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Named victims

Documented individuals killed or executed by the Iranian state, with dates, cities and primary sources.

56 entries

Nader Jahanbani — Nader Jahanbani, 51, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 1979-03-13.
Habib Elghanian — Habib Elghanian, 66, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 1979-05-09.
Farrokhroo Parsa — Farrokhroo Parsa, 57, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 1980-05-08.
Mona Mahmudnizhad — Mona Mahmudnizhad, 17, — execution in Shiraz, Iran, 1983-06-18.
Ahmad Rajabi Sani — Ahmad Rajabi Sani, 33, — execution in Karaj, Iran, 1988-09-01.
Fereshteh Hamidi — Fereshteh Hamidi, 26, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 1988-09-05.
Zahra Kazemi — Zahra Kazemi, 54, — died in prison in Tehran, Iran, 2003-07-11.
Neda Agha-Soltan — Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, — killed during protests in Tehran, Iran, 2009-06-20.
Sattar Beheshti — Sattar Beheshti, 35, — died in prison in Tehran, Iran, 2012-11-03.
Kavous Seyed-Emami — Kavous Seyed-Emami, 63, — death in custody in Tehran, Iran, 2018-02-08.
Navid Afkari — Navid Afkari, 27, — execution in Shiraz, Iran, 2020-09-12.
Ruhollah Zam — Ruhollah Zam, 47, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 2020-12-12.
Mahsa (Jina) Amini — Mahsa (Jina) Amini, 22, — death in custody in Saqqez, Iran, 2022-09-16.
Minoo Majidi — Minoo Majidi, 62, — killed during protests in Kermanshah, Iran, 2022-09-20.
Nika Shakarami — Nika Shakarami, 16, — minor in Tehran, Iran, 2022-09-20.
Erfan Rezaei — Erfan Rezaei, 21, — killed during protests in Amol, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Ghazaleh Chelavi — Ghazaleh Chelavi, 33, — killed during protests in Amol, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Hadis Najafi — Hadis Najafi, 22, — killed during protests in Karaj, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Hananeh Kia — Hananeh Kia, 23, — killed during protests in Nowshahr, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Javad Heydari — Javad Heydari, 36, — killed during protests in Qazvin, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Kumar Daroftadeh — Kumar Daroftadeh, 16, — minor in Piranshahr, Iran, 2022-09-21.
Sarina Esmailzadeh — Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16, — minor in Karaj, Iran, 2022-09-23.
Farzad Ansarifar — Farzad Ansarifar, 26, — killed during protests in Izeh, Iran, 2022-09-24.
Abolfazl Adinehzadeh — Abolfazl Adinehzadeh, 17, — minor in Mashhad, Iran, 2022-09-30.
Khodanoor Lojei — Khodanoor Lojei, 27, — killed during protests in Zahedan, Iran, 2022-09-30.
Abolfazl Adinezadeh — Abolfazl Adinezadeh, 17, — killed during protests in Mashhad, Iran, 2022-10-08.
Sepehr Maghsoudi — Sepehr Maghsoudi, 15, — killed during protests in Karaj, Iran, 2022-10-08.
Siavash Mahmoudi — Siavash Mahmoudi, 16, — minor in Tehran, Iran, 2022-10-08.
Asra Panahi — Asra Panahi, 15, — minor in Ardabil, Iran, 2022-10-13.
Setareh Tajik — Setareh Tajik, 17, — killed during protests in Tehran, Iran, 2022-10-19.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh — Mohammad Hassanzadeh, 16, — minor in Piranshahr, Iran, 2022-10-26.
Nasrin Ghaderi — Nasrin Ghaderi, 36, — killed during protests in Tehran, Iran, 2022-11-05.
Aylar Haghi — Aylar Haghi, 23, — killed during protests in Tabriz, Iran, 2022-11-16.
Kian Pirfalak — Kian Pirfalak, 9, — minor in Izeh, Iran, 2022-11-16.
Reza (Artin) Rahmani — Reza (Artin) Rahmani, 7, — minor in Izeh, Iran, 2022-11-16.
Kumar Ghaderi — Kumar Ghaderi, 17, — minor in Marivan, Iran, 2022-11-19.
Mehran Samak — Mehran Samak, 27, — killed during protests in Anzali, Iran, 2022-11-30.
Mohsen Shekari — Mohsen Shekari, 23, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 2022-12-08.
Majidreza Rahnavard — Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, — execution in Mashhad, Iran, 2022-12-12.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami — Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, — execution in Karaj, Iran, 2023-01-07.
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini — Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39, — execution in Karaj, Iran, 2023-01-07.
Habib Farajollah Chaab — Habib Farajollah Chaab, 54, — execution in Ahvaz, Iran, 2023-05-06.
Armita Geravand — Armita Geravand, 16, — death in custody in Tehran, Iran, 2023-10-28.
Farhad Salimi — Farhad Salimi, 50, — execution in Karaj, Iran, 2023-11-05.
Kianoush Nafisi — Kianoush Nafisi, 22, — execution in Karaj, Iran, 2024-01-23.
Mohammad Ghobadlou — Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 2024-01-23.
Gholamreza Rasaei — Gholamreza Rasaei, 34, — execution in Kermanshah, Iran, 2024-08-06.
Reza Rasaei — Reza Rasaei, 34, — execution in Kermanshah, Iran, 2024-08-06.
Jamshid Sharmahd — Jamshid Sharmahd, 68, — execution in Tehran, Iran, 2024-10-28.
Kianoosh Sanjari — Kianoosh Sanjari, 42, — killed during protests in Tehran, Iran, 2024-11-13.
Elaheh Mohammadi — Elaheh Mohammadi, 36, — prisoner in Tehran, Iran.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, — prisoner in Tehran, Iran.
Niloofar Hamedi — Niloofar Hamedi, 31, — prisoner in Tehran, Iran.
Pakhshan Azizi — Pakhshan Azizi, 40, — prisoner in Tehran, Iran.
Sharifeh Mohammadi — Sharifeh Mohammadi, 46, — prisoner in Rasht, Iran.
Toomaj Salehi — Toomaj Salehi, 33, — prisoner in Isfahan, Iran.

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Where does this information come from?: Every record is compiled from published reporting by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Iran Human Rights (IHR), HRANA, the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and the Boroumand Center. Each entry links to its source where one is public.
Can I reuse or cite this page?: Yes. All content on iranholocaust.org is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Cite the page URL and attribute iranholocaust.org.