Impact Iran » Detained Bahá’ís, Students, and Women, and Kurdish Prisoners Sentenced to Death

The tables below contain the names of Bahá’ís, female prisoners of conscience, and students who have been detained and a list of Kurdish prisoners who have been sentenced to death. The names are current as of 18 April 2012.

I. 97 Bahá’ís imprisoned in Iran as of 6 January 2012 ^[1]
II. 32 Students Currently Detained ^[2]
III. 19 Female Prisoners of Conscience Currently Detained ^[3]
IV. 15 Kurdish Detainees Sentenced to Death ^[4]

Bahá’ís imprisoned in Iran as of 6 January 2012

	Name	Arrest Date	Trial / Court Order Issued	Sentence
1	Miss Raha Sabet	1) 19-May-06; 2) 19-Nov-07	Jul 29, 2007	4 years imprisonment
2	Mrs. Mahvash Sabet	Mar 5, 2008	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
3	Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi Taefi	1) 26-Jul-05; 2) 14-May-08	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
4	Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani	1) 25-Sep-07; 2) 14-May-08	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
5	Mr. Afif Naeimi	May 14, 2008	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
6	Mr. Saeid Rezaie	May 14, 2008	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
7	Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli	1) 26-Jul-05; 2) 14-May-08	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
8	Mr. Vahid Tizfahm	May 14, 2008	Trial ended 14-Jun-10	20 years imprisonment
9	Mr. Mehran Bandi	May 29, 2008	Verdict: 28- Aug-08; 10- Sep-08	3.5 years imprisonment and 3 years internal exile to Shahrbabak (Kerman). Tried and acquitted of other charges
10	Mr. Enayatollah Haghighatjou	1) 13-Nov-07; 2) 30-Sep-08	Sep 30, 2008	1.5 years imprisonment; suspended 4 years
11	Mr. Saman Sabeti	1) 04-Feb-09; 2) 20- Nov-10	Verdict: 13- Aug-09; Appeal: 18- Jan-10 sentence upheld	6 months imprisonment (suspended); fined 3 million rials
12	Mr. Mohammad Reza Kandi	1) 09-Apr-08; 2) 25- Apr-09	Unknown	7 months imprisonment
13	Ms. Mehrangiz Hosseini	1) Unknown; 2) 16-Aug-09	Unknown	1 year Taâ€Ÿziri imprisonment
14	Mr. Zabihollah Raoufi	Aug 21, 2009	Aug 28, 2009	1 year imprisonment
15	Mr. Alibakhsh Bazrafkan	Oct 31, 2009	Dec 7, 2009	2.5 years imprisonment and 5 years of internal exile
16	Ms. Simin Ghaffari	Feb 11, 2010	N/A	N/A
17	Ms. Manijeh Nasrollahi (Monzavian)	1) 17-Jun-09	1) 28-Aug-09; 2) Appeal	3.5 years imprisonment
18	Ms. Rozita Vaseghi	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 16-Mar-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld and 2 years added on appeal; 5 years imprisonment on separate charges
19	Mrs. Nahid Ghadiri	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 16-Mar-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld on appeal; 5 years imprisonment on separate charge = 10 years total
20	Ms. Sahba Khademideljoo	1) 04-Apr-09; 2) 23-May-10	Dec 22, 2009	1 year imprisonment
21	Ms. Sorour Sorourian	1) 10-Apr-09; 2) 23-May-10	Dec 22, 2009	1 year imprisonment
22	Mr. Moshtagh Samandari	Jun 8, 2010	N/A	N/A
23	Mr. Davar Nabilzadeh	1) 19-Aug-05; 2) 13-Jul-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld on appeal
