90 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters (last updated 17 July, 2012)
1. Adnan Hassanpour,
Aso, arrested on
January 25, 2007
2. 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
7. Kayvan Samimi,
Nameh, arrested on June 14, 2009, released on bail
March 16, 2010, return to prison
March 20, 2010
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
10. Massoud Bastani,
Farhikhtegan, Jomhooriyat, arrested July 5, 2009,
sentenced to 6 years in prison, total ban from press, transferred to solitary confinement in Rajai Shahr prison after being beaten and hospitalised on
June 5, 2011
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
19. Houtan Abolfathi, freelance, arrested
February 15, 2010 21. Ali Pirhasanlou, journalist and blogger “Alpar”, arrested
September 18, 2009
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, 2009
26. 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
38. Mehran Rajabi, journalist,
ISNA, ILNA, Kargaran, Etemade Melli and
Hamshahri, arrested
February 7, 2011, held incommunicado
39. 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
44. Ahmad Nourmohammadi Abadchi, blogger, arrested at home after raid of security forces in
mid March 2011, whereabouts unknown
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
48. Ali Ebrahimi, blogger and civil activist, arrested in Tehran after raid on his home on
February 20, 2011, transferred to Evin, ward 240, no formal accusation since arrest
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
57. Kamal Sharifi, Kurd political activist and journalist, arrested in 2008,
sentenced to 30 years in prison, exiled to Hormozgan Province, transferred to hospital in Minab Prison after a four weeks hunger strike on
June 28, 2011
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
66. Ali Nazamolmolki, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on
October 3, 2011
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, 2011
72. 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
81. Nazanin Khosravani, journalist,
Nowrooz, Shargh, arrested
November 3, 2010, released on bail
March 15, 2011, sentenced to 6 years in prison for “propaganda against the state” on
April 17, 2011, arrested to serve her sentence on
March 5, 2012
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
84. Reza Ansari Rad, journalist, sentenced to 1 year in prison in 2009, sentence upheld by the Court of Appeals, summoned to Evin prison to serve out sentence on
May 3, 2012, suffered nervous breakdown twice since arrest
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
90. Amir Hassan Sagha, owner of “Hamseh” blog, arrested for criticising the Larijani brothers on
July 16, 2012
Released on bail or sentenced to prison
1. Sassan Aghaee, freelance, arrested November 22, 2009, released on bail
March 28, 2010
2. 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, 2010
12. Hadi Heydari, cartoonist, arts editor of
Etemad-e Melli, first arrested 23 October 2009, rearrested
December 19, 2010, released on bail
December 27, 2010
13. Ahmad Gholami, deputy chief editor of
Shargh, arrested
December 7, 2010, released on bail
December 29, 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
16. Keyvan Mehregan, politics editor of
Etemade Melli, sentenced to
3 years in prison, second arrest on
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
Nooshin Jafari
23. Morteza Kazemian,
Jonbesh-e Rah-e Sabz (Jaras), arrested
December 29, 2009, released on bail
May 3, 2010, sentenced to 1 year in prison
November 14, 2010
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, 2010
32. 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
38. Behzad Basho, journalist and cartoonist, arrested
June 2009, released on bail
June 26, 2009
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
51. Pourya Mousavi, journalist, public relations director to
Aeen journal, student activist, arrested 17 January 2011, released on
bail 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
75. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad deputy and chief editor of
Iran daily, CEO of IRNA, sentenced to 1 year in prison on November 19, 2011, arrested during a press conference and freed after some hours on November 21, 2011, sentenced to 1 year in prison and 5 years deprivation of membership in political parties, groups, associations and media activities for “insulting the Supreme Leader” on
January 15, 2012
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
83. Marzieh Rasooli, journalist specialised on literature and music,
Shargh, Etemaad, arrested at her home in Tehran on
January 17, 2012, released on bail on
February 27, 2012
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 Iran
2. 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
