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Mohammad Reza Nekounam

31 October, 2016

Name: Mohammad Reza Nekounam Occupation: Cleric Date of Arrest: January 2015 Charge: “Trying to overthrow the Qom Seminary” Sentence: 5 years

Habibollah Latifi

21 April, 2016

Name: Habibollah Latifi Occupation: Engineering Student Date of Arrest:  October 22, 2007 Charge: “Corruption on Earth” Sentence: Death, later it was changed to life in…

Nasim (Maryam) Naghash Zargaran

12 April, 2016

Name: Nasim (Maryam) Naghash Zargaran Occupation: Unknown Date of Arrest:  February 2011 Charge: “Propaganda Against the Islamic Regime” and “Gathering and Acting Against National Security…

Golrokh Irayee

29 February, 2016

Name: Golrokh Irayee Occupation: Civil Rights Activist Date of Arrest:  2014 Charge: Insulting Sanctities and Propaganda Against the Regime Sentence:  6 Years    

Isa Saharkhiz

16 February, 2016

Name: Isa Saharkhiz Occupation: Journalist Date of Arrest:  November 1, 2015 Charge: “Acting Against National Security” and “Propaganda Against the State” Sentence: 21 months jail…

Omid Alishenas

4 January, 2016

Name: Omid Alishenas Occupation: Civil Engineer and Children’s Rights Activist Date of Arrest:  September 4, 2014 Charge: “Colluding Against National Security” and “Insulting the Supreme…

Arash Zad

18 December, 2015

Name: Arash Zad Occupation: Internet Entrepreneur Date of Arrest: July Charge: Undetermined Sentence: Undetermined He was released in December 2017.

Fatemeh Ekhtesari

2 November, 2015

  Name: Fatemeh Ekhtesari Occupation: Poet Date of Arrest: December 8, 2013 Charge: “Insulting the Sacred” Sentence: 11 and a half Years Jail and 99…

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Mostafa Azizi

8 September, 2015

Name: Mostafa Azizi Occupation: TV/Film Producer and Writer Date of Arrest: February, 1 2015 Charge: “Assembly and Collusion Against National Security,” “Insulting the Supreme Leader,”…

Nasrin Sotoudeh

28 August, 2015

Name: Nasrin Sotoudeh Occupation: Human Rights Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: September 2010 Charge: Propagation Activities Against the Regime; Cooperating with the Center for Human Rights Defenders; and Endangering National Security…

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Saeed Matinpour

28 August, 2015

Name: Saeed Matinpour Occupation: Civil Activist and Journalist Date of Imprisonment: May 25, 2007 Charge: Connection with Foreigners and Propaganda Against the Regime Sentence: 8 Years He was released on August…

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Nahid Gorji

28 August, 2015

Name: Nahid Gorji Occupation: Civil Rights Activist Online; Degree in Sociology. Date of Arrest: October, 2014 Charge: Held Without Official Charges Sentence: Undetermined She was…

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Zeinab Jalalian

21 August, 2015

Name: Zeinab Jalalian Occupation: Women’s Rights Activist Date of Arrest: March 2008 Charge: Enmity Against God Sentence: Life in Prison    

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Hamid Reza Moradi Sarvestani

19 August, 2015

Name: Hamid Reza Moradi Sarvestani Occupation: Religious Minority Practitioner (Gonabadi Dervish), Human Rights Activist Date of Arrest: September 4, 2011 Charge: Propaganda Against the Regime,…

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Esmail Gerami Moghaddam

17 August, 2015

Name:  Esmail Gerami Moghaddam Occupation: Iran-Iraq War Veteran, Former Member of Parliament, and Spokesman for Mehdi Karroubi’s Etemad Melli Party Date of Arrest: July 17…

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Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood

11 August, 2015

Name: Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood Occupation: Retired University Chemistry Professor, Activist Date of Arrest: June 16, 2015 Charge: “Propaganda Against the Regime” Sentence: Six Years…

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Elham Farahani

3 August, 2015

Name: Elham Farahani Date of Arrest: May 11, 2013 Charge: Charged as a Religious Minority Practitioner of Bahai’ Faith. Sentence: 4 Years in Prison She…

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Omid Kokabee

22 July, 2015

Name: Omid Kokabee Occupation: PhD Student in Optics at the University of Texas at Austin ِDate of Imprisonment: January 30, 2011 While Visiting Family in Iran…

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Farahnaz Misaghian

21 July, 2015

Name: Farahnaz Misaghian Date of Arrest: April 6, 2015 Charge: Charged as a Religious Minority Practitioner of Bahai Faith. Sentence: 1 Year in Prison and 1…

Atena Farghadani

3 May, 2015

Name: Atena Farghadani Occupation: Cartoonist, Painter. Date of Arrest: January 10, 2015 Charge: “Coolition Against the Security of the System”, “Propaganda Against the System”, “Insulting…

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Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

17 April, 2015

Name: Hossein Ronaghi Maleki Occupation: Blogger Date of Imprisonment: December 2009 Charge: Spreading Propaganda Against the Regime, Membership of the Internet Group “Iran Proxy”, Insulting the Iranian Supreme…

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah

13 April, 2015

Name: Mohammad Ali Dadkhah Occupation: Human Rights Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: September 2012 Charge: Spreading Propaganda Against the System Through Interviews with Foreign Media and Membership in the Defenders…

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Nazanin Khosravani

1 April, 2015

Name: Nazanin Khosravani Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: November, 2009 Charges:  “Assembly and Collusion for Activities Against National Security and Propaganda Against the Regime” Sentence: Six Years

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Mohammad Seifzadeh

1 April, 2015

Name: Mohammad Seifzadeh Occupation: Human Rights Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: October 2010 Charge: Collusion and Assembly with Intent to Disrupt Internal Security; Propagation Activities Against the Regime; and Establishing…

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Madjid Tavakkoli

25 March, 2015

Name: Madjid Tavakkoli Occupation: Student Activist Date of Imprisonment: December 7, 2009 Charge: Participating in an Illegal Gathering; Propaganda Against the System; and Insulting Officials Sentence: Eight and a Half Years…

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Hootan Dolati

21 July, 2014

Name: Hootan Dolati Occupation: Engineer, Journalist Date of Arrest: March 15, 2013 Charge: “Propaganda Against the State” and “Membership in a Banned Group” Sentence: One and a Half Years…

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Mohammad-Amin Hadavi

7 July, 2014

Name: Mohammad-Amin Hadavi Occupation: Publisher, Entrepreneur Date of Imprisonment: December 31, 2011 Charge: “Gathering and Colluding to Disturb National Security” Sentence: Six Years in Prison He was released in…

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Omid Behrouzi

26 May, 2014

Name: Omid Behrouzi Occupation: Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: September 8, 2011 Charge: “Forming an Illegal Group,” “Acting Against National Security,” “Propaganda Against the Regime,” “Insulting the Leader of the…

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Emad Bahavar

12 May, 2014

Name: Emad Bahavar Occupation: Student, Political Activist Date of Sentence: January 10, 2011 Charge: “Propaganda Against the State,” “Insulting the Supreme Leader” Sentence: Seven Years in Prison, and a Ten Year Ban…

Khosro and Massoud Kordpour

28 April, 2014

Name: Khosro and Massoud Kordpour Occupation: Journalists Date of Imprisonment: March 7 and 9, 2013 Charge: “Propaganda Against the Regime” and “Assembly and Collusion” Sentence: 6 Years Imprisonment and 3.5…

Abdolreza Ghanbari

31 March, 2014

Name: Abdolreza Ghanbari Occupation: Persian Literature Teacher Date of Imprisonment: December 27, 2009 Charge: Moharebeh (“Enmity Towards God”) Through Participation in the Street Gatherings on Ashura Day and Contact with…

Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Kazemeini Bouroujerdi

3 March, 2014

Name: Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Kazemeini Bouroujerdi Occupation: Clergy Date of Imprisonment: October 7, 2006 Charge: Around 30, Including moharebeh (“Enmity Towards God”); Acts Against National Security and Having Links with…

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Vahid Asghari

17 February, 2014

Name: Vahid Asghari Occupation: Blogger and Information Technology Student Date of Imprisonment: May 2008 Charge: Hosting “Obscene and Blasphemous Websites” Sentence: Death; Sentenced in January 2012 He was released in…

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Shiva Nazar Ahari

3 February, 2014

Name: Shiva Nazar Ahari Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: September 8, 2012 Charge: “Enmity Against God” Sentence: Four Years in Prison

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Nassour Naghipour

17 January, 2014

Name: Nassour Naghipour Occupation: Student, Website Manager Date of Imprisonment: July 9, 2012 Charge: Propaganda Against the Regime Sentence: Seven Years in Prison He was released in July 2015.

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Sayed Ziaoddin (Zia) Nabavi

6 January, 2014

Name: Sayed Ziaoddin (Zia) Nabavi Date of Imprisonment: June 2009 Occupation: Student Charge: Moharebeh (“Enmity Towards God”) Current Status: Imprisoned Sentence: 10 Years He was released in January 2018. Nabavi co-founded the…

Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh

23 December, 2013

Name: Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh Occupation: Student Activist Date of Imprisonment: February 2011 Charge: Propagating Against the State; Assembly and Collusion Against the State; and Disrupting Public Order Sentence: Six…

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Bahareh Hedayat

16 December, 2013

Name: Bahareh Hedayat Occupation: Student and Women’s Rights Activist Date of Imprisonment: December 31, 2009 Charge: Insulting the Supreme Leader; Insulting the President; Actions Against National Security; Propagation of Falsehoods; and…

