List of human rights defenders behind bars

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Human rights defenders, including lawyers, women’s rights defenders, trade unionists and activists working to protect ethnic and religious minorities, are in a very precarious situation in Iran.
Among those detained are the following members of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), one of the two FIDH member-organisations in Iran: Mohammad Seifzadeh, Abdolfattah Soltaniand Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Nargess Mohammadi, another DHRC member was released on bail on July 31, 2012 after more than 3 months’ imprisonment and also Nasrin Sotoudeh was released from prison on September 18 2013.

 

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GdrFamily nameFirst nameOccupationDate of latest arrestPlace of detentionConditions of detentionBackground information / sentenceOther information 

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Mr.Abedini-NasrAbolfaziHuman rights activist2 March 2010Evin prison Serving sentence of 12 years imprisonmentWas initially sentenced to 11 years; later received 1 more year while in prison 

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Mr.AhmadiFarzadTrade unionist11 August 2012 to serve sehntence of 4 months for ‘propaganda against the system’Sanadaj Has been detained several times in the past few yearsReleased after serving his prison sentence on 9 October 2012 

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Mr.AhmadiJalilTrade unionistNovember 2009Dezful Sentenced 6 months; released after 4 months  

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Ms.AhsaniElhamHuman rights activist8 February 2010Evin prison Released after 40 days; has left Iran to avoid arrest  

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Mr.AjamiAli AkbarStudent activist4 December 2010Rajaishahr prison Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in internal exile; released Feb 2012  

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Mr.AkhavanAliTrade unionist28 January 2012Evin prison Sentenced to 18 months imprisonmentReleased on 15 August 2012 

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Mr.AlipourGhorbanTrade unionistNovember 2009Dezful Sentenced 6 months; released after 4 months  

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Mr.AmaniSheysTrade unionist17 January 2012Sanandaj Released 8 March 2012  

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Mr.Amin-VaziriMehrdadTrade unionist14 February 2012Sanadaj Released 18 March 2012  

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Mr.Asadi ZeidabadiHassanStudent activist22 August 2010Evin prison Serving 5 years imprisonment  

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Mr.AsgariAlirezaTrade unionist15 June 2012KarajHealth problemsSentenced to 1 year imprisonment suspended for 3 years; released on 18 September 2012  

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Mr.AzimiMohammad-RezaLawyer19 July 2009Unknown Reportedly sentenced to suspended prison termBelieved to be at large 

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Mr.Ali AkbarBaghaniUnionist teacher/secretary-general of Teachers Association of Iran28 April 2010  In January 2013, he was sentenced to one year in prison and 10 years of internal exile; had previously been sentenced to five years suspended prison termCurrently free and awaiting the outcome of his appeal; will also have to serve the 5-year suspended sentence if the new one-year prison sentence is upheld. 

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Mr.BagheriMahmoodUnionist teacher23 July 2012Evin prison Serving 9.5 years imprisonment  

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Mr.BagheriZabihollahTrade unionist24 April 2012Isfahan Present condition unknown  

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Mr.BastaniMasoudJournalist4 July 2009Rajaishahr prisonserious concerns of healthServing 6-year prison sentence  

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Ms.BayazidiZeynabWomen’s right defender15 May 2011Zanjan prisonHunger strikeSentenced to 4 and half years imprisonment in internal exileReleased 20 Nov 2012 at the end of her sentence 

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Mr.MohammadBeheshti-LangaraoudiUnionist teacher/ spokesperson of the Teachers Association of Iran28 April 2010  In May 2013, he was sentenced to a total of 9 years in prison, four years of which suspendedCurrently free and awaiting the outcome of his appeal 

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Ms.BehkishMansourehHuman rights defender12 June 2011Evin prison Was held 1 month and released in July 2012; Trial on 25 December 2011; Was sentenced in first instance to 4.5 years imprisonment; On appeal, sentenced to 6 months custodial imprisonment and 3.5 years imprisonment suspended for 5 yearsIs still free 