24	Ms. Nasrin Ghadiri	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 15-Jul-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; reduced to 2 years on appeal
25	Ms. Sima Rajabian (Rahimian)	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 15-Jul-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; reduced to 2 years on appeal
26	Mr. Kaviz Noozdahi	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 22-Jul-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; reduced to 2 years on appeal
27	Mr. Houman Bakhtavar	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 03-Aug-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment reduced to 2 years on appeal
28	Mr. Hossein Shayegan	Aug 24, 2010	Oct 2, 2010	1 years imprisonment then 1 year of internal exile to Saravan in Sistan and Baluchistan
29	Mr. Ali Ehsani	1) Unknown; 2) 06-Apr-09; 3) 22-Sep-10	Jun 9, 2010	2 years imprisonment, fined ~US$500, 2 years internal exile
30	Mr. Vahid Ghodrat	1) 1982; 2) 18-Sep-10	1) Unknown; 2) 2005 or 06 ?	6 years imprisonment; 1 year imprisonment
31	Mr. Vahid Ighani	Oct 16, 2010	N/A	N/A
32	Mrs. Soheila Motallebi	1) 20-Aug-05; 2) 22- Nov-08; 3) Unknown	2) 7-Jun-09	9 months imprisonment; fined 300,000 tuman
33	Mr. Jalayer Vahdat	1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 26- Jan-09; 3) 24-Oct-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld on appeal
34	Mrs. Sima Eshraghi (Aghdaszadeh)	1) Ordered to appear; 06-Aug-05; 2) 26-Jan- 09; 3) 24-Oct-10	1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal	5 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld on appeal
35	Mr. Jamal Choupani	Nov 3, 2010	N/A	N/A
36	Mr. Siamak Ighani	1) 27-Apr-09; 2) 6-Nov-10	Trial: 30-Jun- 09; 8-Jul-09; Appeal: Oct-10	3 years imprisonment; Sentence upheld on appeal
37	Mr. Majid Safari	Nov 21, 2010	N/A	N/A
38	Mr. Yegan	Nov 21, 2010	N/A	N/A
39	Mr. Serajollah Kian	Nov 21, 2010	N/A	N/A
40	Mr. Masoud Atayian	1) 18-Nov-08; 2) 28-Nov-10	Jan 25, 2010	10 months imprisonment
41	Mrs. Shiva Karimi	Dec 28, 2010	Apr 13, 2011	1 year imprisonment
42	Mrs. Homeyra Parvizi	Dec 28, 2010	Apr 13, 2011	1 year imprisonment
43	Mr. Navid Marghi	Dec 28, 2010	Apr 13, 2011	1 year imprisonment
44	Mrs. Sholeh Taef	1) 18-May-05; 2) 19-Dec-09; 3) 01-Jan-11	Feb 18, 2010	1 year imprisonment and 2 years internal exile
45	Mr. Ehsan Amouzegar	Dec 30, 2010	N/A	N/A
46	Mr. Akbar Arsalani	Dec 30, 2010	N/A	N/A
47	Mr. Feizollah Rowshan	1) 01-Nov-06; 2) 18-Nov-07; 3) 06-Dec-08; 4) 15-Jan-11	24-Apr-07; 19-Aug-07: Obtained conditional release	1 year imprisonment and 4 years internal exile; (reduced to 1) Remaining internal exile commuted to additional 6 months imprisonment
48	Mr. Farhoud Aghdasi	Jan 30, 2011	Apr 13, 2011	1 year imprisonment
49	Mr. Changiz Dargahi	Jan 30, 2011	Apr 13, 2011	1 year imprisonment
50	Mr. Saeed Hashemi	Feb 13, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
51	Mr. Farhad Amri	Jan 1, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
52	Mr. Misagh Afshar	Feb 14, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
53	Mr. Shahin Shafaie	Feb 12, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
54	Mr. Badiollah Lohrasb	Feb 21, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
55	Mr. Peyman Kashfi	1) 19-Oct-09; 2) 13-Feb-11	Jun 15, 2010	4 years imprisonment
