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. ...
Habib Ghovati (30), has a Master’s degree in accounting. He is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He is married and currently serving a 4-year imprisonment in exile sentence in Hamadan. ...
Alireza Montazer (37) is married with one child and is serving a 4-year imprisonment in exile sentence in Kermanshah. He is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. ...
Massoud Samavatyan (47) has a Master’s degree in literature. He is a follower of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s who was first arrested in October 2006. He has two children and is serving a 5-year imprisonment in exile sentence in Khoramabad. ...
Reza Daghestani (27), detained on February 21, 2008, is an Azerbaijani activist. Intelligence agents raided his house and confiscated his books and personal computer. He is at risk of being tortured. ...
Morteza Khedmatloo, arrested on January 14, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Khedmatloo and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep between November 2007 and January 2008. ...
Behzad Bagheri, arrested on December 14, 2007, is a student activist. Intelligence agents arrested Bagheri and more than 60 other students during a nationwide sweep last November to January. ...
Soroosh Dashtestani, arrested on January 14, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Dashtestani and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep between November 2007 and January 2008. ...
Ejlal Ghavami, serving a three year sentence, is a journalist in the Western province of Kurdistan. He was arrested on July 9, 2007. Ghavami is a member of the editorial board of Payam Mardom (People’s Message). On June 9, 2007, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court ...
Alireza Matinpour, brother of the Azerbaijani journalist, Saeed Matinpour, was detained on August 28, 2008. He was held for more than six months. The authorities released him on bail in amount of one billion Rials ($110,000). ...
Leila Heidari, a political activist, was detained on August 28, 2007, after she went to Zanjan prison to visit her detained husband, Behrouz Safari. She was released in early March 2008 after posting bail in amount of 800 million Rials ($88,000). ...
Behrouz Safari, detained in late May 2007, is a political activist from the city of Zanjan. After several months of detention, the authorities released him on bail in the amount of 800 million Rials ($88,000) in March 2008. During the first five months of Safari’s detention, ...
(28 February 2008) Jalil Ghaniloo (30), arrested by intelligence agents on May 26, 2007 in Zanjan, is a freelance journalist and political activist. He is being held without charge. Authorities have denied him access to a lawyer. According to Ghaniloo’s brother, Tavakol Ghaniloo, his arrest is ...
Saeed Matinpour (32), arrested on May 25, 2007, is an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender. He is held without charge; denied access to a lawyer; and is reportedly subjected to ill-treatment and torture. Intelligence agents held him in solitary confinement for 205 days to ...
Ayatollah Seyd Hossein Kazemini Boroujerdi (49), arrested on October 8, 2006, is a Shia cleric who advocates separation of religion and politics. He is reportedly suffering from several serious illnesses. ...
Mehdi Noori (21), a student at Azad University of Naghadeh, is imprisoned in Tabriz Prison. He was convicted of “endangering national security” and sentenced to two years imprisonment. Security forces detained Noori in June 2006 following public protests in the city of Naghadeh. He was held ...
