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  • Moein Moghaddari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Amir Hossein Samarli

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Nasrin Abdollahi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Zahra Kashkaki

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Aida Amidi

    41 years old

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Aida Amidi is a poet and a member of the board of the Iranian Writers' Association. She was arrested during the 2022 national protests.

  • Majid Tavakkoli

    36 years old

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani

    .Majid Tavakkoli is a political activist and former member of the student association of Amir Kabir University in Tehran. He was a prominent activist in the student movement in the 2000s. He was arrested and sentenced to prison repeatedly.

  • Jafar Esmaeilzadeh

    Iran

    Shiaa

    Turk

    Jafar Esmaeilzadeh is a martial arts instructor and civil rights activist in Tabriz. In recent years he and his son Milad Esmaeilzadeh have been summoned, arrested, and incarcerated.

  • Soheil Jahangiri

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Reza Montazeri

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Sajad Rahmani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Saeed Zare

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    Saeed Zare is from Shiraz. He was arrested for following up on his brother's situation. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Fatemeh Hafezinia

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Ali Bay

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Yazdan Arefiniya

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    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.

  • Narges Behyari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    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.

  • 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.

  • Pouria Mousavipour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

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  • Amir Ensani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Unknown

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  • Amir Dehghani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Farbod Alavi

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Fatemeh Mirani

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Fahimeh Hashemi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Sina Beheshti

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    .

  • Mohsen Ahmadi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Maryam Gavshanian

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    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 (category in progress)

    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.

  • Sina Akbari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Unknown

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  • Anoush Adeli

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    Anoush Adeli is a member of the teacher's guild of Gilan province. He was arrested among many other teachers and union activists in 2022 and received a prison sentence.

  • Farkhondeh Ashouri

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Marziyeh Talaei

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Shahin Rahmati

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    .

  • Fatemeh Shahvali

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    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.

  • Hasan Younesi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Unknown

    .Hasan Younesi is an attorney, civil rights activist, and son of Ali Younesi, the Minister of Intelligence of President Khatami during the reform period. He was one of the attorneys who followed up on the cases of executions including the execution of Navid Afkari. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Pouria Nahvi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Farhad Omidi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Mohammad Ghobadlou

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    Mohammad Ghobadlou lives in Parand city in Tehran province. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder. He was denied a fair trial and Judge Slalavati at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced him to death on the charge of Moharebeh.

  • Shahriar Ghanbari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

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  • Masoumeh Haji Abolhassan

    40 years old

    Iran

    Other (category in progress)

    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 (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Mohammad Shahrouie

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

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  • Farzaneh Seydi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Hashem Amini

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Sepideh Salarvand

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    .Sepideh Salarvand is a documentary filmmaker, social researcher, and children's rights activist. She was arrested among many others during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Ali Banaeiyan

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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

  • 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.

  • Younes Safari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

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  • 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.”

  • Nosrat Beheshti

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Mohammad Reza Azhar

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Marjan Davoudi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    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.

  • Niloufar Fathi

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    .Niloufar Fasthi is a math teacher in Tehran. She was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou

    Iran

    Dervish

    Turk

    Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is a doctor specializing in radiology and a member of the Gonabadi Dervishes community. He was arrested after attending a memorial for Hadith Najafi, one of the protesters killed in the countrywide uprising in reaction to Mahsa Amini's murder, and was charged with corruption on earth.

  • Mehdi Alipour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Peyman Rigi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Peyman Rigi is from Mirjaveh. 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.

  • Mohammad Rezvani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    Mohammad Rezvani is a customs agent from Gachsaran. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • 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

  • Zeynab Alipour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Pegah Fakhraei

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Unknown

    Pegah Fakhraei lives in Tehran. She was arrested and sentenced to prison during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Aran Samimi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Nastuh Nikkhah Bahrami

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Nastuh Nikkhah Bahrami was arrested during the national uprising of 2022 in relation to the Ekbartan complex case.

  • 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.

  • Farshad Esmaeili

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Shoeyb Mirbalouchzahi Rigi

    19 years old

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Shoeyb Mirbalouchzahi Rigi 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 17 at the time.

  • Ali Khatibzadeh

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Niloufar Shakeri

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    .

  • Samin Khanzadeh

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Hojat Mirzaei

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Turk

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

  • Naser Mousavi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Aida Rasti Ghalati

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    .Aida Rasti is a Bahai citizen in Tehran. She was arrested in October 2022 by the Intelligence Ministry agents at her home in a new wave of arrests of Bahai citizens.

  • Nasim Mardoukhi

    Iran

    Unknown

    Kurd

    Nasim Mardoukhi is an artist from Sannandaj. 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.

  • Hasan Basiri

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Aryan Rafat

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Behnam Wahedi

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Moslem Jafari Rameshti

    39 years old

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Pouya Amri

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Samira Rezapour

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Aref Janatian

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Elham Saririzadeh

    Iran

    Unknown

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    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.

  • Marzieh Amiri

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    She was arrested to follow the arrested people's situation on World Labour Day. She was a member of the editorial board of the Shargh newspaper and a social sciences student at Tehran University when she got arrested.

  • Mosleh Jafari Rameshti

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Masoud Momtaz

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Saleh Mirhashemi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Faranak Jafari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    Faranak Jafari is an aerospace graduate from Isfahan Industrial University and an ultralight pilot. She was arrested during the countrywide uprising in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Yousef Akh Sheykh

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    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.

  • Eghbal Faraji

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

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  • Mahsa Amini

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

    Mahsa (Zhina) Amini was born in September 2000 in Saqez. She was arrested by the morality police during a family trip to Tehran. According to witnesses and evidence, police forces heavily assaulted her after the arrest. She died three days later in Kasra Hospital in Tehran. Her murder became a trigger for the widespread uprising in Iran.