56	Mr. Afshin Safaieyan	Feb 27, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
57	Mr. Mesbah Monghate	Mar 18, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
58	Ms. Sara Mahboubi	1) 24-Jun-10; 2) 9-Apr-11	Unknown	Unknown
59	Mr. Behzad Zabihi	1) 22-Feb-11; 2) 10-Apr-11	Unknown	Unknown
60	Mr. Vesal Mahboubi	Apr 25, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
61	Mr. Farnoud Mohammadzadeh	Jan 17, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
62	Mr. Behrang Mohseni	Jan 17, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
63	Mr. Kamran Mortezaie	May 22, 2011	Sep 25, 2011	5 years imprisonment
64	Ms. Noushin Khadem	May 22, 2011	Sep 27, 2011	4 years imprisonment
65	Mr. Mahmoud Badavam	May 22, 2011	Sep 27, 2011	4 years imprisonment
66	Mr. Ramin Zibaie	May 22, 2011	Unknown	4 years imprisonment
67	Mr. Farhad Sedghi	May 22, 2011	Sep 20, 2011	4 years imprisonment
68	Mr. Danial Ouji	May 22, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
69	Mr. Riaz Sobhani	Jun 14, 2011	Unknown	4 years imprisonment
70	Mr. Behfar Khanjani	1) 05-Jan-10; 2) 21-Jun-11	May 4, 2010	4 years imprisonment
71	Ms. Sanaz Tafazoli	Jun 27, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
72	Ms. Nika Barazandehniya	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
73	Mrs. Jila Rezvani (Ghanei)	Jul 6, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
74	Mrs. Saideh Foroughi (Negari)	Jul 6, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
75	Ms. Mitra Azmayandeh	Jul 3, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
76	Mr. Hajir Septo	Jul 11, 2011	May 22, 2011	Unknown
77	Mr. Vahed Kholousi	Aug 23, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
78	Ms. Samin Ehsani	Aug 17, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
79	Mr. Afshin Heyratian	Jun 3, 2010	Unknown	4 years imprisonment
80	Mr. Emamgholi Behamin	Aug 24, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
81	Mr. Janali Rasteh	Aug 24, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
82	Mr. Rouzali Makideh	Aug 24, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
83	Mr. Kamran Rahimian	Sep 14, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
84	Mr. Shakib Nasrullah	Sep 14, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
85	Mr. Kayvan Rahimian	Sep 14, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
86	Mr. Hassanali Delavarmanesh	Sep 4, 2011	Unknown	Unknown
87	Mr. Afshin Ighani	1) 18-May-05; 2) 05-Jan-10	Unknown	Unknown
88	Mr. Didar Raoufi	1) 14-Jan-09; 2) 16-Oct-11	Unknown	3 years imprisonment
89	Mrs. Sousan Badavam (Farhangi)	23-Oct-11; or 24- Oct-11	Unknown	Unknown
90	Ms. Nadia Asadian (Abduâ€Ÿl-Hamidi)	23-Oct-11; or 24- Oct-11	Unknown	Unknown
91	Ms. Shiva Kashaninejad (Samiian)	23-Oct-11; or 24- Oct-11	Unknown	Unknown
92	Mr. Anvar Moslemi	1) 22-Nov-08; 2) 3- Aug-09 or 5-Aug-09; 3) 12-Nov-11	7-Jun-09; Trial: 08-Sep- 09?	1 year imprisonment; 300,000 túman fine
93	Mr. Vahdat Dana	1) 25-May-05; 2) 25-Apr-09; 3) 30-Nov-11	Nov 9, 2009	10 months imprisonment (suspended)
94	Mr. Kayvan Karami	1) 21-Feb-09; 2) 30-Nov-11	Nov 9, 2009	10 months imprisonment (suspended)
95	Mr. Bakhtiyar Rasekhi	1) 6-Jan-12	N/A	N/A
96	Mrs. Farahnaz Naeimi (Rasekhi)	1) 6-Jan-12	N/A	N/A
97	Ms. Farin Rasekhi	1) 6-Jan-12	N/A	N/A

