Hiwa – Database of Political Prisoners

Map of Prisons and Secret Detention Centres

Hiwa means “Hope” in Kurdish Sorani. Hiwa aims to serve as a comprehensive database on Kurdish political prisoners in Iran, illuminating their cases and striving to bring light to the darkened corners of prisons.

Prisons
Detention Centres

Borazjan Prison
Bukan Prison
Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah
Evin Prison
Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
Ilam Central Prison
Iranshahr Prison
Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj
Kamyaran Prison
Karaj Central Penitentiary
Kashmar Prison
Khoy Prison
Mahabad Prison
Minab Prison
Naqadeh Prison
Orumiyeh Central Prison
Oshnavieh Prison
Sanandaj Central Prison
Saqqez Prison
Tabriz Central Prison
Tonekabon Prison
Yazd Central Prison

81 Ramazan Detention Centre of IRGC's Intelligence Organisation
Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Kermanshah
Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh
Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj
Nabi Akram Detention Centre of IRGC’s Intelligence Organisation
Shahramfar Detention Centre of IRGC’s Intelligence Organisation
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Prison:

All

Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: 10 years and one day imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Akam Khezrzadeh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison

Alan Daghdar

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

Ali Ghassemi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi) – Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Collaboration with hostile states – Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Anvar Chaleshi

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: Seven years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Asaad Mohammadi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist

Charged With: Propaganda against the state

Sentence: One year imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison

Ashkan Fahim

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic 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

Ayoub Asadi

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment in exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Kashmar Prison in Razavi Khorasan Province

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

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

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

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

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

Galawezh Mohammadi-Arshad

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Arrest Date: 2024-08-14

Current Status: Detained

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

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

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

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

Hatem Ozdemir

Born: Agri, Kurdistan of Turkey

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi) – Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Death penalty

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Hazhar Delsouz

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison

Hiwa Nouri

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Sunni Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Hossein Khosravi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Sunni Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Hossein Osmani

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 30 years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Javanmard Mam-Khosravi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Kamal Lotfi

Born: Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Justice-Seeking Family

Charged With: Insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Insulting the leader – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Kamyaran Prison

Kamal Sharifi

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 30 years imprisonment and exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Minab Prison, Hormozgan Province

Kamel Jabbarvand

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: Seven years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Kamran Ghassemi

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

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

Kaveh Salehi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

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

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

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

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

Manizheh Khoshnoud

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Arrest Date: 2024-07-31

Current Status: Detained

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

Mohammad Faraji

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison

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

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

Mohammad Khaled Rasoulzadeh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Arrest Date: 2024-07-09

Current Status: Detained

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

Nayeb Askari

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)

Sentence: Death penalty

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Nayeb Hajizadeh

Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: 10 years and one day imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Omid Saeidi

Born: Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security

Sentence: 10 years and one day of imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Khoy Prison

Osman Delsouz

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison

Osman Esmaeili

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist

Charged With: Acting against national security – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Saqqez Prison

Pakhshan Azizi

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist – Women’s Rights/Gender Equality Activist

Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi) – Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups

Sentence: Death penalty

Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran

Parham Parvari

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Acting against national security – Enmity against God (moharebeh)

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment in exile

Current Status: Imprisoned in Iranshahr Prison in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Pezhman Soltani

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Pirout Tabnak

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

Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Spreading corruption on earth (efsad-e fel arz)

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Bukan Prison

Rizgar Beygzadeh Baba-Miri

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Sentence: Pending

Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests

Charged With: Acting against national security – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: Five years and six months of imprisonment, fine

Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh Prison

Sakineh Parvaneh

Born: Quchan, Razavi Khorasan Province

Field of activity: Political Activist

Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Insulting the leader – Propaganda against the state

Sentence: Total of seven years and six months imprisonment

Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison

Salam Khezrnezhad

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Arrest Date: 2024-08-12

Current Status: Detained

Salim Zolgharneyn

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province

Field of activity: Unknown

Charged With: Unknown

Arrest Date: 2024-07-03

Current Status: Detained

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

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

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

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

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

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