90 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters (last updated 17 July, 2012)
1. Adnan Hassanpour, Aso, arrested on January 25, 20072. Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Payam-e Mardom, arrested July 1, 2007, sentenced to 11 years in prison
3. Hossein Derakhshan, freelance, blogger, arrested November 2008, sentenced to 19.5 years in prison September 30, 2010, returns to Evin after prison furlough April 3, 2011
4. Saeed Malekpour, web-designer and blogger, arrested on October 4, 2008, tortured physically and mentally in prison, sentenced to death on December 6, 2010, moved to solitary confinement on December 7, 2010, Supreme Court overturns execution ruling on June 24, 2011, sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and execution, execution sentence confirmed by Supreme Court on January 16, 2012
5. Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, freelance, arrested June 2009
6. Hengameh Shahidi, journalist and women’s rights activist, second arrest February 25, 2010, sentenced to 6.25 years in prison, temporarily released on June 19, 2011, currently serving her sentence
Hengameh Shahidi in Evin prison
8. Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, freelance, arrested on June 19, 2009, sentence of 5 years in prison confirmed, transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj as part of prison crackdown on June 11, 2012
9. Issa Saharkhiz, freelance, arrested on July 3, 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison, 6 years occupational ban on September 27, 2010, sentenced to 2 additional years in prison for “media activity” on August 3, 2011
Issa Saharkhiz
11. Saeed Matinpour, Yar Pag and Mouj Bidari, arrested July 12, 2009, sentenced to 8 years in prison, reported in critical health condition 10 March 2011
12. Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi Rad, Saham News, arrested September 2009, sentenced to 4 years in prison
13. Mohammad Davari, Saham News, arrested September 9, 2009, sentenced to 5 years prison on 16 May 2010, upheld on appeal 4 August 2010, sentenced to an additional year in prison on 25 July 2011 all while suffering for months with severe depression in Evin Prison
14. Mehdi Mahmoudian, journalist, member of reformist Participation Front, arrested on September 16, 2009, reported to have suffered heart attack in prison on January 28, 2011, reported to be in critical health condition on August 19, 2011
15. Karim Arghandehpour, journalist, blogger, Salam, Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh, arrested June 14, 2009
16. Mostafa Dehghan, freelance, arrested January 4, 2010
17. Naghi Ahmadi Azar, 5 years in prison for “espionage against Armenia and in favour of Azarbaijan Republic”
18. Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, weekly Bahar Ahvaz, arrested March 3, 2010, sentenced to 11 years in prison, sentence increased to 12 years in prison by appeals court in October 2011
Houtan Abolfathi
20. Alireza Rajai, arrested after 2009 elections, later released, rearrested during raid on his home and sent to Evin prison on 24 April 2011, allowed first visit on 3 June 2011
21. Maryam Zolfeghar, IRNA reporter, arrested June 22, 2009, current status unknown
22. Mohammad Pour Abdollah, freelance, arrested February 13, 2010
23. Morteza Moradpour, Yazligh, arrested May 22, 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison, sentence upheld on appeal February 2010, assumed to be in Tabriz prison
Morteza Moradpour
24. Sousan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand, Kurd blogger, human rights activist, arrested March 11, 2010, released three weeks later, rearrested in Karaj on February 14, 2011
25. Khalil Mir-Ashrafi, journalist, TV-Producer, arrested June 14, 200926. Hassan Assadi Zeidabadi, blogger, student, human rights activist, no further data on arrest, sentenced to 5 years in prison September 10, 2010
27. Saeedollah Behdashti, journalist, Qazvin, arrested June 20, 2009, list of prisoners from March 2010
28. Saeed Movahedi, photojournalist, arrested July 9, 2009 31. Seyed Emar Kalantari, journalist, cleric, Ayandeh website, arrested July 2009
29. Akbar Azad, journalist and author, Varligh and Yarpagh, arrested May 25, 2010
30. Arash Saghar, journalist, arrested November 22, 2009, sentenced to 8 years in prison October 13, 2010
