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Detainees of the Mahsa Amini protests

This list reports the notable citizens, civil and political activists, students, journalists, lawyers and athletes who have been arrested in Iran during the ongoing protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022. There is no clear information about the whereabouts and the situation of many of them.

The arrests come on top of severe internet restrictions and blocking of apps including Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the outside world.[1][2]

This list is organized in alphabetic order of the surnames.

Detainees

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List of detainees
Detainee Date of arrest Date of release Location Circumstances
1 Elham Afkari 10 November Shiraz Elham Afkari, Navid Afkari's sister, was arrested on 10 November 2022 and charged with being an agent of Iran International, the opposition television broadcaster which was recently called a "terrorist" organization by the Iranian intelligence minister. She is in the custody of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence.[3]
2 Taraneh Alidoosti 17 December 4 January 2023 Evin Prison Leading Iranian actor. Earlier in November she had posted a picture of herself on Instagram without the mandatory hijab to show support for Woman, Life, Freedom and the Mahsa Amini protests. She was arrested on 17 December after security forces searched her house.[4] She was later released on 4 January 2023, after posting bail which was reported to be around £20,000.[5]
2 Mona Borzouei 28 September Evin Prison Poet and songwriter. Security forces arrested Borzouee on 28 September 2022, during Mahsa Amini protests, for statements she had made on her Twitter account.[6][7][8]
3 Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee 26 September Tehran Human rights activist, former political prisoner and wife of Arash Sadeghi. She was arrested by security forces in her house and taken to an undisclosed location.[9]
4 Hengameh Ghaziani 20 November — Actress. She was arrested for "provocative" social media posts and media activity. She had expressed solidarity with the protest movement and removed her headscarf in public.[10][11]
5 Shervin Hajipour 29 September Sari Singer and songwriter. He was arrested on 29 September for his song Baraye which has been described as "the anthem" of the protests and later released on bail.[12]
6 Niloofar Hamedi 21 September Evin Prison Journalist who broke the news of Mahsa Amini's treatment by the morality police.[13]
7 Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani Late September — Women's rights activist and politician. She was arrested in late September 2022.[14]
8 Bahareh Hedayat 3 October Evin Prison Women's rights activist. She was arrested by security forces in Tehran on 11 October. After eight days of detention she informed her family in a phone call that she was in the ward 209 of Evin prison and did not know the reason for her arrest, nor the charges against her.[15]
9 Hossein Mahini 29 September Tehran Footballer and a member of the Iran national football team in 2006. He was arrested for voicing solidarity and support with the Iranian people during the protests on social media.[16]
10 Amir Emad Mirmirani 5 October Evin Prison Blogger, lecturer and internet activist known as Jadi. Security forces raided his house and arrested him without showing an arrest warrant.[17][18][19][20]
11 Elaheh Mohammadi 29 September Tehran Journalist who reported on Mahsa Amini's funeral. According to her lawyer, Mohammad Ali Kamfiroozi, Mohammadi was summoned by the judicial authorities but was then arrested by security forces on 29 September 2022 while on her way to the Ministry of Intelligence office for questioning.[21]
12 Katayoun Riahi 29 November Qazvin province Actress. She was one of the first celebrities who took off her hijab amidst the nationwide protests and in support of the people. Security forces arrested her in her villa in the suburbs of Qazvin. Her arrest took place about two months after the security officers' attempt to arrest her in her house, but according to reports she had managed to escape in time.[22]
13 Kaveh Rezaei 29 September Tehran Football player from Shabad and a member of the Tractor team. He was detained by the security forces in Tehran and transferred to Evin Prison.[23]
14 Hossein Ronaghi 24 September Evin Prison Blogger, human rights activist and political dissident. He was arrested along with his lawyers by security agents in front of the Evin Prosecutor's Office and transferred to Evin prison where he was tortured and both of his legs broken.[24] He has been on hunger strike since his arrest and in spite of life-threatening deterioration of his health, prison officials refuse to dispatch him to the hospital for medical care. In a statement from Evin Prison, imprisoned filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof warned about the serious deterioration of Ronaghi's health and said that he is in danger of having a stroke any minute after fifty days of hunger strike.[25]
15 Arash Sadeghi 12 October Evin Prison Iranian activist and former political prisoner. He was arrested on 12 October and taken to Evin Prison.[26] According to his father Arash is suffering from chondrosarcoma and the prison is denying him his special medication and not allowing the family to deliver them to the prison either. Due to his illness he has to take a special blood test and have his bone tissues scanned every month, so the continuation of detention is very harmful for aggravating his illness.[27]
16 Toomaj Salehi 30 October — Iranian hip hop artist mostly known for his protest songs.[28][29] Fars News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC, described him as one of "the leaders of the riots who promoted violence."[30]
17 Fatemeh Sepehri 21 September Mashhad Civil rights activist and former political prisoner. She was arrested and taken to the solitary confinement at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence center after security agents raided her house. She was previously sentenced to prison due to her peaceful activities.[31][32]
18 Majid Tavakoli 23 September Tehran Human rights activist and political prisoner. His brother Mohsen Tavakoli announced his arrest on Twitter and reported that the security forces came into the house at night by creating panic and took his brother away.[33]
19 Mahmood Shahriari 28 September Tehran Radio and Television presenter.[34]
20 Dariush Farhood — Tehran 85-year-old professor of medical and clinical genetics is known as the father of Iran's genetics.[35]
21 Hamidreza Aliasgari — Tehran Footballer and a member of the Iran national football team from 2006 to 2011. He was arrested for supporting the Iranian people during the protests on social media.[36]
22 Mohammadreza Jalaeipour — Evin Prison Sociologist and political activist.[37]
23 Milad Nouri 4 October Tehran Developer, digital rights and Internet freedom activist.[18][19][20]
24 Adel Talebi September Fashafooyeh Prison Digital marketer and digital activist who has been arrested by security forces in Tehran.[18][19][20]
25 Aryan Eqbal 4 October Tehran Network engineer and Internet freedom activist arrested in Tehran.[18][19][20]
26 Mohsen Tahmasebi Shiraz Cyber Security activist.[18][19][20]
27 Neda Naji 2 October — Labor activist Neda Naji was arrested.[38]
28 Pouran Nazemi 19 October — Iranian Human rights activist.[39]
29 Nik Yousefi 16 October Tehran Security forces arrested photographer and filmmaker Nik Yousefi and transferred him to an unidentified location.[40]
30 Marzieh Amiri — Tehran Iranian journalist[41][42]
31 Yalda Moaiery 19 September Tehran Iranian security forces arrested Moaiery, a prominent photojournalist, as she was covering anti-state protests on Hejab street in downtown Tehran[43][44][45]
32 Nazila Maroufian — Tehran Iranian journalist [46][47]
33 Kianoush Sanjari 13 November Tehran Iranian journalist[48]
34 Iman Behpasand 22 September Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
35 Ruhollah Nakhaee 23 September Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
36 Alireza Khoshbakht 23 September Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
37 Zahra Tohidi Iranian journalist[49]
38 Mojtaba Rahimi Iranian journalist[49]
39 Majid Tavakoli Iranian journalist[49]
40 Marzieh Talaee Iranian journalist[49]
41 Masoud Kordpour 20 September Bukan Iranian journalist[49][50]
42 Hamed Shafiei Iranian journalist[49]
43 Sarvenaz Ahmadi 6 November 29 December 2024 Tehran Iranian journalist.[49] After being released on bail in December 2022, in January 2023 she was sentenced to six years imprisonment which was reduced to three years on appeal. Ahmadi began serving her sentence in May 2023. In September 2024, Ahmadi started a medication strike in protest of inhuman prison conditions and authorities declining to grant her medical leave. She was conditionally released from prison in December 2024.[51]
44 Kamiar Fakour Iranian journalist[49]
45 Elmira Bahmani Iranian journalist[49]
46 Mehrnoosh Tafian 28 September Ahvaz Iranian journalist[49][50]
47 Farshid Ghorbanpour 25 September Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
48 Javad Shaker Iranian journalist[49]
49 Alireza Jabbari-Darestani 25 September Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
50 Siavash Soleimani Iranian journalist[49]
51 Ali Khatibzadeh Iranian journalist[49]
52 Fardin Kamangar Iranian journalist[49]
53 Mohammad Zare-Foumani Iranian journalist[49]
54 Saba Sherdoost Iranian journalist[49]
55 Milad Fadaei-Asl Iranian journalist[49]
56 Mandana Sadeghi 19 October Abadan Iranian journalist[49][50]
57 Reza Mohammadi Iranian journalist[49]
58 Amir Ebtehaj Iranian journalist[49]
59 Farzaneh Yahya-Abadi 19 October Abadan Iranian journalist[49][50]
60 Farkhondeh Ashori 17 October Shiraz Iranian journalist[49][50]
61 Navid Jamshidi Iranian journalist[49]
