In the aftermath of the student protest rally in front of the School of Law and Political Sciences in Tehran University on November 16, 2009, seven students were arrested by security agents outside the university, and their whereabouts and charges against them are unknown. Following their protest rally regarding the execution of Ehsan Fatahyan; Pakhshan Azizi, Amanj Heidari, Leila Mohammadi, Ahmad Ismaili, Sarveh Veisi are five of the Kurdish students who were arrested by the security forces and have not been released yet.

According to Amirkabir News Bulletin the arrested student names are as follows:
1 – Ahmad Ismaili, Audit student at the University of Economic Affairs
2 – Amanj Rahimi, Insurance Management student at the University of Economic Affairs
3 – Abdullah Arefi, student at the Allameh University
4 – Pakhshan Azizi, Social Assistance student at the University of Applied Science
5 – Leila Mohammadi, Physical Education student at the Al-Zahra University
6 – Sarveh Weisi, Physical Education student at the Al-Zahra University
7 – Hajhar Yousefi, Agriculture Engineering student at the University of Applied Science

Some sources have said that three female students from Tehran University with the names of Sarveh Weisi, Leila Mohammadi, and Pakhshan Azizi, who have been on hunger strike in prison for more than 8 days, have been under torture, harassment, intimidation, and threats of rape by the Ministry of Information agents.