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Mr.BehrooziOmidHuman rights lawyerSeptember 2011Evin prison Pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Ms.BidgoliMaryamWomen’s rights defender21 July 2011Unknown Released  

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Mr.BodaghiRassoulUnionist teacher2 September 2009Rajaishahr prison Serving a 6-year prison term  

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Mr.BoutimarAbdolvahed (aka Hiwa)Environmentalist; minorities rights defenders25 December 2006Marivan prison Sentenced to 8 years. initially death sentenceReleased on 21 Nov 2012 after six years 

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Mr.DadkhahMohammad AliHuman rights lawyer and founding member of the DHRC29 September 2012Evin prison Serving a nine-year imprisonment sentence pronounced in May 2011 and upheld on appeal in late April 2012Currently on leave from prison 

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Mr.DaneshjuMostafaHuman rights lawyerMay 2011Evin prison Sentenced to 7 months imprisonment served in Sari; Currently in pre-trial detention in Evin since September 2011  

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Mr.DorriMajidStudent activist9 July 2009Behbahan prison 6 years imprisonment in internal exile  

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Mr.DavariMohammadUnionist teacher/journalist8 September 2009Evin prison Serving a total of 6 yearsWas initially sentenced to 5 years; later received 1 more year for inability to pay a fine from an earlier sentence 

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Ms.EbrahimiOmolbaninHuman rights activist6 February 2010Evin prison Sentenced to 5 years suspended imprisonmentFree 

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Mr.EbrahimzadehAs’ad (Behnam)Trade unionist/child right activist12 June 2010Evin prison Sentenced on appeal to 5 years imprisonment in October 2011His only son has been in hospital for cancer for a long time 

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Mr.EntessariRezaPhotojournalistSeptember 2011Evin prison Currently in pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Mr.EslamiAmirHuman rights lawyerSeptember 2011Evin prison Sentenced to 6 months imprisonment on January 23, 2011; Currently in pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Mr.Farahi-ShandizMehdiunionist teacherJanuary 2012Evin prison Serving his 3-year prison sentenceHas been detained several times in the past; has been kept in solitary confinement several months 

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Ms.FaridFaranakWomen’s rights defender3 September 2011Tabriz Released after 42 daysSentenced in first instance to 91 days custodial imprisonment, 16 March 2012; sentenced to cash fine on 22 Feb 2012 

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Mr.GhabelAhmadReligious scholar and activist31 July 2011Vakilabad prison in Mashhad 20 months//Apparently released for brain tumour surgery has not returned to prisonDied late October 2012 

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Mr.GhanbariAbdolrezaUnionist teacher27 December 2009Unknown Death sentence on charges of contacts with opposition groups abroad; has appealed  

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Mr.GoliYasserStudent activist/Kurdish minority memberOctober 2007Baft prison 15 years imprisonment in internal exile  

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Ms.GolrooMahdiehWomen’s rights defender/student activist3 December 2009Evin prison Released at the end of her sertence  

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Mr.HassanpourAdnanJournalist/Kurdish minority rights defender29 June 2005Sanandaj prison Sentended to 15 years; mitigated from the initial death sentence  

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Mr.HaydarimehrMohammadTrade unionistNovember 2009Dezful Sentence and served 4 month; released  

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Ms.HedayatBaharehStudent/women’s rights activist29 December 2009Evin prison Sentenced to 9 years and 6 month imprisonment+6 months=10 years  

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Mr.HosseiniMohammadTrade unionistDecember 2011Damavand No more info  

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Mr.Houtan-KiyanJavidLawyerOctober 2010Tabriz at least 4 years prison sentence; could be facing other charges  

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Mr.JalalifarSaeedHuman rights activist31 July 2011Evin prison Sentenced on appeal to 3 years in February 2012  

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Mr.JamaliAliStudent activist22 August 2010Evin prison 4 years imprisonment reduced to 2 yearsReleased on 14 August 2012 

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Mr.JarrahiMohammadTrade unionist15 January 2012Tabriz Serving a 5-year sentence  

