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  • Mehdi Sharif

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Amin Moradi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Hadi Behbahani

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Hadi Behbahani lives in Tehran. He and several of his friends are animal rights activists and they were arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Zahra Mortazavi Chegani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Lor

    زهرا مرتضوی چگنی شهروند ساکن خرم‌آباد است. او روز ۱۱آذر۱۴۰۱ همزمان با خیزش زن، زندگی، آزادی، مفقود شد.

  • Rouhollah Kahrazahi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Rouhollah Kahrazahi is from Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Arman Ansarifar

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Arman Ansarifar is a resident of Behbahan and the brother of Farzad Ansarifar, a protester killed in the November 2019 uprisings. He has been summoned to court several times for demanding justice for the murder of his brother. He was eventually sentenced to prison and barred from leaving the country on the charge of “propaganda against the state."

  • Yaser Rahmani Rad

    35 years old

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Lor

    Yaser Rahmani Rad is a physician from Khorram Abad and a student and labor activist. In August 2020, he was denied higher education for his support of Haft-Tappeh workers and since then he has been working as a general physician. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Fatemeh Hafezinia

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Fatemeh Hafezinia is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Yazdan Arefiniya

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Yazdan Arefinia is a human rights and media activist and a legal consultant from Abdanan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Omid Hassanzahi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Omid Hassanzahi is from Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Mina Bozorgi Koushalshahi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    Mina Bozirgi Koushalshahi lives in Karaj. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mehdi Javanmardi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    .Mehdi Javanmardi is an environmental activist from Dehgolan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Fatemeh Mirani

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Fatemeh Mirani is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mohammad Hosseini

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Mohammad Hosseini was a resident of Karaj city. After participating in the memorial, for Hadith Najafi, one of the protesters killed in the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, he was arrested and was executed shortly after

  • Mohsen Ahmadi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Mohsen Ahmadi is from Dehloran. He was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Reyhaneh Saeidi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    They/he/she was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Maryam Gavshanian

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Kurd

    In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests.

  • Peyman Zakani

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests.

  • Hamid Jafari Nasrabadi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    Hamid Jafari Nasrabadi is a teacher, football coach, and author from Kashan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Arghavan Vosough Ansari

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    .Arghavan Vosough Ansari is a poet living in Tehran. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mohammad Khaled Shareghi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Fatemeh Shahvali

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Fatemeh Shahvali is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Esmail Hassanzehi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    .Jamshid Hassanzehi is from Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Behrouz Salahshour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Lor

    Behrouz Salahshour is from Izeh. He was arrested among many other activists during the nationwide uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Borhanoddin Rabbani

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Farhad Omidi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Farhad Omidi is from Dehloran. He was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Hamid Nikkhah

    Iran

    Unknown

    Kurd

    Hamid Nikkhah is an artist from Marivan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Masoumeh Haji Abolhassan

    41 years old

    Iran

    Other

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Masoumeh Haji Abolhassan (Masi Abolhassan) is a journalist, photographer, and gender equality activist from Tehran. She has been a journalist for over two decades and has also worked with ISNA for a period of time. For her participation in the Me Too campaign, she was sued by a person close to the IRGC and received a prison sentence.

  • Asma Pourmorad

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Asma Pourmorad is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Masoumeh Rostamzadeh

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Masoumeh Rostamzadeh is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Elham Afkari Sangari

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .Elham Afkari was arrested during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. Her three brothers, Navid, Vahid, and Habib Afkari were arrested for participating in the 2018 protests. Navid was executed and the other two brothers received prison sentences.

  • Giti Shafiei

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Hashem Amini

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Sara Fereshteh Saniei

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Sara Fereshteh Saniei is an artist from Tehran. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Mehdi Fadaei

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Mehdi Fadaei lives in Tehran. He and several of his friends are animal rights activists and they were arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Ali Banaeiyan

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Ali Banaeiyan lives in Isfahan. He was arrested among many others during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Fariba Dalir

    Iran

    Christian

    Unknown

    Fariba Dalir is a Christian convert. She was arrested for religious activities and her husband and several other Christian converts. Ms. Dalir was eventually sentenced to two years in Tehran’s Evin prison for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church.”

  • Kamin Korki

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Lor

    کامین کرکی برادر امین کرکی، از کشته‌شدگان اعتراضات دی‌ ۹۶ در دزفول است.

