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.

Mohammad Khezrnezhad

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Sunni Activist

Charged With: Propaganda against the state – Spreading corruption on earth (efsad-e fel arz)

Sentence: 16 years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Mohammad Tadayyoni

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country

Sentence: Three years and nine months imprisonment, two years of exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison

Mohsen Azizi

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

Motalleb Ahmadian

Born: Baneh, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 30 years imprisonment in exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran

Mozaffar Sakanvand Lakran

Born: Maku, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 20 years imprisonment and exile to Borazjan Prison in Bushehr Province

Current Status: Imprisoned in Borazjan Prison

Mozhgan Kavousi

Born: Kelardasht, Mazandaran Province

Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist

Charged With: Inciting and provoking people to war and murder with the intent to disrupt national security – Insulting the leader – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: One year imprisonment

Current Status: Open prison in Tonekabon Prison