31. Shahin Zeynali, journalist, sentenced to 2 years and 91 days in prison
32. Hassan Etemadi, journalist, sentenced to 2 years in prison
33. Yahya Samadi, Sanandadj, former editor of Souran weekly, arrested July 27, 2010
34. Siamak Ghaderi, journalist, IRNA, arrested August 7, 2010, sentenced to 4 years in prison January 24, 2011
35. Mehdi Jalil-Khani, author, freelance, Zanjan, arrested January 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, sentence confirmed August 9, 2011
36. Mohammad Reza Mogheiseh, Bist-saleh-ha, arrested October 24, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2010
37. Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, arrested December 1, 2009, sentence of 1 year in prison, released on bail January 28, 2010, returned to prison January 31, 2010
38. Mehran Rajabi, journalist, ISNA, ILNA, Kargaran, Etemade Melli and Hamshahri, arrested February 7, 2011, held incommunicado39. Hamed Ataei, editor in chief of Aina News, sentenced to 4 months in prison January 5, 2011
40. Omid Mohades, journalist, Shahid Beheshti website, arrested February 9, 2011, sentenced to 4 years in prison and a 5-year ban from print or online journalism on May 6, 2012
41. Nozhat Amirabadian, journalist, Fararu, Aftab, and Hammihan News, arrested February 11, 2011
42. Abdollah Naseri, former head of the Islamic Republic New Agency IRNA, spokesman to reformists, arrested February 14, 2011
43. Parsa Bahmani, journalist, Shiraz, Afsaneh daily, fined to 1 million Toman after first arrest in June 2009, rearrested on March 1, 2011, no data on his status
Parsa Bahmani
45. Mina Shahrvand, blogger, arrested at her home after raid of security forces on February 3, 2011, transferred to an unknown location
46. Houman Mousavi, blogger and political activist, arrested on April 1, 2009, spent 211 days in solitary confinement in Evin ward 240, transferred to ward 209, both controlled by intelligence ministry, no formal accusation since arrest
47. Artin Ghazanfari, Baha’i photojournalist, arrested after Ashura events in December 2009, released on bail on April 3, 2010, started 1 year sentence in Evin on April, 16, 2011
Artin Ghazanfari
49. Sima Didar, Azeri journalist and civil activist, sentenced to 6 months in prison, arrested in Tabriz, when fetching her identity cards in Saeb prison on April 16, 2011, transferred to Tabriz prison on April 18, 2011
50. Manuchehr Tamri, reporter to IRNA, arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on April 17, 2011
51. Hassan Zohouri, journalist for Cultural Heritage Organisation, arrested on February 8, 2010, released on bail, sentenced to 6 months in prison, returned to Evin prison, ward 350, on April 20, 2011
52. Alireza Firouzi, Zanjan University student, journalist, human rights activist, arrested several times, last on January 2, 2010, sentenced to 6 months in prison after appeal, started sentence on May 27, 2011
53. Hamzeh Karami, website Jomhooriyat, arrested June 19, 2009, temporary release for medication on July 19, 2010, moved to Evin solitary confinement on May 10, 2011, returned to ward 350 on May 15, 2011
54. Rahman Gh. Bonapour, reporter to Diplomatic Hamshahri, Tehran Emrooz dailies, arrested on June 3, 2011, held in Evin prison, no recent information available
55. Saeed Moghanli, Azeri journalist, poet and civic activist, arrested after raid against father’s home on June 8, 2011
56. Solmaz Ikdar, journalist, arrested at Hoda Saber’s funeral at Behesht-e Zahra on June 13, 2011 61. Zahra Yazdani, journalist for Asr-e Eghtesad, arrested at home on June 21, 2011
Zahra Yazdani
58. Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, Kalameh Sabz, arrested December 23, 2009, released on bail October 30, 2010, summoned to Evin prison on 12 July 2011 to serve 5 years sentence
59. Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, head of Iranian Journalists Association, sentenced to 16 months in prison: December 10, 2010, released on bail, summoned to Evin prison on July 19, 2011 to serve sentence
60. Ali Kalaei, blogger and political and civil rights activist, summoned to Evin prison to serve his 7 years sentence on 25 July 2011
61. Saeed Jalalifar, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested December 2, 2009, released on bail March 2010, rearrested on July 31, 2011
62. Arash Azrahimi, photojournalist in Babolsar district, arrested on Ashura 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison for “propaganda against regime” on August 7, 2011
63. Reza Entesari, photojournalist for Majzooban Noor website linked to Gonabadi dervishes, arrested on 5 September 2011, held in Evin prison ward 209, still held in Evin being unable to pay the bail on 14 November 2011
64. Hadi Ahmadi, reporter to official news agency ISNA, arrested on September 22, 2011
65. Mehrdad Sarjouyi, reporter English-language dailies published in Iran, arrested at his home more than two months ago as reported on September 25, 2011 72. Ali Dini Torkamani, writer and economist who contributes to the online magazine Alborznet, arrested between 1 August and 27 Septemberwithout any official reason being given
Ali Dini Torkamani
67. Farzad Sadri, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011
68. Saeid Nazari, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011 7
69. Hakhamanesh Younesi, ISNA reporter in Shiraz aged under 18, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011
70. Rojin Mohammadi, blogger, medical student, arrested after returning to Iran, transferred to Evin prison on November 23, 2011
71. Farshad Ghorbanpour, journalist and author, Ham-Mihan, Kargozaran, Farhikhtegan, sentenced to 1 year in prison, fine of 5 million Toman, released on bail, arrested at raid of intelligence forces on his home on December 2, 201172. Bahar Alinia, blogger, student and political activist, abducted after leaving home in the week before December 3, 2011, no data on whereabouts available
73. Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Shargh, Chelcheragh, arrested December 12, 2010, released on bail January 16, 2011, rearrested on December 13, 2011, sentenced to 1 year in prison for “defending free press and elections” on April 1, 2012
74. Hamid Moazeni, journalist and author from Bushehr, Mehdi Karroubi’s campaigner, recent articles published on Rooz Online, arrested on September 27, 2011, released on bail on October 10, 2011, rearrested on December 24, 2011
75. Mohammad Solimaninya, head of u24, a social networking website for Iranian professionals, summoned before a revolutionary tribunal in Karaj on January 10, 2012, arrested on January 20, 2012
76. Mohammad Reza Pourshajari (Siamak Mehr), blogger who has been held since September 12, 2010, tried by a revolutionary court in Karaj on December 21, 2011 on a charge of insulting the Prophet in articles posted on his blog and in letters sent to government officials while he was in prison, sentenced to an additional year in prison, i.e. a total of 4 years, on May 7, 2012
77. Peyman Pakmehr, journalist to Tabriz News, arrested in Tabriz on January 17, 2012, held in Evin ward 209, first contact with family on January 18, 2012
78. Mehdi Konjareh, blogger and freelance journalist, arrested in Tehran on February 2, 2012, current whereabouts unknown
79. Mohammad Hossein Zakeri, political editor of 9th Dey weekly headed by Ahmadinejad supporter and MP Hamid Rasaei, arrested in Tehran on February 21, 2012
80. Tahmineh Monzavi, freelance photo-journalist, arrested on unknown charges in Tehran on February 18, 2012
Photo-journalist Tahmineh Monzavi
82. Mehran Faraji, journalist for Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, ISNA, ILNA, arrested December 9, 2010, held incommunicado January 8, 2011, transfered to Evin general ward January 25, 2011, released on bail February 4, 2011, sentenced to 1 year in prison on November 8, 2011, returns to Evin prison to serve sentence on April 3, 2012
83. Narges Mohammadi, journalist, speaker of Defenders of Human Rights Center, arrested June 10, 2010, released to hospital on July 1, 2010, sentenced to 11 years in prison on September 27, 2011, awarded the Swedish Per Anger prize on October 25, 2011, sentence reduced to 6 years in prison on February 14, 2012, summoned to Evin prison to serve sentence on April 21, 2012, transferred to Evin clinic after nervous paralysis, transferred to Zanjan prison on May 17, 2012
Narges Mohammadi
85. Mahsa Amrabadi, journalist, Tehran, released on bail, sentenced to 1 year in prison, rearrested for participating in protest rally March 1, 2011, released March 16, 2011, sentenced to further 5 years in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security”, 1 year of it to be served immediately, on February 20, 2012, summoned to Evin prison to serve out sentence on May 8, 2012
86. Rahman Bouzari, journalist and editor of Shargh daily, sentenced to 70 lashes and 2 years in prison, released on bail in June 2011, summoned to Evin prison to serve out sentence on May 19, 2012
87. Farshad Aswad, journalist of banned Khordad daily, human rights activist arrested at Tehran airport before leaving Iran around 20 May 2012
88. Sam Mahmoudi Sarabi, photojournalist to Shargh newspaper, arrested at the end of 2009, released on bail 10 February 2010, rearrested February 14, 2011, transferred to Evin Ward 350 after 1 month in solitary confinement on March 28, 2011, released on a bail of 300,000 dollars on August 13, 2011, rearrested on 28 May 2012 over bail problem
89. Nasour Naghipour, journalist, arrested in 2009 for designing HRANA website, rearrested in Qazvin to serve 7 years sentence in Evin prison on 10 July, 2012
Journalist Nasour Naghipour
Released on bail or sentenced to prison
1. Sassan Aghaee, freelance, arrested November 22, 2009, released on bail March 28, 20102. Shiva Nazar Ahari, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested December 20, 2009, released on bail September 12, 2010
3. Saeid Haeri, political and civil rights activist, Committee for Human Rights Reporters, released on bail, sentenced to 2 years in prison on furlough January 20, 2011
4. Mehraneh Atashi, freelance photojournalist, artist, arrested January 11, 2010, released on bail
5. Behzad Mehrani, journalist, blogger, human rights activist, arrested March 3, 2010, released on bail April 16, 2010
6. Nasour Taghipour, blogger, Ghazvin, arrested March 2, 2010, released before court on June 21, 2010, sentenced to 7 years in prison on January 8, 2011
7. Somayeh Momeni, journalist to Nasim-e Bidari, arrested February 7, 2010, released on bail March 13, 2010
8. Mehdi Yazdani Khorram, journalist to Etemad-e Melli, Shargh, Hammihan, Kargozaran, transferred to hospital in December 2009
9. Azam Veysameh (Vismeh), journalist to Shargh, ILNA, Irandokht, Shahrvand, arrested May 31, 2010, released on bail July 21, 2010
10. Hamed Saber, photojournalist, arrested June 21, 2010, released on bail August 8, 2010
11. Amirhadi Anvari, journalist, Shargh, arrested December 9, 2010, released on bail December 15, 201012. Hadi Heydari, cartoonist, arts editor of Etemad-e Melli, first arrested 23 October 2009, rearrested December 19, 2010, released on bail December 27, 2010
14. Ali Khodabakhsh, financial manager of Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail December 29, 2010
15. Farzaneh Roustaie, editorial staff Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail January 17, 2011
17. Ali Anjam-Rouz, journalist for Gilan, arrested February 27, 2010; released on bail May 7, 2010; court date September 27, 2010
18. Omid Montazeri, freelance, arrested December 30, 2009, released on bail April 5, 2010
19. Mojtaba Lotfi, freelance, cleric, arrested October 8, 2008, released and sent to Ashtian for 10 years in exile on July 9, 2010
20. Mansoureh Shojai, freelance, feminist websites, arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail January 29, 2010
21. Kayvan Farzin, Farhang-e Ahang, arrested January 2010, released March 2010
22. Nooshin Jafari, Etemad, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail March 3, 2010
Nooshin Jafari
24. Farshad Azizi, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 7, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010
25. Mehdi Gilani, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 6, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010
26. Kaveh Ghassemi Kermanshahi, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail May 23, 2010, sentence reduced to 4 years in prison on March 16, 2011
27. Kambiz Nouruzi, head of Association of Iranian Journalists, arrested June 28, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison
28. Mahboubeh Khansari, journalist, Kaleme Sabz, Hammihan and Shargh, arrested May 31, 2010, released on bail June 28, 2010
29. Mirhamid Hassanzadeh, editor of Ghalam News website, arrested August 4, 2009, released on bail August 16, 2009
30. Mehrdad Rahimi, freelance and blogger, arrested January 1, 2010, released on bail March 8, 2010
31. Ramin Jabbari, blogger and journalist, Bayram, Nedaye Moghan, Yashil Moghan, arrested May 17, 2010, released on bail May 28, 201032. Mostafa Jamshidi, journalist, editorial staff of Yashil Moghan and Nedaye Moghan, arrested May 18, 2010, released on bail May 19, 2010
33. Mostafa Kazzazi, journalist, editor of Seda-ye Edalat, sentenced to 11 months in prison July 28, 2010, assumed to be free pending appeal
34. Majid Saeedi, photojournalist, Tehran, arrested June 30, 2009, released on bail, eventually in 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison
35. Jila (Zhila) Bani Yaghoub, journalist, editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website, arrested June 20, 2009; released on bail August 19, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison and a 30-years ban from any journalistic activity
36. Rahim Gholami, Ardebil, freelance, arrested April 11, 2008, reduced sentence of 1 year in prison October 28, 2009, released on bail December 29, 2010
37. Badrossadat Mofidi, Iranian journalists Association, arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail June 6, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison, 5 years occupational ban August 3, 2010
Badrossadat Mofidi
39. Heydar Karimi, journalist, Khoy, arrested June 9, 2010, released on bail October 21, 2010
40. Keyvan Farzin, music critic for journal Farhang va Ahang, arrested January 2010, released on bail March 2010
41. Khalil Darmanki, Asr Azadegan, Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 27, 2009, released on bail May 17, 2010
42. Mahmoud Mahmoudi, journalist, workers rights activist, Sanandaj, arrested December 26, 2010, released on bail January 6, 2011
43. Mazdak-Ali Nazari, journalist, arrested November 9, 2009, released February 8, 2010, sentenced to 40 months in prison, pending appeal December 5, 2010
44. Mohammad Atrianfar, journalist, leading member of Kargozaran Sazandegi party, arrested June 16, 2009, released on bail November 24, 2009
45. Mohammad Ghaznavian, journalist, arrested January 9, 2010, released on bail April 14, 2010, 5 year sentence reduced to 6 months on appeal January 7, 2011
46. Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of Etemad-e Melli, Rasht, arrested June 18, 2009, released on bail October 30, 2009
47. Mehdi Zaboli, photographer with newspaper Hamshahri, arrested on 20 June 2009, released on bail 5 July 2009
48. Reza Nourbakhsh, Farhikhtegan, arrested August 4, 2009 , sentenced to 6 years in prison on 3 November 2009, sentence reduced to 3 years on appeal, released on bail 2 March 2010
49. Mostafa Izadi, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 28, 2009, released on bail 1 February 2010
50. Navid Khanjani, human rights reporter, arrested 2 March 2010, released on bail 3 May 2011, sentenced to 12 years prison 31 January 2011
52. Saeed Heydarpour, journalist, blogger, arrested 10 October 2010, sentenced to 5 years prison suspended for 5 years on 5 December 2010
53. Saeed Laylaz, editor of Sarmayeh, arrested June 17, 2009, sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 6 years on appeal November 2009, released on leave April 2010
54. Zeynab Kazemkhah, ISNA, arrested February 7, 2010, released on bail March 7, 2010, sentenced to 5 years in prison November 22, 2010
55. Navid Mohebbi, freelance, arrested September 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for 5 years, released on bail on December 25, 2010
56. Abdolnaser Mahimani, journalist, head of the Gorgan House of Press, arrested February 12, 2011, released on bail February 19, 2011
57. Maziar Khosravi, former editor of Aftab News, now journalist to Shargh, arrested February 11, 2011, released on bail February 24, 2011
58. Mohammad Hossein Mahimani, law student and photojournalist, Gorgan, arrested February 11, 2011, on hungerstrike, released February 27, 2011
59. Peyman Roshanzamir, blogger, Ahvaz, editor of Haft-e Tir website, arrested January 3, 2011, released on bail from Karoon prison March 1, 2011, refuses to defend himself in court in protest of unjust proceedings, May 14, 2011
60. Farhad Baghbani, journalist, member of Pan-Iranist party, arrested for several days on February 26, 2010; summoned to Ahvaz Revolutionary Court on June 29, 2010; charged with party propaganda in court of Ahvaz on April 4, 2011
61. Mohammad Nourizad, freelance, Keyhan, arrested December 20, 2009, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and 50 lashes, released on bail June 23, 2010, return to Evin August 2010, temporarily released after surgery on February 24, 2011, returned to Evin prison February 27, 2011, released on May 5, 2011
62. Younes Soleimani, Bu Ali Sina student (Hamadan), journalist, arrested on 17 June 2010, suffered heart problems after being tortured by electric shocks in the detention center of the Intelligence Ministry in Tabriz on 31 Aug 2010, expelled from university in February 2011, released on bail in November 2010, sentenced to 6 months in prison on 21 May 2011
63. Ali Malihi, Etemad, Irandokht, Shahrvand-e Emruz, Mehrnameh, arrested February 9, 2010, sentenced to 4 years in prison October 1, 2010, released on bail on May 4, 2011
64. Yaser Masoumi, technical expert for reformist newspapers Shargh, Sarmayeh and Bahar, arrested a few months after June 2009, released on bail after 70 days in Evin prison, appeals court approved sentence of 5 years in prison on 21 May 2011
65. Shiva Kamalipour Azad, journalist, member of Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), arrested on 26 April 2011, released on bail on 25 May 2011
66. Farid Salavati, journalist, social and political activist who first reported on a gang rape in Khomeinishahr, arrested after raid on his home in Isfahan on June 11, 2011, temporarily released on June 20, 2011
67. Maryam Majd, photojournalist for Zanan and Tamasha magazines, apparently arrested at her father’s home in Tehran on June 16, 2011, released on bail on July 16, 2011
68. Fouad Sadeghi, chief editor website Ayandeh News, arrested February 10, 2010, released on bail March 1, 2010, rearrested some days before July 30, 2011, released after several days as reported August 3, 2011
69. Saeed Massoud Lavasani, journalist and blogger, arrested September 26, 2009, sentenced to 6 years in prison, 10 years occupational ban, released on bail on July 16, 2011
70. Faranak Farid, writer and translator who contributes to the Feminist School website, arrested on 3 September 2011 in the northwestern city of Tabriz
71. Mohammad Heydari, journalist and member of the National Religious party, contributed to reformist newspapers Khordad, Yas Nou, Shargh, and Nowrooz, arrested at his home in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011
72. Mehdi Afshar-Nik, journalist for reformist Etemad-e Melli daily, arrested at his home in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011
73. Ali Akrami, editor of the Sheydagooyi blog, member of the National Religious party, arrested in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011
74. Saeed Saedi, Kurd journalist from Sanandaj, arrested 26 December 2010, reported as still detained by Amnesty on 6 January 2011, released on bail in March 2011, sentenced to 3 years in prison on November 10, 2011
Saeed Saedi
76. Davood Khodakarami, journalist and human rights activist, arrested by Intelligence forces in Zanjan on November 18, 2011, temporarily released on bail on December 4, 2011
77. Amir Ali Allamehzadeh, journalist working for the official Iranian news agency ILNA, arrested on September 24, 2011 without official charges, no news about whereabouts after 3 weeks, allegedly held in ward 2 A of Evin prison run by the intelligence service, released on bail on December 21, 2011
78. Hassan Fathi, journalist, arrested for “cooperating with BBC Persian” on November 12, 2011, released on bail on January 30, 2012
79. Fatemeh Kheradmand, journalist and wife of sentenced journalist Masoud Lavasani, arrested during a raid on her home in Tehran, transferred to Evin prison on January 7, 2012, released on bail on February 1, 2012
80. Simin Nematollahi, contributer to the pro-Sufi website Majzooban Noor (www.majzooban.org), arrested at her Tehran home by intelligence ministry officials on 11 January 2012 on a charge of anti-government propaganda, released on bail on February 5, 2012
81. Saeed Razavi Faghieh, journalist, former member of Tahkim Vahdat students’ organisation, worked for Sobhe Emrooz, Bahar, Yas, and Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh dailies, arrested at Tehran airport when leaving the country, transferred to Evin prison on January 18, 2012, released on February 9, 2012
