Iran Body Count

This space has been created to show the violence and deliberate killing of people in Iran after the presidential elections on the 12th of June 2009. Principally it is dedicated to the victims of shootings and people tortured to death in detention centres. If you have any information on these cases, please send them to iranbodycount@gmail.com. If you do not wish, we will not publish names and sensitive details.

این وبلاگ به منظور نشان دادن گوشه ای از خشونت و کشتار حکومت غاصب جمهوری اسلامی در دوره انتخابات است ۲۲ ذخرداد مخصوصا برای قربانیان بعد انتخابات و کسانی که در تیر اندازی ها به صورت رحشیانه ای از دست رفتند نظرات خود را می توانید به این آدرس ارسال کنید و کسنی که مایل به چاپ مشغخصات خود هستند بی نام و نشان چاپ می شوند از حضور گرم شما سپاسگزاریم
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9/14/2009

Hadi Fallah Manesh

Hadi Fallah Manesh is an other victim. After the sources he was 29, he was a businessman and he died in Tehran. He should be buried in section 53 of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery. Source.

Hossein Alef

Hossein Alef is an other name of a possible victim. He allegedly died on June 17 in Isfahan, but there are no more news about this case. He is on some lists, for example here.

Dr. Mohammad Reza Maghsoudlou

Dr. Maghsoudlu from the city of Sarkhankalateh in the province of Golestan should be an other victim. According to the report, the family was not allowed to hold a public ceremony. Source. On other places his full name is given as Mohammad Reza Maghsoudlou.

Dr. Rahimi

Dr. Rahimi (no first name given) should be a woman who was martyred. She was from the city of Gorgan (located in the province of Golestan). According to this report, the family of this victims was not allowed to hold open ceremony and they were forced into announcing the she had been poisoned to death. Source.

Majid Kamali

An other victim should be Majid Kamali born on 14 September 1985 in the city of Yazd and a resident of the neighbourhood of Emam Shahr in Yazd. According to our sources, Majid had been an activist in the green movement and was arrested around 6am on 25 August by security forces. His body was handed over to Afshar hospital at around 2pm the same day, where hospital officials refused to receive the body. Source.

Mohammad Naderipour

Mohammad Naderipour, an engineering student in Bahonar University in Kerman province and chairman of the student chapter in Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s election campaign, from the city of Sirjan, is another victim of the recent uprising in Iran whose identity has recently been released.

A source familiar with the case told the information desk of Green Wave of Freedom that Mr. Naderipour’s body was found inside his vehicle forty-eight hours after he was kidnapped in a remote part of Sirjan.

According to this source, Mr. Naderipour’s body was transferred to the coroner for forensic examination, and the cause of death was determined to be “a blow by a blunt object to the back of the head”. Soon thereafter, the investigative unit in the city demanded that the family bury Mr. Naderipour’s body immediately. Source.

Ahmad Kargar Nejati (?)

There are news about the death of Ahmad Kargar Nejati. Allegedly died of torture wounds in the hospital. Buried in Beheshte Zahra – section 213, Row 15, Grave #35. A source close to the government are telling he is alive.

Mahmoud Raisi Najafi

The name of a next victim of the post-election riots has been revealed.

Mahmoud Raisi Najafi, another citizen who was beaten down at Azadi Sqr after post election incidents lost his life. It is vital to know that his name has not been announced amongst the dead people.

According to Saham News, widow of Najafi talked about how she lost her husband:” He was a laborer (allegedly cabinet installer or carpenter). He would leave the house everyday at 6am and would return home early evening. On Khordad 25th (June 15th) he did not return home until 10:30, we were all concerned about him. Around 10:30 someone rang the door bell. Since my husband had a key, I though a stranger is at the door. I asked who is it, and I heard my husband’s voice. He stated because of some problems happened to him, he is not able to open the door.

I went downstairs and opened the door. He was not in a good situation, he was injured and bleeding. I helped him to get in the house. He told me: after work today, I was coming back home from Azadi when I saw people running and some were being chased down. I saw armed forces with batons chasing and beating people. I was going my way when they start beating me down with baton. I told them many times, I’m just returning back from work, I have no idea what’s going on, but they did not listen to me. I went unconscious and when I opened my eyes next time, I found my self in a car.

I tried to find out about my situation when I noticed there are other people with my situation around me which I think they were all dead or were unconscious and I was thrown over their bodies. I start hitting the doors and made some noise when they noticed I was a live. They stopped the car and opened the door. I begged them and told them I have a family and I was returning back from work and I don’t know what has happened to me. It seemed like one of them felt bad and pulled me out of the car and they left. I wasn’t able to stand on my own feet. By making noise and moving my hands I got the attention of some people and asked for help. After a while few people came to me and I asked them where I was. I was told, this place is Hakimie. I told them about my situation and asked for their help to get me a car and take me to my house.

Khadije Haidari added: Mr. Najafi was alive for another 13 days. His body was severely injured, his feet were swollen, and his hands were paralyzed. His stomach was also swollen. We were scared to take him to the hospital; we did not want to get in trouble. During this time, his situation worsened by day. On Tir 6th (June 27th) my father in-law came and we decided to take him to the hospital of Tarafe. We were told sicne they are extremely busy and don’t have any bed available, take him home and bring him back tomorrow. He slept that night, but did not wake up the next morning when we wanted to take him back to the hospital”. Source.

9/03/2009

Omid Golbaz - tortured, mutilated

This is a photo of Omid Golbaz before he was arrested. He is a student deprived from education because of political reasons. Here you find more pictures after he came out, beaten, with his fingers and one tooth broken. On the picture it is clearly visible that the end of one of his fingers has been cut away. He was arrested 23 Tir (July 14 2009) on Vanak square in Tehran and brought to an undisclosed location, a secret prison where he was subject to further torture and beating, he suffered also internal bleading. The prisoners were blindfolded and interrogated in any time of day or night, under physical and psychological pressure, threats of further beatings and rape. Even after one week and after his transfer to Evin prison he did not receive any medical treatment of his injuries.