62 Hossein Esmaeili 12 October Sabzevar Photo journalist[49][50]
63 Marzieh Amiri 31 October Iranian journalist[49][50]
64 Ehsan Pirbornash between 22 and 28 November Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
65 Saeedeh Fathi 16 October Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
66 Vahid Shamseddin-Nejad Iranian journalist[49]
67 Yaghma Fashkhami 2 November Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
68 Vahid Shademan Iranian journalist[49]
69 Porya Mahdavi-Moghddam Iranian journalist[49]
70 Nazila Maroufian 30 October Tehran Iranian journalist[49]
71 Saman Ghazali Iranian journalist[49]
72 Malihe Darki 26 October Abadan Iranian journalist[49][50]
73 Nasrin Hassani 30 September Bojnourd Iranian journalist[49]
74 Somayeh Masror Iranian journalist[49]
75 Omid Tahan-Bidhendi 4 October Tehran Iranian journalist[49][50]
76 Samaneh Asghari 11 October Qarchak Perison Student of industrial engineering at Khawarzami University and an activist women and children's rights activist.[52]
77 Leila Mirghaffari 16 September Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
78 Faranak Rafiei 18 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
79 Ribvar Kamranipour 19 September Marivan Human Rights Activists[53]
80 Amjad Saedi 19 September Marivan Human Rights Activists[53]
81 Mahrizan Ahmadi 20 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
82 Baran Saedi arrested between 17 and 21 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
83 Mahrou Hedayati arrested between 17 and 21 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
84 Azadeh Jama’ati arrested between 17 and 21 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
85 Bahar Zangiband arrested between 17 and 21 September Sanandaj Human Rights Activists[53]
86 Siroos Abbasi 22 September Dehgolan Human Rights Activists[53]
87 Azad Abbasi 22 September Dehgolan Human Rights Activists[53]
88 Fatemeh Sepehri 22 September Mashhad Human Rights Activists[53]
89 Majid Tavakoli 23 September Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
90 Bahareh Hedayat 3 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
91 Hossein Masoumi 3 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
92 Hossein Sarbandi 3 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
93 Saeed Shirzad 3 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
94 Ali Shirzad 3 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
100 Neda Naji 2 October Tehran Human Rights Activists[53]
101 Leila Abbasi 21 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
102 Jafar Valadkhan 21 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
103 Ms. Ghelichkhani 21 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
104 Mohammad Reza Nosrati 21 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
105 Melika Kavand 21 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
106 Mozaffar Salehnia 21 September Sanandaj Free Workers Union of Iran board member[53]
107 Shadi Aslani 21 September Sanandaj Teacher[53]
108 Reza Sharifeh 21 September Sanandaj Retired teachers[53]
109 Mohammad Karam Zamani 27 September Bijar (city) Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
110 Davoud Razavi 27 September Tehran Bus trade union official[53]
111 Kamran Sakhtemangar 29 September Saqqez Labor activist[53]
112 Mohammad Aref Jahangiri 1 October Sanandaj Retired teacher[53]
113 Shahram Azmoudeh 2 October Talesh Teachers’ Rights Activist / journalist[53]
114 Mohammad Saeid Boueshagh 2 October Lordegan Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
115 Hesam Mehdizadeh 29 September Kamyaran Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
116 Edris Mehdizadeh 29 September Kamyaran Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
117 Farzin Movafaghi 29 September Kamyaran Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
118 Khabas Mozaffari 29 September Kamyaran Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
119 Bahram Yaghobi 3 October Tabriz Teachers’ Rights Activist[53]
120 Mansoureh Mousavi 20 September Mashhad Author/Women's Rights Activist[53]
121 Karamollah Soleimani 21 September Gachsaran County Author/Theater director[53]
122 Mojgan Kavousi 23 September Nowshahr Former prisoner of conscience/research[53]
123 Banafsheh Kamali 24 September Yazd, central Iran Poet[53]
124 Morvarid Ayaz 30 September Rasht Sociologist[53]
125 Zahra Savarian 3 October Abadan, Iran Poet[53]
126 Atefeh Chaharmahalian 3 October (city unknown) Poet, former board member of the Iranian Writers Association[53]
127 Golshin Mohammadian between 17 and 21 September Sanandaj Filmmaker/Rights activist[53]
128 Farhad Sanandaji 21 September Sanandaj Filmmaker/Rights activist[53]
129 Mahnaz Mohammadi 19 September Tehran Filmmaker/Women Rights activist[53]
130 Amir Gholami 21 September Tabriz Filmmaker/Rights activist[53]
131 Mohammad Siamaknia 24 September Tabriz Documentary Filmmaker/Rights activist[53]
132 Sara Saniei 25 September Tehran Sculptor[53]