  • Manouchehr Mehman Navaz

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Manouchehr Mehman Navaz was arrested among many others during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder. He was denied a fair trial and Judge Amouzad at the 28th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced him to death on the charge of Moharebeh.

  • Gholam Reza Mahmoudi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Farshad Ahmadi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Sara Siyahpour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Lor

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

  • Ramin Biranvand

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Hamid Reza Rahmati

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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

  • Arezou Rahim khani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Fateh Mahmoudi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Elaheh Mirmehdi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Moein Khanfari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Arab

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

  • Iman Navabi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Mohammad Zarza

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Homayoun Soleimani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    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.

  • Mehdi Bahman

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Mehdi Bahman is an author, painter, and researcher in the field of the coexistence of religions. He was arrested during the national uprising in 2022 and was quickly sentenced to death. He was sentenced to death because of his interview with an Israeli TV channel.

  • 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.

  • Hosna Vatanpour

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Moslem Zamani

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    .

  • Reza Niknami

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • 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.

  • Abolfazl Norouzi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    .

  • Ahoura Karami

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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  • Pouria Javadi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    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.

  • Roza Etemad Ansari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Siamak Davoudi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

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

  • Yaser Ansari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    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.

  • Mozhgan Zabihi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Benyamin Daneshvar

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Ebrahim Ermesh

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Bita Veysi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

    .

  • Jalil Azizpour

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

    Jalil Azizpour is an athlete from Ilam. He was arrested during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Negar Tavousi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Kambiz Kharout

    21 years old

    Iran

    Sunni

    Baluch

    Kambiz Kharout 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 (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

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

  • 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.

  • Noushafrin Rahimi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

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  • Ali Sayyari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Unknown

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  • Pardis Yazdani Boroujeni

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Abdol Ghader Dabban

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Chuck Paris

    France

    Unknown

    Unknown

    Chuck Paris is a teacher and a French citizen. His wife Cecile Kohler who is an official at the FNEC FP-FO traveled to Iran with a tourism visa where they were arrested by the Information Ministry forces. The French couple’s arrest coincided with the mass arrest of teachers and workers in Iran in 2022.

  • Erfan Khaliliyan

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Salah Ghamari

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Shahin Ghasemi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Atefeh Cheharmahaliyan

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    .Atefeh Cheharmahalian is a poet, children's rights activist, and former Iranian Writers Association board member. She is a sociology graduate with a master's in urban management. She was arrested during the countrywide protests in reaction to Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Armita Pavir

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    .

  • Hamid Sharifi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Tohid Shafi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    Tohid Shafi is from Babol. He is studying for his M.S. in chemistry at Shahid Beheshti University and is a member of the Islamic (student) Freedom Association. He was arrested during the countrywide uprising in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

  • Refigh Salimi

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

    Refigh Salimi is from Sanadnaj. He was arrested during the national uprising in response to Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Giti Shafiei

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Ali Atabaki

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Saba Abdollahi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Mohammad Javad Kordi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    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.

  • 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.

  • Parham Parvari

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Kurd

    Parham Parvari is a swimming coach, champion swimmer, and mechanical engineering graduate from Saqez who lived in Tehran at the time of his arrest. Ms. Parvari was arrested during the countrywide uprising in reaction to Mahsa Amini's murder. He has been charged with war against God and the Islamic state.

  • Niloufar Najafpour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    .

  • Amir Hossein Mokhtari

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    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.

  • Karim Borvayeh

    39 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.

  • Farshad Rostami

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Kurd (category in progress)

    .

  • Elmira Rahmani

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Badie Khazei

    Iran

    Bahá`í

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    Badie Khazaei is a Bahai citizen living in Bandar Abbas. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Mahmoud Alimi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Shouresh Heidari

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    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 (category in progress)

    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.

  • Sarou Rostami

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Sarou Rostami is a student at Azad Technical University. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

  • Farnush Farzan

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    فرنوش فرزان دانشجوی روانشناسی دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی است. او همزمان با خیزش زن، زندگی، آزادی بازداشت شد.

  • Mahsa Mohammadi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    مهسا محمدی دانشجوی رشته میکروبیولوژی دانشگاه حکیم سبزواری است. او در جریان خیزش ۱۴۰۱ بازداشت شد و به دلیل انتشار یک توییت به سب‌النبی متهم شد.

  • Maryam Karim Beigi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .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.

  • Mohsen Khodabandeh

    Iran

    Probably Sunni (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Reza Askari Sroush

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Zahra Khordehchi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • 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.

  • Farnaz Hosseinzadeh

    Iran

    Unknown

    Unknown

    فرناز حسین‌زاده شهروند ساکن تهران و یکی از بازداشت‌شدگان خیزش زن، زندگی، آزادی است. او در این پرونده به حبس و شلاق محکوم شد.

  • Mohammad Mehdi Nouriyan

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Yasin Fathi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    .Yasin Fathi is a civil rights activist from Dehgolan in Kurdistan province. 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.

  • Seyvan Ebrahimi

    Iran

    Sunni

    Kurd

    Seyvan Ebrahimi is a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the Nozhin socio-cultural association in Sanandaj.

  • Behrouz Salahshour

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Lor (category in progress)

    بهروز سلحشور اهل ایذه است. او در موج دستگیری فعالان، هم‌زمان با خیزش سراسری در ایران در واکنش به قتل مهسا امینی بازداشت شد.

  • Mehrdad Moghiseh

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Fars / Gilak / Mazandarani (category in progress)

    .

  • Akbar Yousefi

    Iran

    Probably Shiaa (category in progress)

    Probably Turk (category in progress)

    .