Hiwa – Database of Political Prisoners

List of Political and Religious Prisoners

Hiwa is the hope for a bright horizon from the darkness of prison. Here, we have dedicated pages to each of the Kurdish prisoners and detainees in Iran’s prisons and security detention centres to document a portion of the suffering and injustice inflicted on their lives and rights. It is an effort against forgetting and a call for justice.

Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: 10 years and one day imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Ahmad Alizadeh

Born: Abdanan, Ilam Province

Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist

Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: 27 months of imprisonment and additional punishments

Current Status: Released under supervision with an electronic

Akam Khezrzadeh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison

Alan Daghdar

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Ali Ghassemi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi) – Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Collaboration with hostile states – Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison