List of the Iranian Detainees

Arrested and in Detention:

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I. Political personalities and members of the reformist presidential candidates’ campaigns:

 

1) Dr. Qorban Behzadinejad, director of Mir-Houssein Moussavi’s campaign, arrested on 24 June

2) Mostafa Tajzadeh, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and  deputy of the Interior Ministry during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 13 June

3) Behzad Nabavi, a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and former minister and parliamentarian, was arrested on 13 June and released the day after.  He was arrested on 16 June for the second time

4) Mohsen Mirdamadi, General Secretary of  the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian, was first arrested on 13 June and released the day after, but was  disappeared on 17 June

5)  Saeed Hajarian,  a senior adviser to reformists,  a journalist, member of the Central Council of the Iran Front Participation, member of the first City Council in Tehran,   the victim of an assassination attempt in 2000, was arrested on 15 June, is paralyzed and suffers serious brain and spinal cord injuries

6)  Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Vice president of the Iran Front Participation, coordinator of  the reformist campaign in Kurdistan and former government spokes person during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 16 June

7)  Ali Abtahi, a senior adviser to Karroubi’s Campaign, former Deputy of  Parliament Office of President Khatami, and a vice president under Khatami, was arrested on 16 June

8)  Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one of the founding members of the Human Rights Defenders Center as well as a member of Executive Board of the Bar Association, was arrested on 16 June

9)  Javad Emam, a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

9)  Hojat Esmaieli, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

11) Mohsen Safaiee Farahani, member of the Iran Front Participation and the head  of its Implementation Board,  and former president of the Football Federation,

12) Ali Tajernia, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian

13) Baghier Oskouiee, leading official in Karroubi’s campaign, was arrested on 16 June

14) Saeed Laylaz, prominent economist and Journalist, was arrested on June 17

15) Kuroush Zaieem, a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front, was arrested on 21 June

16) Davoud Solaymani, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front  and former parliamentarian

17) Mohammad Tavasoli,  director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first  Mayor of Tehran after the  1979 Revolution, was arrested on 16 June

18) Hossein Zaman, a  well-known pop singer whose works have been banned from State controlled Radio and Television because of his support for the reformist movement

19) Mohsen Aminzadeh, a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami’s  cabinet, on June 16

20) Saeed Shirkvand, member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami’s cabinet

21) Ahmad Zaydabadi, general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist, was arrested on June 13

22) Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and  its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June

23) Hamed Iranshahi, member of the Central Council of Advar organization, was arrested on June 16

24) Musa Saket,  a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking  supporters of Karroubi, was arrested on 18 June

25) Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist, was arrested on 16 June

26) Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal  Affairs Ministry in Khatami’s presidency

27) Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits, was arrested on 21 June

28) Khoshchehreh, son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June

29) Mohsen Bastani, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

30) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

31) Ahmad Afjeiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

32) Emad Bahavand, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

33) Mojtaba Khandan, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

34) Saeed Zeraatkar, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

35) Rouholah Sahraee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

36) Ali Mehrdad, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

37) Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

38) Reza Arjaini, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

39) Jalal Bahrami, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

40) Sadegh Rasouli, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

41) Ahad Rezaiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

42) Bagher Fathali Baygi, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

43) Mansour Vafa, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

44) Ali Pourkhayri, member of the Iran Participation Front

45) Shahin Nourbakhsh, member of the Iran Participation Front

46) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front

47) Mohammad Shokuhi, member of the Iran Participation Front

48) Ashkan Mojaleli, member of the Iran Participation Front

49) Maysam Varahchehre, member of the Iran  Participation Front

50) Mahdian Minavi, member of the  Iran Participation Front

51) Farhad Nasrollahpour, member of the  Iran Participation Front

52) Amir Ariazand, member of the Iran Participation Front

53) Adel Dehdashti, member of the Iran Participation Front

54) Mahmoud Ebrahimi, member of the Iran Participation Front

55) Bahram Kardan, member of the Iran Participation Front

56) Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee, the head of the Youth Supporters of  the Moussavi  Campaign

57) Mohammadreza Jalaieepour, a student in Oxford University and website manager of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front, arrested on June 17 in Tehran Airport

58) Saeed Nourmohammadi, member of the Iran Participation Front

59) Ali Mohaghar, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

60) Hedayatollah Aghaiee, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

61) Ali Waghfi, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

62) Hamzeh Ghalebi, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

63) Saeed (Hassan) Nikkhah, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

64) Hesam Nasiri, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

65) Ehsan Bagheri, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

66) Homaiee, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

67) Fatahi, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

68) Zakeri, member of Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

69) Rouholah Shahsavar, member of Moussavi  Campaign in Khorasan

70) Mohsen Rouzbehan, member of Moussavi Campaign  in Khorasan

71) Kaveh Servati, member of Moussavi Campaign, was arrested on 20 June

72) Maryam Ameri, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

73) Naseh Faridi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

74) Morteza Khani, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

75) Bagher Oskouiee, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

76) Siamand Ghiyasi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah

77) Mohammad Jafari, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah

78) Dr. Jalil Sharabianlu, a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz

79) Dr Ghafar Farzadi, in Tabriz

80) Majid Jabari, in Tabriz

81) Rahim Yawari, In Tabriz

82) Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz

83) Dr. Laya Farzadi, in Tabriz

84) Shabeti, in Tabriz

85) Shamlu, in Tabriz

86) Dr. Ghafarzadeh, in Tabriz

87) Dr. Soltaniazad, in Tabriz

88) Dr. Panahi, in Tabriz

89) Dr. Seyflou, in Tabriz

90) Dr. Dadizadeh, in Tabriz

91) Mehdi Yarbahrami, in Tabriz

92) Mansour Ghafari, in Tabriz

93) Hojatollah Amiri, in Tabriz

94) Amir Hossein Jahani, in Tabriz

95) Rhdah Rahimipour, in Tabriz

96) Mehdi Khodadadi, in Tabriz

97) Payam Haydar Ghazvini, student in Gazvin

98) Nasim Riahi, student in Gazvin

99)  Mojtaba Rajabi, student in Gazvin

100)  Atar Rashidi, student in Gazvin

101) Hanieh Yousefian

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II) Journalists:

Some of the journalists who were also political personalities are listed above under the political personalities. The list of detained journalists has also been independently verified by Reporters without Borders.

1)  Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli, was arrested on 18 June

2)  Rajabali Mazrouiee, head of the Journalists Association, was arrested on 20 June

3)  Karim Arghandehpour,  a blogger (http://www.futurama.ir/) and reporter for pro-reform newspapers Salam, Vaghieh and Afaghieh, was arrested on 14 June

4)  Maziyar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian dual national, journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran, was arrested on 22 June

5)  Kayvan Samimi Behbahani, editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist, was arrested on 14 June

6)  Zhila Baniyaghoub, journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website, was arrested on 20 June

7)  Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, journalist, was arrested on 21 June

8)  Mojtaba Pourmohsen, journalist and  Radio Zamaneh’s representative in Rasht, was arrested on 15 June

9)  Mahsa Amraiee, journalist , was arrested on 14 June

10) Behzad Bashou, cartoonist, was arrested on 14 June

11) Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi, TV producer was arrested on 14 June

12) Abdolreza Tajik, journalist was arrested on 14 June

13) Rohollah Shahsavar, journalist was arrested in Mashhad, was arrested on 17 June

14) Mashallah Haydarzadeh, journalist in Boushehr,  was arrested on 14 June

15) Iason Athanasiadis, national Greek/British journalist, freelancing for the Washington Times, detained on 17 June

16) Amanolah Shojaiee, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

17) Somayeh Touhidlou, sociologist and blogger in the Road of Health

18) Shiva Nazarahari, journalist and member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee, arrested on 13 June

19) Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz, former director of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 23 June during the attack on newspaper property. Beheshti’s son, Sadra, was arrested while he was visiting his father.

20) Hassan Maadikhah, director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister

21) Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar, was arrested on 22 June

22) Fariborz Soroush, arrested in Karaj

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III) University professors:

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1) Dr. Ardeshir Amirarjomand, chair of UNESCO’s Democracy and Human Rights Program at Shahid Beheshti University

2) Hossein Reisian, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin, was arrested on June 21

3)  Fazli, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

4)  Imani, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

5)  Alborzi, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

6)  Darvish, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

7) Izadi, professor of Bualisina University in hamedan, was arrested on June 16

8.) Majzoubi, professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan, was arrested June 13

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IV) University students:

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[The names of students who were arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories are based on information released by the Reports of Human Rights Committee]

1)  Marjan Fayazi, student at Mazandaran University, was arrested on June 22  

2)  Sogan Alikhah, student at Mazandaran university, was arrested on June 22

3)  Alireza Kiani, student at Mazandaran university

4)  Milad Hosseini Koshtan, student at Mazandaran university

5)  Ali Nazari, student at Mazandaran university

6)  Siavoush Safavi, student at Mazandaran university

7)  Ashkan Zahabian, student at Mazandaran university

8)  Ali Dinavari, student at Mazandaran university

9)  Rahman Yaghoubi, student at Mazandaran university

10)  Maziar Yazdani, student at Mazandaran university

11)  Ali Abbasi, student at Mazandaran university

12)  Shouaneh Merikhi, student at Mazandaran university

13)  Majid Dari, an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran, was violently arrested on 21 June in his home