32 Students Currently Detained

Table I

32 Students Currently Detained

Name	Charges	Sentence	Arrest Date	Details
Ali Ajami	Propaganda and conspiracy against the regime	4 years	2/1/10	Sentence later reduced to 2 years
Javad Alikhani	no information	5 years	Fall 2007	Sentence later reduced to 3 years.
Peyman Aref	Propaganda against the regime	1 year	2/1/10	2009 Elections. Charged 03/2010. Sentenced to a lifetime ban from journalism and any membership in political parties
	Insulting the President	74 lashes
Asâ€Ÿad Bagheri	no information	no information	Sep 2011
Rahim Bajor	no information	no information	10/13/11	no information
Babak Dashab	Assembly & conspiracy against national security	6 years	2/1/09	Sentence later reduced to 5 years; Some reports show 2/3 of his sentenced was forgiven on the occasion of Fetr Eiid
	Propaganda against the regime
Majid Dorri	Muharebeh	11 years	7/1/09	ACRE member, Charged 12/2009, Sentence reduced to 6.5 years
	Acting against national security
	Disturbing public order
Mahdie Golrou	Propaganda against the regime	2 years 4 months	12/1/09	3.4 years total- combined with 1 year suspended imprisonment for similar charges. Sentence later reduced to 2 years on 07/25/2010
	Assembly and collusion to disrupt national security
Kouhyar Goudarzi	Propaganda against the regime	1 year	1/1/09 12:00 AM	Election Protestor, Arrested again 07/31/2011 Held Incommunicado, charge unknown
Saiid Jalalifar	Assembly & conspiracy against national security	3 years	8/1/11	2nd arrest (December 2009, 4 months detention without charges) Banned from education,
	Propaganda against the regime
Bahareh Hedayat	Conspiracy against the regime	7.5 years	12/31/09	Student activist arrested on 5 separate occasions. 9.5 years total- combined with 2 years of suspended imprisonment for acting against national security, member of the Islamic Student Association
	Insulting the Supreme Leader
	Insulting the President
	Propaganda against the regime
Mehdi Khodaii	Acting against national security	7 years	3/1/09	Charged 10/2010
	Propaganda against the regime
Omid Kokabee	Assembly and collusion to disrupt national security	pending trial conclusion	Feb-11	Trial 10/04/2011. Texas University student being held for having contact with “hostile countries”
Habibollah Latifi***	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	Oct-07	Charged 07/2008; Awaiting execution
Shabnam Madadzadeh	Muharebeh	5 years	2/20/08	Former political secretary of Tarbiat Moalem’s Islamic Student association; Banned from education. Charged 02/20/2009
	Acting against national security
Hossein Ronaghi Malaki	Membership in Iran Proxy Network	15 years	Dec-09	Charged 10/2010. Member of Iran Proxy as an anti-filtering group who has tried to combat against censorship on the Internet
	Insulting the Supreme Leader and President by blogging
Ali Malihi	Acting against national security	4 years	2/19/10	$100 fine for Insulting the President
Arash Mohammadi	no information	Not Provided	11/1/11
Rojin Mohammadi	no information		10/30/11	Held Incommunicado, charge unknown.
Siavash Mohammadi	no information	Not Provided	11/1/11
Ali-Akbar Mohammadzadeh	Illegal assembly/propaganda against the regime	6 years	2/15/11
Hamed Rouhi Nejad	Communication with one of the opposition- Anjoman Padeshahi	Death Penalty	Apr-09	2009 Elections. Sentence later reduced to 11 years.
Atefeh Nabavi	Conspiracy & propaganda against the regime	4 Years	6/15/09	acquitted of the charge of ” having relations with MEK”. Sentence later reduced to 3 years.
Zia Nabavi	Gathering and colluding against national security	3 years	6/15/09
	Propaganda against the system	1 year
	Disturbing public order	1 year
	Links to and co- operation with the PMOI	10 years to be served in internal exile
Arash Sadeghi	Spreading anti-government propaganda	6 years, 74 lashings		Ashura Protestor, 2nd arrest (18th of Tir protestor, 3 years)
	Colluding against the government.
Hamid Salavatinejad	no information		8/24/11	Held Incommunicado, charge unknown.
Fereshteh Shirazi	Charged in relation to her womenâ€Ÿs rights activities	3 years	9/4/11	Charged 12/2011. Member of the one million signature campaign, Women’s rights activist
Majjid Tavakoli	Assembly and conspiracy against the regime	8 years	12/7/09	Charged 01/2010, 3rd Arrest- (2007, 15 months in jail for student newsletter fabrication: 2008, 115 solitary confinement, ceremony of Bazargan)
	Propaganda against the regime
	Insulting the Supreme Leader
	insulting the President
Hamed Omidi	Assembly & conspiracy against national security	3 years	Feb-10	Participation in Kurdish demonstration, Judge also expelled him from University and banned all future education and degrees
Hamed Yazerlou	Having relations with opposing groups of the Islamic Republic	3 years	2/20/09	2009 Elections.
Arman Zamani	no information	no information	Nov-11
Faraz Zehtab	Propaganda against the regime	6 months	Jun-09
Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi	Conspiracy and assembly to disturbing public order	5 years	Aug-10	2nd arrest (November 2009, 40 days detention)
	Propaganda against the regime
	Insulting the President
	Participation in illegal marches
Shahin Zeinali	Acting against national security	2 years 3 months	12/16/10
	Membership in the Pan-Iranist party