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Mr.KaboudvandMohammad SadiqHuman rights defender; founder of Kurdistan Human Rights Organisation; journalist1 July 2007Evin prisonHeart attack; 3 strokes + lack of medical careServing 10.5 years in prison  

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Ms.KaramiMahbubehWomen’s rights defender15 May 2011Evin prisonTorturedServing 3 years  

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Mr.KarampourAfshinHuman rights lawyerSeptember 2011Evin prison Currently in pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Mr.KarimiSadiqTrade unionist31 January 2012Sanandaj Released 6 April 2012  

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Mr.KhastarHashemUnionist teacherUnknownMashhad Served 2 years; released 8 September 2011; tried again in January 2012; in November 2012, sentenced to a total of 60 million rials fine for propaganda against the system; 3 years ban on interviews with foreign broadcasters and opposition media abroad; banned from travelling abroad  

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Mr.KhodaeiMehdiStudent/human rights activistMarch 2010Evin prison Serving two sentences of 3 and 4 years imprisonment; total 7 years  

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Mr.MadadiEbrahimTrade unionist7 December 2011Evin prison Sentenced to 3 years and a half in December 2008/released at the end of his sentence on 18 April 2012  

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Ms.MadadzadehShabnamStudent & women’s rights defender18 February 2009Evin prisonTorture + very poor health5 years imprisonment in internal exile  

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Mr.MalihiAliStudent activist9 February 2010Evin prison 4 years imprisonmentReleased on 15 August 2012 

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Mr.MahmoudianMehdiJournalistSeptember 2009Rajaishahr prison Serving 5 years imprisonment  

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Mr.HamedMahmoudnejadTrade unionist2 May 2013Sanandaj Released on bail on 19 May 2013  

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Ms.MasjediFatemehWomen’s rights defender28 January 2011Qom Sentenced to six months and served; released  

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Mr.MatinpourSaeedAzeri minority rights defenders27 December 2009Evin prisonSerious health problemsServing 8 years  

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Mr.MohammadiJalilTrade unionist2 May 2013Sanandaj has been arrested several times before; e.g. was detained from 15 June 2012 to 16 August 2012released on 8 July 2013 

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Ms.MohammadiNargessHuman rights defender21 April 2012Zanjan prisonSuffered from muscle paralysis6 yearsWas released on bail on 31 July 2012 

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Mr.MohammadzadehAli AkbarStudent activistFebruary 2011Evin prison Sentenced on appeal to 6 years on 2 November 2011  

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Mr.MoradiHamidrezamanager of a Sufi websiteSeptember 2011Evin prisonneeds medical attentionCurrently in pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Ms.NabaviAtefehWomen’s rights defender15 June 2009Evin prison Released at the end of her 3-year sentence end May 2012  

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Mr.NabaviZiaStudent/human rights activist14 June 2009Karun-Ahvaz Serving 10 years imprisonment in internal exile  

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Mr.NasrollahiPedramTrade unionist14-nov.-2012Sanadaj serving prison sentence of 19 monthsWas detained on 7 March 2012; released 24 April 2012; has been facing more proceedings and punitive solitary confinement since his latest detention 

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Mr.NejatiAliTrade unionist12 November 2011DezfulMedically unfit to serve his sentence (heart problems)Served 1-year imprisonment; released on 24 September 2012Was tried on 20 Oct 2012 and 5 Jan 2013 in Sanandaj for singing a militant folklore song in a private party 

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Mr.NikufarFereydounTrade unionistNovember 2009Dezful Sentenced 6 months; released after 4 months  

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Mr.Ossalu (aka Ossanlu)MansourTrade unionistJuly 2007Rajaishahr prisonSuffered heart attacksSentenced to 6 years, released on extended leave in June 2011left the country 

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Mr.RakhshanRezaTrade unionistUnknownDezful Served 6 months; released in June 2011  

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Ms.Rastegari- NasabFatemehHuman rights activist8 February 2010Evin prison Released after 40 days  

