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.
Ayoub Javanpour
Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Insulting the leader – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Four years of imprisonment and 15 months of exile
Current Status: Imprisoned in Saqqez Prison
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Bahman 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
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Bapir Barzeh
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Disrupting public order and peace
Sentence: Four years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison
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Baset Karimi
Born: Baneh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Complicity in armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: 20 years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison
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Fereshteh Hosseini
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Eight months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Foad Fathi
Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Four years imprisonment with additional penalties
Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison
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Ghader Mohammadzadeh
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: 20 years and six months imprisonment, payment of blood money (diyeh)
Current Status: Unknown
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Habib Latifi
Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: Life imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison
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Hajar Saeidi
Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist – Women’s Rights/Gender Equality Activist
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country
Sentence: One year imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj
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Hassan Mardani
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Three years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison
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