Adnan Hassanpour

2 December, 2013

Name: Adnan Hassanpour Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: January 25, 2007 Charge: Espionage, “Acting Against National Security,” and “Enmity Against God” Sentence: 15 Years in Prison He was released from jail…

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Hakimeh Shokri

18 November, 2013

Name: Hakimeh Shokri Occupation: Human Rights Activist Date of Imprisonment: October 22, 2012 Charge: “Acting Against National Security” and “Propaganda Against the Regime” Sentence: 3 Years in Prison She was…

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Ahmed Reza Hashempour

28 October, 2013

Name: Ahmed Reza Hashempour Occupation: Website Administrator Date of Imprisonment: 2007 Charge: Membership in Anti-Religion and Blasphemous Websites Sentence: Life in Prison

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Faran Hesami

7 October, 2013

Name: Faran Hesami Occupation: Teacher Date of Imprisonment: July 15, 2012 Charge: Membership in the Baha’i Community, “Colluding to Disturb National Security” Sentence: Five Years in Prison She was…

Abdolfattah Soltani

23 September, 2013

Name: Abdolfattah Soltani Occupation: Human Rights Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: September 2011 Charge: Propagation Activities Against the Regime; Establishing the Center for Human Rights Defenders; and Endangering National Security…

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Majid Dorri

11 September, 2013

Name: Majid Dorri Date of Imprisonment: July 9, 2009 Occupation: Student Activist Charge: Moharebeh (“Enmity Towards God”); Acting Against National Security; Disrupting Public Order; and…

Afshin Karampour

26 August, 2013

Name: Afshin Karampour Occupation: Human Rights Lawyer Date of Imprisonment: September 2011 Charge: “Spreading Propaganda Against the System, Insulting the Supreme Leader, and Complicity to Disrupt Public Order” Sentence: Seven…

Masoud Bastani

12 August, 2013

Name: Masoud Bastani Date of Imprisonment: July 5, 2009 Occupation: Reformist Journalist Charge: Propagating Against the Regime and Congregating and Collusion to Create Anarchy Current Status: Imprisoned Sentence: Six Years He was…

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Arash Sadeghi

15 July, 2013

Name: Arash Sadeghi Occupation: Student Date of Arrest: June 7th, 2016 Charge: “collusion against national security,” “propaganda against the state,” “spreading lies in cyberspace” and…

Mohammad Tavassoli

2 July, 2013

Name: Mohammad Tavassoli Occupation: Reformist Politician Date of Imprisonment: November 2011 Charge: Disrupting National Security and Propagation Activities Against the Regime Sentence: 11 Years in Prison and a Five Year…

Abolfazl Abedini

17 June, 2013

Name: Abolfazl Abedini Occupation: Journalist, Activist Date of Imprisonment: Unavailable Charge: Propaganda Against the Regime Sentence: 12 Years in Prison

Kasra Nouri

3 June, 2013

Name: Kasra Nouri  Occupation: Unavailable Date of Imprisonment: March 14, 2012 Charge: “Propaganda Against the Regime”, “Acting Against National Security”, “Membership in a Deviant Group” and “Interviews with Foreign Media”…

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Mahboubeh Karami

20 May, 2013

Name: Mahboubeh Karami Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: May 15, 2011 Charge: “Assembly with Intent to Harm the State” and “Propagating Against the Regime” Sentence: Three Years in Prison

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Zahra Rahnavard

6 May, 2013

Name: Zahra Rahnavard Occupation: Reformist Politician Date of Imprisonment: February 2011 Charge: Not Charged Sentence: None Current Status: House Arrest

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Saeed Malekpour

29 April, 2013

Name: Saeed Malekpour Occupation: Software Developer Date of Imprisonment: 2008 Charge: Propaganda Against the Regime by Designing Pornographic Sites; Insulting Sanctities; Insulting the Leader and the President; and Corruption on…

Mansoureh Behkish

22 April, 2013

Name: Mansoureh Behkish Occupation: Member of Mothers for Peace Date of Imprisonment: June 12, 2011 Charge: Assembling and Conspiring with the Intent to Harm National Security; Propaganda Against the…

Abdollah Momeni

15 April, 2013

Name: Abdollah Momeni Occupation: Student Activist Date of Imprisonment: June 2009 Charge: Presence at Post-Election Gatherings and Activities Against National Security Sentence: Eight Years Current Status: Released 

Nargess Mohammadi

8 April, 2013

Name: Nargess Mohammadi Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: April 21, 2012 Charge: Assembly and Collusion Against National Security; Membership in the Center for Human Rights Defenders; and Propaganda Against the Regime…

Mahsa Amrabadi

25 March, 2013

Name: Mahsa Amrabadi Occupation: Journalist Date of Imprisonment: June 2009 Charge: Propaganda Against the Regime Sentence: Five Years, Four Suspended Current Status: Released on September 2013