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Mr.Ronaghi-MalekiHosseinBlogger /student13 December 2009Evin prisonPoor treatment of kidney bleeding/has lost one kidnye & the other is functioning 80%; has received 4 operations; authorities have refused to allow full treatment & post-operation care; in bad health conditionsServing sentence of 15 years imprisonmentWas given sick leave in July 2012 for treatment and recuperation; was rearrested together with scores of others who were trying to help earth- quake victims in late Aug 2012; consequently sentenced to 2 more years in 1st instance in Jan 2013 

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Mr.Sa’ed-PanahSharifTrade unionist8 January 2012Sanadaj Released 9 Feb 2012; awaiting trialSentenced to six months imprisonment in April 2013; has appealed 

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Ms.SafazadehRonakWomen’s rights defender/Kurdish minority rights defender25 September 2007SanandajBeaten up by other inmatesSentenced to 6 years and 7 months imprisonment;released after serving two-thirds of her sentence on 13 May 2012 

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Mr.SaharKhizIssaJournalist3 July 2009Rajaishahr prisonNeeds medical attention/received surgery3 yearsSentenced in August 2011 on unspecified charges to 1.5 years more impirsonment in an old case 

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Mr.SeifzadehMohammadHuman rights defender/lawyer11 April 2011Evin prisonNeeds medical attentionSentenced on appeal to 2 years prison in June 2011; summoned to new hearings but refused to attend 5 times in protest to the court’s incompetence; sentenced to six more years imprisonment in April 2013Illegally transferred to Rajaishahr prison on 5 Dec 2012 

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Mr.SalehniaMozaffarTrade unionist5 January 2012Sanandaj Released 9 Feb 2012; awaiting trialSentenced to six months imprisonment in April 2013; has appealed 

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Mr.Samimi-BehbahaniKayvanHuman rights defender/journalist13 June 2009Rajaishahr prisonSuffers from liver and kidney problems6 years prison & 15 years ban on professional & political activities  

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Mr.SarchahiHassanLawyer16 December 2010Evin prison 2 years imprisonmentBelieved to be at large 

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Mr.ShabaniMostafaLawyer19 July 2009Unknown is said to be sentenced to five years imprisonment; appealingBelieved to be at large 

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Mr.ShahabiRezaTrade unionist2 June 2010Evin prisonHunger strike / very bad medical conditions / needs medical careSentenced in first instance to 6 years imprisonment on April 14, 2012; upheld in June/July 2012  

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Ms.ShiraziFereshtehWomen’s rights defender/student activist4 September 2011Amol prison 3 years imprisonmentreleased in January 2013 

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Mr.SoltaniAbdolfattahHuman rights defender/lawyer10 September 2011Evin prisonSerious health problemsOn appeal sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in internal exile in Borazjan prison & 10 years of ban on professional activities/ June 2012  

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Ms.SotoudehNasrinHuman rights lawyer4 September 2010Evin prison Sentenced to 11 years and 20 years of ban on professional activitieson 9 January 2011/on appeal commuted to 6 years imprisonment and 10 years of ban on professional activities  

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Mr.TavakkoliMajidStudent activist7 December 2009Rajaishahr prison Sentenced to 8 years and a half imprisonment  

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Mr.YadollahiFarshidHuman rights lawyerSeptember 2011Evin prison Sentenced to 6 months on 23 January 2011; currently in pre-trial detention since September 2011  

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Mr.YounesiHassanLawyer9 July 2011Evin prison 1 year sentence; Released  

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Mr.ZamaniShahrokhTrade unionist15 January 2012Tabriz Serving 11 years in prisonIllegally exiled to Yazd prison, on 27 May 2012 without reason; returned to Tabriz prison on 5 Aug 2012; illegally exiled again to Rajaishahr prison in Oct 2012 

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Mr.ZeydabadiAhmadJournalist14 June 2009Rajaishahr prisonExtreme loss of weightSentenced to 6 years in prison/5 years of internal exile/ life-time ban on professional work  

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Ms.ZeynaliFarzanehHuman rights activist9 January 2010Evin prison Released after about 40 days  

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