Hiwa – Database of Political Prisoners

List of Political 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.

Omid Saeidi

Born: Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: 10 years and one day of imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Khoy Prison

Osman Delsouz

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

Osman Esmaeili

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Saqqez Prison

Pakhshan Azizi

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist – Women’s Rights/Gender Equality Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi) – Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Death penalty

Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran

Parham Parvari

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Acting against national security – Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment in exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Iranshahr Prison in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Peyman Shiri

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Sentence: Six months imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison

Pezhman Soltani

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) – Premeditated murder – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: Death penalty overturned by Supreme Court, case referred to Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison