List of 72 dead protesters published by opposition web site

The Norooz news site, close to the Islamic Iran Participation Front, published a list of 72 'martyrs who have been identified thus far' on Friday, September 4. The list has been compiled by the committee set up by Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to investigate the deaths and arrests following the election.

The following is a translation of the article and accompanying list posted by Norooz. 

To elevate these individuals beyond statistics, I've added photos, footage, and additional information in italics when possible. I'll update this list when more information becomes available.


In recent days, numerous inaccurate statistics on the number of dead protesters have been published by the coup plotters. The latest incorrect information was given by the head of the Revolutionary Guards. In response to such baseless remarks which aim to whitewash the situation and distract public opinion from the crimes committed during the post-election events, Norooz news site is publishing the names of the martyrs so that slumbering consciences may perhaps be awakened, so that the process of hiding clear facts may come to an end, that they may accept that such acts and crimes were carried out by the coup's agents, and that they may stop covering up these crimes.

The names and detailed information of 72 martyrs who have been identified so far are published in this article. Efforts to identify others and complete this list continue. This list of martyrs is not exhaustive.

Norooz points out that IRGC commander Jafari, in his latest claim, said that only 27 people had been killed in the recent events, that only 7 of them were protesters, and that the remaining 20 were revolutionary forces or Basijis who had been killed by demonstrators.

Norooz is publishing two lists of martyrs. The first list contains the identities of 25 martyrs whose families have contacted the organizations named by Mir Hossein Mousavi and Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi in order to declare the martyrdom of their child or relative.

The second list contains the names of martyrs whose families are under pressure and have not contacted the authorities named by Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Karroubi.

First List

1. Hossein Akhtarzand, 32, killed June 15 in Isfahan, thrown from the 3rd floor of a building by Basij forces.

(Viewer discretion: Additional information courtesy Human Rights Activists News Agency.)

2. Kianoush Assa, one of the top students of Iran's Science and Industry University in the field of petrochemistry, killed June 15 in Tehran's Azadi Square, shot by plainclothesmen, body identified on June 24 in the coroner's morgue.

(Additional information courtesy Iran News Agency.)

(Footage of Kianoush playing music)

3. Sohrab Aarabi, 19, last year of high school, killed in Evin prison by torture, his martyrdom was announced to his mother on July 11, 26 days after she began looking for him.

(updated 13 January 2010. Video showing Sohrab and his mother demonstrating days before he was killed, click here)

(Video compilation of Sohrab's story)

4. Alireza Eftekhari, 29, journalist, killed June 15, died of brain hemorrhage as a result of blows, body returned to family on July 13.

Eftekhari worked for Abrar Eghtesad, an economics publication.

5. Neda Agha Soltan, 27, philosophy student, killed June 20 in Tehran's North Kargar Street, shot in the heart by plainclothesmen, buried a day later in section 257 of Behesht Zahra cemetery.

(Viewer discretion: Footage of Neda's death. Two videos synchronized side by side.)


(Interview with Neda's mother in English)

6. Amir Javadifar, 25, industrial management student at Ghazvin's Azad University, killed July 9, died whilst being transferred from Kahrizak to Evin prison, had lost his sight as a result of blows to the head and face.

A friend who saw Amir's body told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that he had been tortured: 'He had a fractured skull, one of his eyes was almost crushed, all the nails on his toes had been extracted, and all of his body was bruised.' (courtesy Radio Farda and Golnaz Esfandiari)

(updated 13 January 2010, video of an interview conducted by the Voice of America with Amir's father, click here)

7. Moharram Chegini Gheshlaghi, 34, buried section 256, row 146, plot 13

8. Massoud Khosravi, killed June 15 in Tehran's Azadi Square, buried in Behesht Zahra

9. Abbas Disnad, 40, merchant, killed by blows to the head.








10. Ramin Ramezani, 29, died of blood clots in his chest after being released from prison, buried section 257, row 46, plot 32.

11. Mohsen Rouholamini, 25, killed July 9 in prison

Mohsen's death provoked the first outcries in the conservative camp because his father was a senior adviser to former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezai, who also ran for president in the June election. After first claiming he had died of meningitis, the authorities finally released a medical forensic report which admitted his death was due to blows from a blunt object while he was in custody. 

(Footage of Mohsen's memorial service) 

12. Ashkan Sohrabi, 18, IT student in Ghazvin University, killed June 20 on the corner of Roudaki and Salsabil in Tehran, shot 3 times by security and Basij forces.

(Footage of VOA's interview with Ashkan's mother, Zahra Nikpeyma. Nikpeyma: 'Ashkan had just stepped out to go to a friend's house, five minutes away. There were no protests in our street. Despite their claim that they don't open fire in uncrowded streets, they shot Ashkan in a street where not even ten people go by in a year...')

13. Amir Hossein Toufanpour, 32, killed June 19, shot in the arm, side, and waist, signs of bruises behind the neck, deep wound behind the head was filled with cotton, shot arm's bone was shattered, his nose appeared to be broken

Amir Hossein leaves behind a seven-year-old daughter, according to this piece by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, which provides details of the day of his death. 

(Photo of the flier at Amir Hossein's 7th-day memorial service courtesy of the Human Rights Activists News Agency )

14. Saeed Abbasifar Golchini, 24, shoe and bag salesman, killed June 20 in Tehran, shot by security forces.

(Saeed's father speaks of his death, courtesy of the Iran News Agency. Only in Farsi for now.)

15. Mostafa Ghanian, student at Tehran University, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, died in the attack of security forces on University Street, buried under strict security arrangements on June 18.

Initial reports said that Mostafa had been shot on his rooftop by a sniper as he was chanting Allaho-Akbar. 

(Footage of Mostafa's memorial service)

(Update - 22 October 2009 - footage of Mostafa's funeral in Mashhad) 

(Updated 18 January 2010 - footage of a memorial service where some participants protest when the presiding cleric begins saying that foreign media fooled the post-election protesters, click here.) 

16. Ali Fathalian, killed June 20 in front of Lolagar mosque, buried section 9, row 110, plot 22.

Resident of Shokoufeh Street, Roudaki neighborhood, Tehran. (courtesy Iran Crime Watch)



17. Hadi Fallahmanesh, 29, merchant, killed in Tehran, buried section 53 of Behesht Zahra.

18. Ahmad Kargar Nejati, died in hospital as a result of blows, buried section 213, row 15, plot 35

19. Behzad Mohajer, 47, killed June 15, shot in the chest, his body was kept in Kahrizak's morgue.

Behzad disappeared for six weeks before his family finally found his body. He has been buried in Behesht Zahra cemetery. (courtesy RFE/RL article)




20. Nader Nasseri, killed June 20 in Tehran's Khosh Street, buried in the town of Babol

21. Ahmad Naim Adabi, killed in Tehran's Azadi Square, shot by Ashoura 117th Brigade.

Ashoura 117 Basij base, from the rooftop of which shots were fired at demonstrators, is on Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, next to Azadi Square. Footage of this on Britain's Channel 4.

22. Massoud Hashemzadeh, 27, killed June 20 in Tehran's Shademan Street, shot in heart and lung, buried in northern Iran.


(Piece written on Massoud by Ali Shakouri Rad of the Islamic Iran Participation Front. Only in Farsi for now).

23. Mehdi Karami, 17, killed June 15 on the corner of Jannat Abad and Kashani streets in Tehran, head smashed in by baton blows and throat slit with a knife, his body was kept in the morgue of Payambar Hospital in Ashrafi Esfahani Boulevard

(Photo of protester holding up a poster of Mehdi)

24. Nasser Amirnejad, 25, aeronautics student at Islamic Azad University, killed June 15 in Tehran's Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, shot by Basij forces, his body was kept at Payambar Hospital's morgue, buried in a village in Yasuj.

Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, next to Azadi Square, is also the location of the Ashoura 117 Basij base, from the rooftop of which shots were fired at demonstrators. Footage of this shooting on Britain's Channel 4.

(Video in memory of Nasser)


25. Mahmoud Raisi Najafi, laborer, killed June 28, shot by security forces in Azadi Square on June 15, died 13 days later at home.


Second list 

26. Mina Ehterami, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, buried secretly without her family being notified.

(Footage of the aftermath of the attack on Tehran University dormitories)


27. Neda Assadi

28. Saeed Esmaili Khanbebin, 23, killed by blows to the head

Saeed's body was returned to his family only after they paid security forces, according to news reports.


29. Morad Aghassi

30. Hossein Akbari, killed by blows to the head








31. Vahed Akbari, 34, freelancer, killed June 20 in Tehran's Vanak Street, shot in the side, buried in section 261 on June 23.

32. Mohsen Entezami



33. Mohsen Imani, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, buried secretly without his family being notified.

34. Fatemeh Barati, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, buried secretly without her family being notified.

35. Mohammad Hossein Barzegar, 25, freelancer, killed June 17 in Tehran's 7th Tir Square, shot in the head, buried in section 302 on June 21 after family's pledge was obtained.

36. Jafar Barvayeh, lecturer at Ahvaz's Chamran University, PhD student at Tehran University, killed in Tehran's Baharestan Square, shot in the head

37. Yaghoub Barvayeh, theater arts student at Tehran University's College of Arts and Architecture, killed June 25, shot by Basij forces stationed on the roof of Lolagar mosque.

Yaghoub was reportedly taken to Loghman Hakim Hospital and registered in the ICU after he was shot.