82. Parastou Dokouhaki, journalist, researcher and translator, cooperated with Shariati Foundation, in need of medical care, arrested at home in Tehran on January 16, 2012, first meeting with her family on February 8, 2012, released on bail on February 26, 2012
Arrested journalists Rasooli, Bourghani, Dokouhaki
84. Nama Jafari, poet and blogger, editor of the 35anj website, arrested by security forces in Tehran on February 14, 2012 (25 Bahman), released on bail on 27 February, 2012
85. Sahamedin Bourghani, photographer and journalist, Shargh, Etemad, arrested in Tehran on January 18, 2012, released on bail on February 27, 2012
86. Mehdi Khazali, editor of Hayan, arrested June 29, 2009, released on bail, rearrested for the second time on July 18, 2011 and transferred to Evin, started hunger strike, first call since arrest from ward 209 on August 3, 2011, released on August 27, 2011, violently beaten and rearrested, transferred to Evin prison on January 9, 2012, on hunger strike, transferred to Evin clinic on February 2, 2012 due to stomach bleeding caused by his hunger strike, transferred to Teleghani hospital because of a heart attack, abducted and transferred to Ghamar Bani Hashem hospital affiliated with the Intelligence Ministry on February 18, 2012, released on bail on March 19, 2012 after 70 days on hunger strike
87. Ali Mousavi Khalkhali, journalist and translator, Iran Diplomacy, arrested in Tehran on February 24, 2012, released on bail on March 20, 2012
88. Davood Bahman-Abadi, blogger, released on bail on April 10, 2012, after spending 140 days in Evin prison ward 2 A
89. Ehsan Houshmand, Kurdish sociologist and journalist, supporter of National Religious Movement, arrested during raid on his home in Tehran, transferred to unknown location on January 7, 2012, released on bail on April 25, 2012, suffers ear and jaw problems because of torture
90. Kouhyar Goudarzi, veteran journalist for the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested and sent to Evin December 20, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison on June, 2, 2010, released after serving 1 year sentence on December 15, 2010, rearrested in Tehran, his mother Parvin Mokhtare arrested in Kerman on August 6, 2011, transferred to Evin prison ward 209 after 3 months in solitary confinement
91. Meysam Mohammadi, journalist, manager of Shahid Beheshti website, sentenced to 4 years in prison and a 5-year ban from print or online journalism on May 6, 2012
92. Reza Jelodarzadeh, editor-in-chief of banned Sobh-e Azadi magazine, arrested in Tehran on February 4, 2012, released, sentenced to 1 year in prison on May 22, 2012
93. 15. Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (Babak Khorramdin), freelance, arrested on December 13, 2009, sentenced to 15 years in prison, released on $500.000 bail on July 2, 2012
Sentenced journalists who have left Iran, asylum seekers in Turkey (incomplete)
1. Ali Moazzami, Shargh, arrested March 8, 2010, released March 19, 2010, has fled Iran2. Taghi Rahmani, freelance journalist and Mehdi Karroubi’s advisor, arrested February 9, 2011, left Iran in April 2012, exile in France
3. Abdolreza Tajik, journalist and human rights activist, third arrest June 11, 2010, released on bail December 22, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison March 12, 2011, judiciary confiscates bail of 500 M Toman after he has left Iran
4. Hamid Mafi, reporter to Farhang-e Ashti, Etemad-e Melli, Kargozaran, arrested February 9, 2010, released on bail February 22, 2010, sentenced to 5 years in prison September 16, 2010, asylum seeker in Turkey, awaiting a response from the UNHCR in June 2012
5. Ehsan Mehrabi, parliamentary journalist, Hambasteghi, Tose’, Etemad Melli and Farhikhtegan Ghalam, arrested in early 2010, asylum seeker in Turkey, awaiting a response from the UNHCR in June 2012
6. Hadi Nili, journalist, has spent the past two years in Turkey as an asylum seeker, awaiting a response from the UNHCR in June 2012
7. Behrooz Samadbeygi, journalist, asylum seeker in Turkey, awaiting a response from the UNHCR in June 2012
8. Mahdi Tajik Ghashghaei, journalist, asylum seeker in Turkey, awaiting a response from the UNHCR in June 2012
Source: UNHCR
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