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Prisoners of Conscience

Here are profiles of just a few people who are jailed because of their beliefs, opinions, and peaceful activities promoting international human rights standards in Iran. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is actively collecting information about other prisoners of conscience and will be updating these profiles on a regular basis. The Campaign’s goal is to provide a comprehensive and credible data-base on prisoners of conscience in the coming months. It is important to note that hundreds of other individuals, prosecuted for similar reasons, are currently out of prison only after posting bail, and are awaiting court hearings.

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Click here for a list of individuals released on bail

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Kourosh Daneshyar

Kourosh Daneshyar

Kourosh Daneshvar, a student activist, was detained on 5 February 2009, at a ceremony to honor Mehdi Bazargan, the first Iranian prime minister after the revolution of 1979. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009

Nariman Mostafavi

Nariman Mostafavi

Nariman Mostafavi, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009

Mehdi Mashayekhi

Mehdi Mashayekhi

Mehdi Mashayekhi, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009

Abbas Hakimzadeh

Abbas Hakimzadeh

Abbas Hakimzadeh, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009

Majid Tavakoli

Majid Tavakoli

Majid Tavakoli, arrested on May 9, 2007, is a student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University and a member of the central council of the university’s Islamic Association. After being released in August 2008, Tavakoli was arrested again on 5 February 2009 after attending a ceremony to honor the Islamic Republic’s first prime minister. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison.

18th March 2009 - 4 Comments »

Sanaz Allahyari

Sanaz Allahyari

Sanaz Allahyari, a student activist, was detained following student protest at Amir Kabir University on 23 February. She is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

17th March 2009

Alieh Eghdamdoust

Alieh Eghdamdoust

Alieh Eghdamdoust is a women’s rights activist involved in the One Million Signatures Campaign. She was arrested on 31 January 2009 in her hometown of Foman, Iran to begin serving her three-year prison sentence.

6th February 2009

Aziz Samandari

Aziz Samandari

was arrested the morning of 14 January 2009 in his home in Tehran by Intelligence Ministry officials. He is being held incommunicado in Evin Prison.

6th February 2009 - 1 Comment »

Jinous Sobhani

Jinous Sobhani

is a former secretary at the DHRC and the ODMV and was arrested on 14 January 2009. She is being held incommunicado at Evin Prison.

6th February 2009

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand was arrested in June 2007 and held in solitary confinement. He is the founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan. He has been denied family visiting rights.

26th January 2009 - 1 Comment »
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