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.
Srwa Pour-Mohammadi
Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist
Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security
Sentence: Five years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned at Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj
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Srwa Shiri
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Eight months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned at Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Susan Hassanzadeh
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist
Charged With: Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Three months imprisonment
Current Status: Released upon completion of her sentence
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Teyfour Salimi Babamiri
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Death penalty overturned by Supreme Court, case referred to Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad
Current Status: Released on bail
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Towhid Darvish
Born: Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: 10 years imprisonment in exile
Current Status: Imprisoned in Tabriz Central Prison
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Vahab Khediripour
Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Eight months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison
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Vahid Chavaran
Born: Abdanan, Ilam Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Disrupting public order and peace – Enmity against God (moharebeh) – Insulting the leader
Sentence: 12 years of imprisonment in exile in Zahedan Central Prison
Current Status: Imprisoned in Zahedan Central Prison
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Verisheh Moradi
Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Death penalty
Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran
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Yaghoub Mahmoudi-Azar
Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Seven years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Oshnavieh Prison
Read moreYounes Mahmoudzadeh
Born: Bukan, 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 – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: 30 months imprisonment
Current Status: Released under electronic surveillance with an ankle tag
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