  • Milad Khoshkam

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .Milad Khoshkam was from Shiraz. He was active during the 2022 national uprising. Shortly after the beginning of the uprising, Mr. Khoshkam disappeared and his disintegrated body was delivered to the family a few days later. He was 27 years old.

  • Sarve Pourmohammadi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Soma Pourmohammadi is a member of the Nozhin socio-cultural association in Sanandaj. She was arrested along with a few other members of the association.

  • Raha Lonej

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Marjan Davoudi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Kurd

    She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Neda Faragari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Neda Faragari was arrested and sentenced to prison during the 2022 uprising.

  • Omid Hassani

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    .Omid Hassani was arrested in a ceremony honoring the victims of the nationwide uprising in Sanandaj. He was severely beaten and tortured and died hours later from internal bleeding and brain hemorrhage. He was 20 years old.

  • Yousef Mehrad

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Turk

    Yusuf Mehrad was from Ardebil. He was sentenced to death on the charge of insulting the prophet through his work on the telegram channel "Criticism of superstition and religion" and he was executed along with Sadrollah Fazli Zare, the other defendant in this case, on May 8, 2023.

  • Golboddin Mohammadi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Sanaatollah Ghoreishi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Fereydoun Nabi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Fereydoun Nabi is from Piranshahr. He was arrested as a hostage in place of his brother Fardin Nabi during the nationwide uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Elaheh Mohammadi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    Elaheh Mohammadi is a reporter for Ham Mihan newspaper. She is among the reporters who attended the funeral of Mahsa Amini at her village in Saqez.

  • Ahmad Goudarzi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Lor

    Ahmad Goudarzi was a wrestler from Lorestan and lived in Shahr-e Quds. He was arrested in the ceremony honoring Hadis Najafi in Karaj and was killed under torture.

  • Olivier Vandecasteele

    Belgium

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Olivier Vandecasteele is a Belgian aid worker. He has worked in Iran since 2015 for seven years as an aid worker for the Norwegian Refugee Council and International Development and Relief Foundation. Mr. Vandecasteele was arrested in the winter of 2021 in Iran for espionage.

  • Mehdi Sofali

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Mehdi Sofali is a sports reporter and musician. He was a producer for Chartar band in two albums. He was arrested during the national uprising in 2022.

  • Menhajollah Nouri

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Homayoun Eftekhariyan Niya

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Homayoun Eftekharian Niya is an Anesthesiology student living in Tehran. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder

  • Vahid Abbasi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Lor

    Vahid Abbasi is from Izeh. During the 2022 nationwide uprising, the security forces shot him in the eye and eventually arrested him.

  • Pouya Rostamipour

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Pouya Rostamipour is a soccer coach and graduate of biochemistry from Sanandaj Azad University. He was arrested during the 2022 nationwide uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Mostafa Nouri

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Soma Pourmohammadi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Soma Pourmohammadi is a member of the Nozhin socio-cultural association in Sanandaj. She was arrested while following up on her husband's case.

  • Mohammad Hossein Shoaei

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Unknown

    Mohammad Hossein Shoaei is a political science student at Allameh Tabatabaei University. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Saman Ghaderpour Darvish

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Saman Ghaderpour, AKA Saman Kourdeh, was 37 years old and from Oshnuyeh. He got arrested in Tehran during the 2022 nationwide uprising and was killed by the security forces under torture in an Intelligence lockup. He was born on April 21, 1985.

  • Samaneh Asghari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    .Samaneh Asghari is an engineering student at Kharazmi University and a children's rights activist. She was arrested during the nationwide uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Fariba Zand Karimi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    .Fariba Zand Karimi is a teacher from Sanandaj. She was arrested during the 2022 nationwide uprising.

  • Majid Dorri

    44 years old

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    Majid Dorri is a former student activist who was denied higher education and served five years in prison after the 2009 protests. He was once again arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Gholam Seddigh Seddighi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Vahel Varseji

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Younes Mahmoudi Azar

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Younes Mahmoudi Azar is from Mahabad. He disappeared during the national uprising in 2022 without a trace.

  • Hossein Bapirvand

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Kurd

    Hossein Bapirvand is from Dehloran. He was arrested during the 2022 national uprising.

  • Benyamin Kouhkan

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Benyamin Kouhkan lives in Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini. He was under 18 at the time of the arrest.

  • Hasan Basiri

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Amir Mohammad Khosh Eghbal

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    امیرمحمد خوش‌اقبال سرباز نیروی هوایی ارتش است. او به‌همراه چند نفر دیگر در پرونده شهرک اکباتان تهران، هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی و به اتهام ضرب‌وجرح منجر به مرگ یک مامور، بازداشت شد.

