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.
Kamran Soltani
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison
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Kaveh Salehi
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Keyvan Rashozadeh
Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Seven years and six months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Khaled Zamani
Born: Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: 30 years imprisonment in exile
Current Status: Imprisoned in Yazd Central Prison
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Khoshnaw Eyni
Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Two years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Oshnavieh prison
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Loghman Pishyar
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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Mashallah Karami
Born: Bijar, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Justice-Seeking Family
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: 14 years and 10 months imprisonment, fine and confiscation of assets
Current Status: Imprisoned in Karaj Central Penitentiary
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Mohammad Faraji
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison
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Mohammad Feyzi
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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Mohammad Karimi
Born: Baneh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Complicity in armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: 25 years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison
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