19 Female Prisoners of Conscience Currently Detained

Name	Offense	Sentence	Arrest Date	Details
Nasrin Sotoudeh	Spreading lies against the state	11 years	9/4/10	Sotoudeh is a human rights Lawyer. Her sentence was later reduced on 09/2011 to 6 years and 10 year ban on practicing law
	Cooperating with the Center of Human Rights Defenders
	Acting against national security
Atefeh Nabavi Chashmi	Contact with the Mojahedin Khalgh (MEK)	3.4 years	6/15/10	Charged 12/2010
	Participation in the protests of June 15th, 2009
Alieh Eghdamdoust	Participation in the June 12, 2006 protest in Hafte Tir Square	3.4 years, 20 lashes	2/1/09	Sentence later reduced to 3 years and no lashing
Mahboubeh Karami	Membership in a human rights organization	4 years	3/2/10	Charged 02/02/2011. Sentence was later reduced to 3 years
	Propaganda against the State
	Gathering an collusion with the intent of harming national security
Hanieh Sane Farshi/ Hanieh “Sharareh” Farshi Shotorban	Insulting what is sacred	7 years	7/18/10	Blogger
	Having contacts with a foreign entity
Ladan Mostofi	Insulting what is sacred	5 years	Not Provided	Blogger
	Insulting the Supreme Leader
Ashraf Alikhani	Anti-regime propaganda	3 years	Not Provided	Blogger, Started prison Sentence on 05/25/2011
Farah Vazehan	Participating in Street Protest,	Death Penalty	12/29/09	Sentence was reduced to 17 years in prison***
	Being a member of (MKO)
Rayhaneh Haj-Ebrahim Dabbagh	Sending pictures and videos of the demonstrations to foreign countries	Death Penalty	no information	Sentence later reduced to 15 years***
	Membership of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO)
Maryam Akbari Monfared	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	1/1/10	Sentence later reduced to 15 years***
Massoumeh Yavari	Muharebeh	7 years	9/18/09	Accused of MEK association
Nazila Dashti	Supporting MKO, Illegal Exit From the Border	3 years	Apr-07	Accused of MEK association
Motahareh Haghighi Bahram	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	12/27/09	Accused of MEK association; Sentence later reduced to 10 years***
Kobra Banazadeh Amirkhizi	MKO	5 years	1/16/09	Accused of MEK association
Shabnam Madadzadeh	Muharabeh/ Acting Against National Security/MKO	5 years	2/21/09	Accused of MEK association
Kefayat Malek Mohammadi	Collaboration with the MKO	5 years	12/27/09	Accused of MEK association
Mitra Zahmati	Membership of An Illegal Group	2.5 years	12/24/09	Christian converts, Released 01/04/2010
Maryam Jalali	Membership of An Illegal Group	2.5 years	12/24/09	Christian converts, Released 01/04/2010
Shahla Rahmati	Membership of An Illegal Group	2.5 years	3/9/11	Christian converts, Ahvaz church arrest, Released 12/20/2011

15 Kurdish Detainees Sentenced to Death

Name	Offense	Sentence	Arrest Date	Details
Mohammad Amin Abdollahi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	2008	Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 01/16/2010. second arrest- first in 2005 when charged with anti-regime propaganda
	Acting against national security
Ali Afshari	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	12/14/10	Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 08/2011.
	Acting against national security
Rashid Akhkandi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	May-08	Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party; Charged in 2009. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011
Habibollah Golparipour	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	Nov-09	Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party; Charged on 05/07/2010
Seyyed Sami Hosseini	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	6/4/08	Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011
Habibollah Latifi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	10/23/07	Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK; family denies charges. Executed 02/18/2009***
Sherko Moarefi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	Oct-08	Kurdish man accused of links to Komala; Amnesty International
	Acting against national security
Seyyed Jamal Mohammadi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	6/4/08	Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011
Ghader (Aziz) Mohammadzadeh	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	10/13/09	Membership of Kurdish group; Held Incommunicado-current condition not known
	Acting against national security
Zanyar Moradi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	8/1/09	Accused of murdering the son of Marivon Friday Mass Imam; Charged on 12/22/2010; Amnesty International
	Corruption on earth
Lughman Moradi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	10/17/09	Accused of murdering the son of Marivon Friday Mass Imam; Charged on 12/22/2010; Amnesty International
	Corruption on earth
Anvar Rostami	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	1-Dec	Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party
	Disturbing public order
Mostafa Salimi	Muharebeh	Death Penalty	2001	Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party, Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011
	Acting against national security
Abdollah Sarvarian	Spying	Death Penalty	not known	Sentence overturned. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011.