  • Zhila Khayer

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Shokoufeh Yari

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Shokoufeh Yari is from Dehloran. She was arrested and convicted during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Hakimollah Masoud

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Mosleh Jafari Rameshti

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    .Mosleh Jafari Rameshti is from Sanandaj. He has been arrested twice in relation to his brother, Moslem Jafari Rameshti.

  • Amir Javad Asaadzadeh

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Amir Javad Asaadzadeh, 36, was arrested and brutally tortured in Mashhad during the nationwide uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini. A day after his arrest he was transferred to the hospital where he died as a result of torture.

  • Ali Reza Adineh

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    .Ali Reza Adineh is a poet and a member of the Iranian Writers' Association. He was arrested during the national uprising in 2022.

  • Rafiollah Badakhshi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Emad Ghavidel

    34 years old

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .

  • Sara Siyahpour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Lor

    Sara Siahpour is a teachers' guild activist in Tehran and Alborz. Security forces have brought several cases against her.

  • Yousef Ghodrati

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Yousef Ghodrati is from Ghaem Shahr. He was arrested during the 2022 nationwide uprising.

  • Rad Maniat

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Arab

    Rad Maniat is from Shadgan. He got arrested as part of a group case and was repeatedly tortured during interrogation. He was sentenced to prison along with several other defendants in the case while others received death sentences.

  • Mojtaba Ghenaati Khollari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Mojtaba Ghenaati Khalari was a 28-year-old man from Shiraz and a chemistry student. He was arrested at the same time as the 2022 uprising for writing slogans and participating in street protests. A few days after the arrest, the security agents contacted his family to identify his dead body.

  • Narges Behyari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    .Narges Behyari is a photographer and cinematographer in Tehran. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder and in one occasion she was stabbed with a knife.

  • Abdolnaser Gorgij

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    S/he was arrested as the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Karim Borvayeh

    40 years old

    Iran

    Sunni

    Arab

    .Karim Borvayeh is a teacher and political activist from Ahvaz. He was arrested a few times for his ethnic and cultural activities and was once sentenced to prison and exile. He was tortured during interrogation for his last case.

  • Mandana Sadeghi

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Kurd

    Mandana Sadeghi is a writer and journalist from Abadan. She had reported on the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company strike and protests, financial corruption in Arvand Free Zone, building collapse in Metropol, and coerced confessions of Abadni girls who were arrested during the countrywide protests in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Amir Hossein Mokhtari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Hojat Mirzaei

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Turk

    Hojat Mirzaei is from Tabriz. He was arrested in Tehran during the national uprising.

  • Ali Akbar Rigi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Ali Akbar Rigi is from Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Yousef Moradi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Kurd

    Yousef Moradi lives in Abdanan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Hamid Reza Rahmati

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    Is a member of the teachers' union in Isfahan. His one-person demos to protest the continued arrest of activists led to his arrest.

  • Ali Rakhshani Azad

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Ali Rakhshani Azad was arrested after the first Bloody Friday massacre in Zahedan. He was 16 at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Omid Rezaei

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    امید رضایی شهروند اهل مازندران و ساکن تهران است. او هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی بازداشت شد.

  • Mohammad Omar Nourzahi

    Afghanistan

    Sunni

    Unknown

    He is an Afghanistani national studying at Darul Uloom Makki in Zahedan at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising in 2022 and the protests at the Friday prayers in Zahedan and was transferred to Al-Ghadir immigrant camp. The arrests are part of the state's effort to pressure Sunni clergy in Sistan & Baluchistan.

  • Reza Aria

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Unknown

    Reza Aria is an employee of Metro electricity and a father of two. He was arrested after attending the memorial of Hadith Najafi who was killed during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. He was charged with spreading corruption on earth.

  • Pouria Javadi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Pouria Javadi is from Karzan county near Sirvan. He was arrested along with his wife, Maryam Haghgou, on the charge of collusion with dissident parties.

  • Elham Saririzadeh

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Lor

    They/he/she was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Ali Reza Izadi

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Ali Reza Izadi is an author, director, filmmaker, and manager of the Rezvan bookstore. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Rada Fatehi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    .Rada Fatehi is from Sanandaj. She was arrested along with her two brothers, Ramin and Voria Fatehi by the Intelligence agents in Sanandaj during the 2022 nationwide uprising.

