Iran Prison Atlas

Prisoner showcase

• Jasem Heydari

  

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• Shirin Najafi

  

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• 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.

• Rouhollah Zam

  

  Ruhollah Zam is the founder of Amad News (Sedaye Mardom) website and Telegram channel. Amad News had become one of the most well-known and influential Telegram channels. During the early 2018 protests, the channel had more than two million followers. In addition to Mr Zam, his family were also pressured by the security forces.

• 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

• Salar Ghazzali

  

  He was arrested on the charge of "cooperating with opposition groups."

• Narges Mohammadi

  

  Narges Mohammadi is the Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre and one of the most prominent Iranian human rights activists. She has been arrested and sentenced heavily for objecting the death penalty and defending the rights of political prisoners.

• Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

  

  Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was arrested and sentenced to prison for her political and human rights activities and also an unpublished story.

• Hamed Ghareh Oghlani

  

  He is from Urmia and studied architecture. He has been working on setting up CCTV cameras.

• Pouya Ghobadi

  

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• Abdolrahim Kouhi

  

  He was in instructor at the Manba ol-Oloom Seminary in Kouh Van.

• Negin Tadrisi

  

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• Amanollah Baluchi

  

  He is the son of Habibollah, the Friday Imam for Kiskhour Sarbaz Village, located in the south of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. He also known as Amin Balochzehi.