(Interview with Yaghoub's mother. Only in Farsi for now)


38. Sorour Boroumand, 58, killed June 15 at Tehran's Mohammad Ali Jenah Street.

Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, next to Azadi Square, is also the location of the Ashoura 117 Basij base, from the rooftop of which shots were fired at demonstrators. Footage of this on Britain's Channel 4.


39. Hamed Besharati, 26, killed June 20 in Tehran, shot by security forces

40. Farzad Jashni, killed June 20 in Tehran

A native of the town of Abdanan (not Abadan), Ilam province, son of Seyed Jafar, courtesy Rooz article. 

41. Bahman Jenabi, 20, heating unit installer and repair man.








42. Mohsen Haddadi, 24, computer programmer, killed June 30 in Tehran's Nosrat Street, shot in the forehead, buried in section 262 on June 23.

43. Shalir Khazari, killed June 16 in Tehran's Baharestan Square.

44. Fatemeh Rajabpour, 38, killed on June 15 in Tehran's Mohammad Ali Jenah Street.

Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, next to Azadi Square, is also the location of the Ashoura 117 Basij base, from the rooftop of which shots were fired at demonstrators. Footage of this on Britain's Channel 4.


45. Babak Sepehr, 35, killed June 20 in Tehran, shot by security forces.

46. Fahimeh Salahshour, 25, high-school graduate, killed on June 15 in Tehran's Vali Asr Square, died in a hospital, internal bleeding from blows to the head sustained on June 14.

47. Tina Soudi, university student, killed on June 20 in Enghelab Square, shot.

48. Hassan Shapouri

49. Ali Shahedi, 24, killed June 21 in Tehran Pars, died in uncertain circumstances after being arrested and transferred to a police station, death certificate says he died of unknown causes, family believes he died from blows received in the police station.

50. Kasra Sharafi, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, buried secretly without his family being notified.

51. Kambiz Shoaie, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, buried secretly without his family being notified.

52. Davoud Sadri, 27, merchant in Salsabil district, killed June 20 at Tehran's Lolagar mosque, shot in the head.







53. Saeed Reza Tabatabaie, 30, degree in accounting, killed June 20 in Tehran's Azerbaijan Street, shot in the head, buried in section 259 on June 24 after family's pledge was obtained.

54. Vahid Reza Tabatabaie, 29, degree in English, killed June 24 in Tehran's Baharestan Square, shot in the head, buried in section 308 on June 27.

55. Hossein Tahmasebi, 25, killed June 15 in Kermanshah's Nobahar Street, died from blows of security forces.







56. Salar Tahmasebi, 27, business student in Rasht University, killed June 20 in Tehran's Jomhouri Street, shot in the forehead, buried in section 254 on June 23.

57. Meysam Ebadi, 17, apprentice carpet salesman, killed in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh district.







58. Abolfazl Abdollahi, 21, electrical sciences student, killed June 20 in front of Tehran's Sharif University, shot in the back of the head, buried in section 248 on June 23.

59. Hamid Araghi, killed in Azadi Street, shot.


60. Kaveh Ali Pour, 19, killed June 20 in Tehran

Security forces demanded a 'bullet fee' of $3,000 to release Kaveh's body. His father, a doorman at a clinic and a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, told authorities he could not afford this and finally obtained his son's body without paying the price after he pledge Kaveh would not be buried in tehran. His son was laid to rest in Rasht. 

(Wall Street Journal article on Kaveh)


61. Hossein Alef, killed June 17 in Isfahan.

62. Reza Fattahi

63. Parissa Kolli, 25, literature graduate, killed June 21 in Tehran's Keshavarz Boulevard, shot in the neck, buried in section 259 on June 23.

64. Mostafa Kiarostami, 22, killed July 17 in front of Tehran University, blows to the head, was participating in Friday Prayer.

65. Mohammad Kamrani, 18, killed July 9 in Tehran's Vali Asr Square, died of his injuries in Mehr Hospital.







66. Hamid Medah Shourcheh, activist in Mousavi's campaign HQ, killed June 15 in Mashhad, died of his injuries several days after being released, brain hemorrhage. 

67. Maryam Mehr Azin, 24, killed June 20 in Tehran, shot by security forces.

68. Taraneh Mousavi, killed June 28, arrested at Tehran's Ghoba mosque, her burned corpse was found between Karaj and Ghazvin.







69. Iman Namazi, engineering student at Tehran University, killed June 15 in Tehran's University Street, died in the attack of security forces on this street.

70. Mohammad Nikzadi, 22, engineering graduate, killed June 16 in Tehran's Vanak Square, shot in the chest, buried in section 257.


71. Iman Hashemi, 27, freelancer, killed June 20 in Tehran's Azadi Street, shot in the eye, buried in section 259 on June 24.

72. Milad Yazdan Panah, 30, killed June 20 in Tehran, shot by security forces.