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.

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

Mohsen Eslamkhah

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: Death penalty

Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan 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: Released