawyer had written: “My client Alireza Sepahi is breathing today; perhaps not tomorrow.” He and Alireza Raeisi, 21 years old, the only son of a family, who was to have celebrated his engagement at the beginning of this very year, were executed at dawn on 13 Mehr 1405 in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.

Mohammad Amin Biglari, 19 years old, a computer student who worked in a barbershop, according to the source was arrested on 18 Dey on his way back from work and sentenced to death on the charge of “moharebeh” (enmity against God). He was executed on 16 Farvardin 1405. Abolfazl Saedi, 24 years old, who had been the breadwinner of the household from a young age, was executed in Khordad 1405 in Shahroud Prison. Majid Adineh, a retired military man who according to the source had helped orphaned children for nearly two decades, was executed in Shahrivar 1405 in Karaj; his charge, according to the source, was “operational action in favour of Israel, America and hostile groups.”

Alisina Mostafavi, a mountaineer and musician from Bam, was executed in Mehr 1405 in Kerman on the charge of “armed action.” Golmohammad Mohammadi, 23 years old, a citizen of Afghanistan, was executed in Tir 1405 in Isfahan; according to the source, the agents had broken two of his fingers on the first day of his arrest.

The wounded and the dead

Mehdi Nosrati Bildashi, 20 years old, a taekwondo athlete who had been wounded by a military round on the evening of 18 Dey, lost his life on 21 Shahrivar 1405 after about 30 surgical operations. Mehdi Tavakoli, a photographer and director of the Kurdistan Photographers' House, was killed by a burst of gunfire on the evening of 4 Mordad on the Baneh–Marivan road together with two members of his family.

Awaiting the sentence

Taraneh Rahimi, 20 years old, from Isfahan, is at risk of the execution of a death sentence. According to the source, in addition to the death sentence she has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.

About this list

The list of the year 1405 is not complete and is still being compiled. The real number of the Javid-Nam (“everlasting names”), those who lost their lives, and those condemned in the year 1405 is higher than 562, and we record only a name that has a source. The largest share comes from Iran Human Rights with 268 cases; followed by HRANA with 266, iranintl.com with 163, the Yarmahmoodi Think Tank with 127, Iran International with 119 and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (English-language) with 38 cases. Every name has at least one source, but some only one. For 200 people a description of their life is available. If you know one of the names of the year 1405, share your memory or correction with us.