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.
Saman Yasin
Born: Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist – Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country
Sentence: Five years imprisonment coupled with exile in Shahr-e Babak prison in Kerman Province
Current Status: Imprisoned in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
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Seyvan Ebrahimi
Born: Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist
Charged With: Disrupting public order and peace – Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: One year and eight months imprisonment
Current Status: Released
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Shahin Vasaf
Born: Salmas, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Espionage
Sentence: Death penalty
Current Status: Imprisoned in in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Shaker Baghi
Born: Van, Kurdistan of Turkey
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: 30 years imprisonment in exile
Current Status: Imprisoned in Kashmar Prison in Razavi Khorasan Province
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Shaker Behrouz
Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Armed insurrection (baghi) – Premeditated murder
Sentence: Five years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Siamak Hayasi
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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So’ada Khadirzadeh
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Four years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Soleyman Adhami
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Sunni Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Soleyman Salek
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups
Sentence: Seven years and six months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison
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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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