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.

  • 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
  • Marivan Prison
  • Minab Prison
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Marivan
  • Naqadeh Prison
  • Orumiyeh Central Prison
  • Oshnavieh Prison
  • Qorveh Prison
  • Sanandaj Central Prison
  • Saqqez Prison
  • Tabriz Central Prison
  • Tonekabon Prison
  • Yazd Central Prison
  • 81 Ramazan Detention Centre of IRGC's Intelligence Organisation in Orumiyeh
  • IRGC Intelligence Organisation Detention Centre in Divandarreh
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Kamyaran
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Kermanshah
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Mahabad
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Paveh
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Qorveh
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj
  • Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Saqqez
  • Ministry of Intelligence's New Detention Centre in Orumiyeh
  • Nabi Akram Detention Centre of IRGC’s Intelligence Organisation
  • Public Security Police Detention Centre in Orumiyeh (Doghuz Pelleh)
  • Shahramfar Detention Centre of IRGC’s Intelligence Organisation in Sanandaj
  • Unknown
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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

Abdollah Gholipour

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-30
Current Status: Detained

Adel Kakeh

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-03
Current Status: Detained

Akam Amini

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-23
Current Status: Detained

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

Akam Mihan-Khah

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-08
Current Status: Detained

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: Released on bail

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

Ali Hosseinpour

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-05
Current Status: Detained

Amanj Ahmadi

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-16
Current Status: Detained

Amir Baboli

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Six years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison

Amir Fagheh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-05-22
Current Status: Detained

Amir Mohammad-Khani

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-27
Current Status: Detained

Amir Seydi

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country
Sentence: Two years and seven months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Amirhossein Haghjouyan

Born: Sahneh, Kermanhshah Province
Field of activity: Justice-Seeking Family
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-23
Current Status: Released

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

Aram Sadeghi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-10
Current Status: Detained

Arsalan Khodkam

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: Life 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: Compulsory residence in Bavi, Khuzestan Province

Azad Abbasi

Born: Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Insulting the leader – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: One year imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Qorveh Prison

Azad Khadem

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-25
Current Status: Detained

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

Bapir Barzeh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Disrupting public order and peace
Sentence: Four years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Naqadeh 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

Behzad Dadkhah

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-25
Current Status: Detained

Diako Azizi

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-04
Current Status: Released

Edris Karsaz

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Three years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Oshnavieh Prison

Fardin Sheikhol-Eslami

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 0204-10-02
Current Status: Detained

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

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

Goran Khoda-Moradi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-07
Current Status: Detained

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

Hamid Azizi

Born: Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-12-03
Current Status: Detained

Hamid Hoseinnezhad Heidaranlou

Born: Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Death penalty
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Priosn

Hamid Salehinezhad

Born: Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-05
Current Status: Detained

Harun Salimi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-21
Current Status: Detained

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

Hemin Gholipour

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-30
Current Status: Detained

Hiwa Bahin

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-24
Current Status: Detained

Hiwa Feizi

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-12-02
Current Status: Detained

Hossein Firouzi

Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-12-02
Current Status: Detained

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

Jafar Ardalan

Born: Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-05
Current Status: Detained

Jamal Alizadeh

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Collaboration with hostile media
Sentence: 30 months imprisonment
Current Status: Open prison in Naqadeh Prison

Javanmard Mam-Khosravi

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

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 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 Mohammadi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Justice-Seeking Family
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-01
Current Status: Detained

Khaled Mahmoudi

Born: Ravansar, Kermanshah Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Unknown
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah

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

Khalil Asghari

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-19
Current Status: Detained

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

Mahmoud Sadeghi

Born: Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Complicity in armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Total of 51 years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison

Mani Mohammadi

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-17
Current Status: Detained

Mardin Dehghani

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-08
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

Matin Hassani

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Inciting and provoking people to war and murder with the intent to disrupt national security – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: 31 months imprisonment
Current Status: Open Prison in Bukan Prison

Milad Naseri

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-23
Current Status: Detained

Milad Pirani

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-11
Current Status: Detained

Mohammad Dastureh

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-08
Current Status: Detained

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 Karimi

Born: Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-05
Current Status: Detained

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 Sanandaj 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

Mozafar Daraei

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-08
Current Status: Detained

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

Navid Sharifi

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-08
Current Status: Detained

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 Hamedi

Born: Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-12-07
Current Status: Detained

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

Osman Habibollahi

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-08
Current Status: Detained

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
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

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

Pishko Rouhi

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Environmental Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-26
Current Status: Detained

Pouria Hosseini

Born: Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-16
Current Status: Detained

Pouria Javaheri

Born: Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Premeditated murder
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison

Rashed Advaei

Born: Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-11
Current Status: Detained

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

Salam Soltani

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-05-06
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 Mirzaei

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-08-08
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: On medical leave

Seyran Khosravi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-19
Current Status: Detained

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

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

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

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

Sina Asadi Hakim

Born: Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-11-05
Current Status: Detained

Sina Mohammadi

Born: Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-18
Current Status: Detained

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

Sohrab Avizkan

Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Disrupting public order and peace
Sentence: Three years imprisonment and three years of exile in Zanjan
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison

Soleiman Choupani

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-05
Current Status: Detained

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

Soran Yousefi

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-12-04
Current Status: Detained

Sorayya Gheitaran

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Nine months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Susan Hassanzadeh

Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Literary, Cultural, and Artistic Activist
Charged With: Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Three months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison

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

Vahed Aboubakri

Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-09-05
Current Status: Detained

Verisheh Moradi

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Death penalty
Current Status: Imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran

Yaghoub 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

Yazdan Ghanbari

Born: Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Arrest Date: 2024-10-19
Current Status: Detained

Yousef Ahmadi

Born: Baneh, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Death penalty
Current Status: Imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison

Yousef Rahmani

Born: Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Two years and five months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Oshnavieh Prison

Zahed Ahmadi

Born: Marivan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Unknown
Current Status: Detained

Zeynab Jalalian

Born: Maku, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Enmity against God (moharebeh)
Sentence: Life imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Yazd Central Prison

Zhina Modares Gorji

Born: Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Journalist/Media Activist – Women’s Rights/Gender Equality Activist
Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: 28 months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj

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