We will not forget their names
On the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026, thousands of people were killed in cities across Iran. This archive records their names one by one, and links each name to the list or report that recorded it.
These are counts of documented names, not an estimate of everyone killed. 748 names may be recorded twice and are still being checked.
Faces we remember
Two nights, most of the killing
Timeline67% of the names in this archive are from these two nights. The timeline shows how many people were killed in each city, day by day.
Urgent — lives at risk
People reported at imminent risk or under a confirmed death sentence. Check the date on each card.
Every name has a source
No name is published without a source. Each name sits in one of three evidence tiers, depending on how many sources name it and what kind they are, and the list or report behind it is shown next to it.
Two or more independent lists
The name appears on the lists of at least two human rights organisations or media outlets that are independent of each other.
1,395 namesOne trusted list
The name is recorded by one human rights organisation or one media outlet.
3,958 namesFamily and witnesses
A report from the family, or several consistent posts from different accounts that an editor has checked.
737 namesNames that appear only on lists made with AI tools are not published or counted until a trusted source is found for them.
Is someone you love missing from here, or is their record wrong?
Tell us. You don’t need an account, and your internet address is not kept. A removal request hides the name from the public straight away, before anyone reviews it.