Iran Prison Atlas

Prisoner showcase

• Ali Reza Farshi

  

  He was sentenced to prison for ethnic activities.

• Amir Hossein Moradi

  

  He was arrested during November 2019 nationwide protests. The Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death. He is from Tehran's Khazaneh neighborhood. Moradi was living in Germany as a refugee before, but he returned to Iran later.

• Sirvan Arghavani

  

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• Farzad Sadeghian

  

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• Vahid Afkari Sangari

  

  He was sentenced to a long-term prison for participating in the August 2018 protests in Shiraz. Iran's judiciary claims that he "assisted in murder" at the same time as the protests. He was "tortured" by officers during interrogation. He had committed suicide twice for "severe torture"

• Javad Lal Mohammadi

  

  He arrested in front of the Khorasan Court of Appeals during the rally of political and civil activists. Some of those arrested were the signers of 14 political activists statement

• Fatemeh Sepehri

  

  She arrested in front of the Khorasan Court of Appeals during the rally of political and civil activists. Some of those arrested were the signers of 14 political activists statement.

• Ali Younesi

  

  Ali Younesi is a computer engineering student at Sharif University. He won a silver medal at the 2016 National Astronomy Olympiad and a gold medal at the 2017 Astronomy Olympiad. Mr. Younesi also won a medal at the 12th World Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in China

• Mohammad Nourizad

  

  Mohammad Nourizad is one of the most famous political activists in Iran. Mr. Nourizad is a member of the Legam (Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty), director, and painter. He used to be a supporter of the Iranian government and had a close friendship with Ali Khamenei. In the '2000s, he became opposed to the Islamic Republic

• Azimeh Naseri

  

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• Naser Hemati

  

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• Nahid Kamangar

  

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• Akbar Azad

  

  او به دلیل فعالیت‌ اتنیکی به زندان محکوم شد.

• Abbas Lesani

  

  Abbas Lesani is a well-known Azerbaijani activist who has been arrested several times. A book called "Ozgurluk Harayi" (Shout for Freedom), which includes a collection of articles, speeches, poems, interviews, and letters of Mr. Lesani from prison has been published by Azerbaijani activists

• Rashed Montazeri

  

  He was arrested in the collective arrest of environmentalists and members of the Vahdat Melli (Iran National Union Party) in Kurdistan

• ‌Foad Albofetilehnejad

  

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• Soheil Arabi

  

  Soheil Arabi was sentenced to death because of his posts on Facebook. This sentence was later changed to a prison sentence. He teaches French and English languages to the prisoners in prison

• Changiz Ghadamkheir

  

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• Ali Ahmadi

  

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• Keyvan Samimi Behbahani

  

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• ‌Hossein Sepanta

  

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• Ansar Advaei

  

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• Amir Rezaei

  

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• Ghader Mohammadzadeh

  

• Habibollah Latifi

  

  Was in the last year of undergraduate studies in industrial engineering at Ilam University when he was arrested in 2007