  • Siamak Davoudi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    سیامک داوودی، اهل سنندج است. او هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی بازداشت شد.

  • Afan Mollazahi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Afan Mollazahi lives on Chabahar. He is the grandchild of Abdolrahman Chabahari, Sunni Friday imam in Chabahar. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and national uprising in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Yaser Ansari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Kurd

    Yaser Ansari is from Abdanan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Mohammad Rakhshani Azad

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Mohammad Rakhshani Azad was arrested after the first Bloody Friday massacre in Zahedan. He was 15 at the time of his arrest. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Mehdi Mohammadi

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Unknown

    Mehdi Mohammadi was arrested after attending the memorial of Hadith Najafi who was killed during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. He was charged with spreading corruption on earth.

  • Ali Zarean

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    علی زارعان دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت دولتی دانشگاه تهران است. او هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی بازداشت شد.

  • Elham Modarresi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Elham Modarresi is a poet living in Tehran. She was arrested mainly for her posts on social media during the national uprising in 2022.

  • Nazanin Keynejad

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Nazanin Keynejad is a translator living in Tehran. In recent years she has been involved in producing content strategies for upstart businesses. She was arrested during the countrywide uprising in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Moslem Jafari Rameshti

    39 years old

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Moslem Jafari Rameshti (Heloe Rameshti) is a former member of a Kurdish party and an actor in the movie "Dirty Lands".

  • Iliad Rahmanipour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Turk

    Iliad (Amir Mohammad) Rahmanipour, 17 years old, disappeared during the countrywide uprising in 2022, and his body was found a few days later. The authorities have claimed suicide is the cause of death but the family believes the suicide scenario is a coverup.

  • Hadi Mirzaei

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Hadi Mirzaei (Abbas Mirzaei) is a composer, writer, and undergraduate student of electrical engineering at Beheshti University. He was arrested at the same time as the nationwide uprising of 2022.

  • Majid Shabdini Pashaki

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    مجید شب‌دینی پاشاکی شهروند اهل لاهیجان است. او هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی بازداشت شد.

  • Aryan Rafat

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

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  • Pouya Amri

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

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  • Hashem Moazenzadeh

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Hashem Moazenzadeh is a surgeon and a teachers' guild activist. He was the admin of the Doctors and Law website and the former admin of the Telegram channel of doctors. He was arrested during the national uprising in response to Mahsa Amini's murder

  • Pouria Javaheri

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Pouria Javaheri is a municipality employee in Kamyaran. He was arrested and charged with Moharebeh during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mohammad Javad Kordi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    They/he/she was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Zhina Modarres Gorji

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Zhina Modarres Gorji is a women's rights activist in Sanandaj and a member of Zhivano Association. She was also a member of the One Million Signature campaign. She was arrested during the national uprising in 2022.

  • Edris Barahouei

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Edris Barahouei is from Zahedan. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and national uprising in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Faezeh Barahouei

    24 years old

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Faezeh Barahouei is a student at Zahedan Azad University and a women's rights activist. She was arrested in a wave of arrests of activists and citizens during the protests in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The protests were in reaction to the rape of a 15-year-old girl by the chief of police of Chabahar.

  • Ameneh Zamani

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    .Ameneh Zamani is a children's rights activist and graduate of arts from Tehran Azad University. She was arrested during the 2022 national uprising.

  • Mona Afsami

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Mona Afsami is a teacher in Tehran. She was arrested during the 2022 national uprising in Iran.

  • Sina Berakpour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Unknown

    Sina Berakpour is an architecture student at Mashhad Azad University. He was arrested during the countrywide uprising in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Shouresh Heidari

    Iran

    Probably Sunni

    Kurd

    Shouresh Heidari is a pharmacist from Boukan. Soheila Khaledi is a teacher from Sanandaj. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran.

  • Hamed Salahshour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Lor

    Hamed Salahshour is a driver from Izeh. He was murdered by the security forces under torture. was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mansour Hout

    27 years old

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Mansour Hout is the son of a prominent literary figure and poet of Balochistan province and lives in Chabahar. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Maryam Karim Beigi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .Maryam Karim Beigi is the sister of Mostafa Karim Beigi, one of the protesters killed in the December 2009 uprising. She was summoned several times and eventually received a prison sentence.

  • Nezamoddin Hout

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Nezamoddin Hout lives in Chabahar. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.