14)  Esmaiel Jalilvand, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June

15)  Hamdollah Namjou, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June

16)  Mohsen Barzegar, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

17)  Iman Sedighi, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

18)  Hesam oldin Bagheri, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

19)  Siavash Saliminejad, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 20

20)  Alireza Khoshbakht, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

21)  Zahra Tohidi, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

22)  Ziaoldin Nabavi, secretary of the Education Rights Council, was arrested on 16 June

23)  Sohrab Ahadian, student at Tehran University, was arrested on 17 June when the Tehran University dormitories were violently attacked

24)  Reza Arkouzi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

25)  Karim Emami, student, was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

26)  Mohammad Hossein Emami, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

27)  Elaheh Imanian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

28)  Rouholah Bagheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

29)  Farhad Binazadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

30)  Iman Pourtahmasb, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

31)  Ezat Torbati, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

32)  Milad Chegini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

33)  Mohammadreza Hohabadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

34)  Seyed Javad hosseini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

35)  Farshid Heydari Zamin, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

36)  Behnam Khodabandeh lou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

37)  Mohammad Khansari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

38)  Mohammad Davoudian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

39)  Mahmoud Delbari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

40)  Ali Raiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

41)  Omid Rezaiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

42)  Ali Refahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

43)  Seifolah Rmezani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

44)  Ebrahim Raidian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

45)  Naser Zamani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

46)  Majid Selahvand, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

47)  Hanif Salimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

48)  Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

49)  Hamed Shaykh alishahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

50)  Iman Shaydaieezaban, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

51)  Farhad Shirahmad, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

52)  Saman Sahebjalali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

53)  Farhan Sadeghpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

54)  Farshad Taheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

55)  Ghamdideh Olum, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

56)  Esmaieel Ghorbani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

57)  Mohammad Karimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

58)  Erfan Mohammadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on 14 June

59)  Naseh Faridi, student at Teacher Training University, was arrested on June 17

60)  Amin Nazari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

61)  Siavash Hatam, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

62)  Pouria Sharifian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

63)  Mehdi Mosafer, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

64)  Reza Jafarian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

65)  Hojat Bakhtiari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

66)  Mostafa Mehdizadeh, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

67)  Omid Sohravi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

68)  Vahid Amirian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

69)  Fazolah Joukar, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

70)  Mehdi Torkaman, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

71)  Nastaran Khodarahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

72)  Ali Ahmadi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

73)  Mosaab Ebrahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

74)  Saeed Parvizi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

75)  Bahareh Hosseini, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

76)  Hadis Zamani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

77)  Nahid Siahvand, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

78)  Imani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

79)  Ali Shojai, student at Hormozgan University, director of Mehdi Karoubi’s student campaign in Hormozgan, detained on 18 June

80) Amir Kolhar, student at Azad University in Karaj, detained on 21 June

81) Ehsan Ehsani, student in Mazindaran, detained on 24 June

82) Hamidreza Jahantigh, student at Noushirvan University in Babol, arrested on 24 June

83) Hesam Nasiri, student at Azad University in Tehran

84) Mohammad Sayadi, student at Buali University in Hamadan, arrested on 25 June plainclothes agents on the street

85) Pedram Rafati, Amir Kabir University student who was arrested on 15 June by plain clothes security officers near his dormitory

86) Payman Aref

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Arrested and Released:

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1)  Mohammad Reza Khatami, member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami, was arrested on 13 June and released on  14 June

2)  Zahra Mojaradi, a member of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

3)  Saeed Shariati, a member of the Iranian Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

4)  Taghi Rahmani, political figure and journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

5)  Reza Alijani, political figure, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

6)  Hoda Saberi, journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

7)  Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani’s Family were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours

8)  Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement, was arrested on 14 June from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery

9)  Ahmad Ahmadian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

10)  Eskandari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

11)  Amin Afzali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on 14 June and released later

12)  Vahid Anari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

13)  Mohammad Bolourdi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

14)  Hossein Hamedi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

15)  Mohsen Habibi, Mazaheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

16)  Navid Haghdadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

17)  Mohammad Reza Hokmi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

18)  Kazem Rahimi Olume, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

19)  Morteza Rezakhani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at  midnight on 14 June and released later

20)  Maysam Zareiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

21)  Amin Samiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

22)  Bahram Shaabani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on 14 June and released later

23)  Alireza Shaykhi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

24)  Ebrahim Azizi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

25)  Siavash Fiaz, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

26)  Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

27)  Hossein Noubakht, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

28)  Javad Yazdanfar, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

29)  Habib Khadangi, student, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on 14 June and released later

30) Hamideh Mahouri, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June and released on 19 June

31) Hossein Shokouhi,a journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June and released on 19 June