Saied Mohammadi Moghalani is a poet, writer, and newspaper journalist and is editor-in-chief of Yashmaq literary magazine. Mohammadi was arrested by intelligence officers, along with 18 others, at an Iftar celebration on 10 September 2008. He and the others were taken to Section 209 of ...
Hasan Harischian (35), is a development engineer. He is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He is married and has one child. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and is currently being held in Evin Prison. ...
Mohammad Reza Sadeqi (36) is a computer engineer. He is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and is currently being held in Evin Prison. ...
Abbas Lisani (39) is an Azerbaijani activist from the city of Ardebil. He is serving multiple prison sentences following prosecutions for his peaceful activities promoting respect for the cultural and linguistic rights of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority. ...
Hojat Naseri (26), an Azerbaijani activist, is serving a four- month prison term. He was arrested and prosecuted after public protests in June 2007. He is held in Oromiye prison. ...
Ebrahim Rashidi is a poet, writer and Mechanical Engineering graduate of Orumieh University. On 5 August 2008, he was sent to prison to begin serving his five-month prison sentence. ...
Zaynab Bayazidi (26) is a computer science graduate who was arrested on 9 July 2008 after appearing for an interview with the Intelligence Office in Mehabad on 7 July 2008. She was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in exile on 10 August 2008. ...
Tayeb Ebrahimzadeh is an activist associated with the Azerbaijan National Movement, which aims to promote respect for the cultural and linguistic rights of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Ebrahimzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to ...
Mohsen Hosseinzadeh is an activist on behalf of the Azerbaijan National Movement, which promotes the cultural and linguistic rights of the Azeri ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Hosseinzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to teach ...
UPDATE: (31 October 2008) Yaser Goli is an Economic Development graduate from Azad University in Sanandaj who was barred from finishing his Master’s Degree studies. He was also a member and the secretary of the Kurdish Democratic Society. He was arrested on 17 October 2007, ...
UPDATE (22 October 2008) Mohammad Hasan Falahiezadeh ended his hunger strike after 15 days on 19 October 2008 after the Court granted him access to a lawyer, Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani. A representative for Mr. Soltani signed the contract on his behalf. ...
Fatemeh Goftari, mother of Yaser Goli, was arrested on 14 January 2008 while on her way to pick up her son’s possessions. She is serving a three-month prison sentence in the Central Prison of Sanandaj. ...
Behrouz Karimizadeh, arrested on November 3, 2008, is a student activist. He is being held in Evin prison. Karimizadeh and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep between November 2007 and January 2008. ...
Adnan Hassanpour (27), arrested on January 25, 2007, is a Kurdish journalist facing a death sentence following an unfair trial. ...
Ali Kantouri, arrested on November 3, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Kantouri and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep between November 2007 and January 2008. ...
Peyman Piran, arrested in November 2007, is a political dissident and student activist. He is held in Evin prison and has reportedly been subjected to ill-treatment to make false confessions. ...
Emad Baghi (45), a prominent human rights defender, is serving a one- year sentence for articles he wrote a decade before, and for which he already spent three years in prison on the same charges. He is the founder of the Center for Defense of ...
Hadi Hamidi Shafigh (23) is an architecture student at Orumieh’s Azad University. Arrested on December 11, 2007, he is serving a 17- month prison term for “participating in an illegal gathering” and possession of material deemed “insulting to the Supreme Leader.” ...
Ehsan Mansouri, political secretary of the Islamic Association at Amir Kabir University, was arrested after security agents raided his parent’s house on May 29, 2007. Security forces arrested Mansouri, Ahmad Ghasaban, and Majid Tavakoli along with five other students following a week of unrest ...
Abbas Khorsandi, a political activist held in Evin Prison, is sentenced to eight years in prison solely for his political beliefs and internet writings. ...
(April 7, 2008) Mahmoud Salehi completed his one-year prison sentence on March 23, 2008. However, local judiciary officials refused to release him and instead brought new charges against him relating to letters he published while in prison months ago. According to his lawyer, Mohammad Sharif, ...
Kambiz Hosseini (28) is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006 and sentenced to 18 months in prison. He is currently being held in Evin Prison. ...
Ali Arbabi (38) is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and is being held in Evin Prison. ...
Mehrdad Soori (36) is an electrical technician and follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison. He is currently being held in Evin Prison. ...
Majid Alsati (35) has a Master’s degree in development and is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s. He was first arrested in October 2006 and is serving a 4-year imprisonment in exile sentence in Zanjan. ...
