Mohammad Zare-Foumani
A columnist, political figure, and online commentator, Zare-Foumani is a reformist who was first arrested in May 2022 and released on bail after 52 days of detention. He was… More
Mona Borzouei
Borzouei was arrested and taken into state custody on September 28, 2022, a week after posting a video of herself reciting a poem in support of the Mahsa Amini… More
Mostafa Aleahmad
On July 8, 2022, Aleahmad was arrested alongside filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for “inciting unrest” and “disrupting the psychological safety of society.” He was released on bail after testing positive… More
Mozhgan Kavousi
Kurdish writer and documentary filmmaker Kavousi was arrested at her home on September 22, 2022, and spent at least 35 days in solitary confinement. She was tried for "corruption… More
Sadegh Zibakalam
Zibakalam is a professor at the University of Tehran. He was summoned to court for "threatening national security" on April 2022. His trial began on July 26, 2022. He… More
Saman Seydi Yasin Saman Yasin
Kurdish rapper Yasin was abducted by Iranian security forces on October 2, 2022 after releasing songs supporting the Mahsa Amini protests. His trial began October 29, 2022. He was… More
Samira Ebrahimi
Ebrahimi is a blogger who wrote online commentary in support of the Iranian protests. According to IWAC, she was arrested on December 11, 2022. She was beaten severely and… More
Sara Mottaghi
A poet and online commentator, Mottaghi was summoned to court after writing a piece favoring the preservation of a pre-Islamic Iranian celebration of Sepandarmazgan. She was charged with blasphemy… More
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
In February 2022, blogger Ronaghi was disappeared, slapped with national security and propaganda charges, and then released from Evin prison in March. After a TV interview during the September… More
Iman Behpasand
A columnist, essayist, and online commentator, Behpasand was arrested at his home on September 22, 2022 and transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran. More
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