133 Peyman Mirzazadeh 26 September Tehran Singer/former prisoner of conscience[53]
134 Sepideh Salarvand 2 October Tehran Filmmaker/Rights activist[53]
135 Toktam Akhundzadeh 30 September Tehran Female former national row team member[53]
136 Farideh Moradkhani 23 November Tehran Niece of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and daughter of the late Ali Tehrani, a Shia Islamic theologian, writer, and opposition figure.[54]
137 Voria Ghafouri 24 November Tehran Professional soccer player[55]
138 Reza Asadabadi 23 November Labor Journalist[50]
139 Adel Karimi 11 October Mahabad Photo Journalist[50]
140 Vida Rabbani 24 September Tehran Journalist[50]
141 Aria Jafari 25 September Isfahan Photo Journalist[50]
142 Fahimeh Nazari 3 November Tehran Journalist[50]
143 Mehdi Amirpour 27 November Tehran Sports Journalist[50]
144 Hashem Moazenzadeh 21 September Tehran Media Activist[50]
145 Maryam Vahidian 27 November Labor Journalist, arrested on her birthday[50]
146 Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi 15 December 9 January 2023 Shiraz Advocate and civil rights activist[56]
147 Mehdi Bahman 11 October Tehran Storyteller, illustrator and researcher in the field of approximation of religions. Arrested following a public interview with Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and was sentenced to death by the Islamic Revolutionary Court.[57]
148 Elnaz Mohammadi 5 February 2023 11 February 2023 Tehran Iranian journalist and former social group secretary of The Ham-Mihan newspaper. She and her twin sister Elaheh Mohammadi were arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during Mahsa Amini protests.[58]
149 Donya Rad 30 September Tehran Iranian social media activist and script supervisor who was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the Mahsa Amini protests for published a photo of herself and another girl without a hijab eating breakfast in a coffee shop in the south of Tehran.[59]
150 Negin Bagheri September 2023 Tehran Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi were arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the Mahsa Amini protests for "assembly and collusion" and "conspiracy".[58]
151 Hamid Pourazari 22 November Tehran theatre director, actor and playwright who was arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the Mahsa Amini protests for publishing a video appeared on Soheila Golestani's Instagram page. In it, she, along with several actors including theater director Pourazari and others, appeared without hijabs.[60]
152 Eshragh Najafabadi October 2022 6 February 2023 Shiraz athlete and a former member of Iran's national Mountain Bike team. He was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. He was accused of participation in the 2022 Shah Cheragh attack. He was released after three months of detention.[61]
153 Elham Modarresi 2 November January 2023 Karaj Iranian painter and political prisoner. She was arrested on 2 November 2022 by the Islamic Republic of Iran's security agents raiding her house and was transferred to Kechoui prison in Karaj. Modarresi claimed she was subjected to torture to obtain a forced confession and was denied medical treatment for a genetic liver disorder. Modarresi was released in January 2023.[62]
154 Mahan Sadrat Between 12 October and 3 November Tehran He was accused of Muharebeh and sentenced to death. His death sentence was overturned by the lower court on 24 December 2023.[63]
155 Soheila Golestani 22 November 11 December Tehran Iranian actress and voice actor. In the Mahsa Amini protests a video of Golestani was published in which she appeared with several other actors without a hijab in front of the camera. This protest movement was later repeated with the same form and style by other groups of Iranian and foreign artists. Following the release of this video and its widespread coverage, Golestani and Hamid Pourazari were arrested on 22 November 2022.[64]
156 Behrad Ali Konari November 3, 2022 April 17, 2023 Karaj Behrad Ali Konari, a rapper from Ahvaz, is one of the sixteen defendants in the case of the death of Rouhollah Ajamian. Following the commemoration of Hadis Najafi in Karaj, he was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment in exile by the initial court.[65]
156 Vafa Ahmadpour May 9, 2024 February 19, 2024 Shiraz On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Vafa Ahmadpour and Danial Moghaddam were arrested in Shiraz following the release of the music video for "Amadebash," which addresses the repression of the 2021 uprising and criticizes the Islamic Republic, as well as the demographic challenges and issues facing the people of Iran. The video for "Amadebash" was filmed at Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid). In the song, they address problems such as economic difficulties and the "morality police" (Gasht-e Ershad), stating that "the people of Iran" will remain united and "take over this country."[citation needed][66]

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