Iran: List of imprisoned journalists and bloggers
2 VotesOn December 1, 2011 the Committee to Protect Journalists has published a worldwide prison census for journalists, declaring the Islamic Republic of Iran „as the world’s worst jailer, with 42 journalists behind bars, as authorities kept up a campaign of anti-press intimidation that began after the country’s disputed presidential election more than two years ago.“
Back in December 2010 Tehran Bureau had already posted a most useful report on 34 imprisoned Iranian journalists, providing their full names and data.
The real figures for the Islamic Republic are however much higher as the following list proves. I posted it first in February 2010, based on the data by CPJ from February 2010 and The Guardian’s Spreadsheet of the victims of Iran’s crackdown from January 2010, regularly updated since. While some of the listed journalists may have been released or even have fled the country in the meantime, all other cases are fairly well documented by reports from Iranian human rights websites as RAHANA (Human Rights House of Iran), HRANA or the Green Voice of Freedom.
Even if one ignores the names lacking recent informations, more than 70 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters are still left over, while more than 80 journalists have been released on bail, awaiting their sentences or facing imprisonment. Recent additions with gratitude to the list of political prisoners, compiled by Lissnup.
A List of the 100+ Journalists Detained Since the 2009 Elections has been published in July 2011 by expatriate reporter Masih Alinejad, parts 1 and 2 of this report are also available in German translation on Julia’s Blog.
Reporters Without Borders has firmly condemned a new wave of arrests of Iranian journalists between 1 August and 27 September 2011 without any official reason being given. Two Kuwaiti reporters arrested on spying charges in November 2011 in Abadan have been released and returned home on December 18, 2011.
This list will be updated on a regular base. Any additional data by our readers are most welcome.
82 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters (last updated 31 December, 2011)
1. Adnan Hassanpour, Aso, arrested 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. Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, freelance, arrested June 2009
5. Kayvan Samimi, Nameh, arrested June 14, 2009, released on bail March 16, 2010, return to prison March 20, 2010
6. Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, freelance, arrested June 19, 2009, sentence of 5 years in prison confirmed
7. Issa Saharkhiz, freelance, arrested 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi Rad, Saham News, arrested September 2009, sentenced to 4 years in prison
11. 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
12. Mehdi Mahmoudian, journalist, member of reformist Participation Front, arrested 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
13. Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (Babak Khorramdin), freelance, arrested December 13, 2009, sentenced to 15 years in prison
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
14. Karim Arghandehpour, journalist, blogger, Salam, Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh, arrested June 14, 2009
15. Mostafa Dehghan, freelance, arrested January 4, 2010
16. Naghi Ahmadi Azar, 5 years in prison for „espionage against Armenia and in favour of Azarbaijan Republic“
17. 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
18. Houtan Abolfathi, freelance, arrested February 15, 2010
19. 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. Saeed Massoud Lavasani, journalist and blogger, arrested September 26, 2009, sentenced to 6 years in prison, 10 years occupational ban
23. Mohammad Pour Abdollah, freelance, arrested February 13, 2010
24. 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
25. Sousan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand, Kurd blogger, human rights activist, arrested March 11, 2010, released three weeks later, rearrested in Karaj on February 14, 2011
26. Khalil Mir-Ashrafi, journalist, TV-Producer, arrested June 14, 2009
27. Hassan Assadi Zeidabadi, blogger, student, human rights activist, no further data on arrest, sentenced to 5 years in prison September 10, 2010
28. Saeedollah Behdashti, journalist, Qazvin, arrested June 20, 2009, list of prisoners from March 2010
29. Saeed Movahedi, photojournalist, arrested July 9, 2009
30. Seyed Emar Kalantari, journalist, cleric, Ayandeh website, arrested July 2009
31. Akbar Azad, journalist and author, Varligh and Yarpagh, arrested May 25, 2010
32. Arash Saghar, journalist, arrested November 22, 2009, sentenced to 8 years in prison October 13, 2010
33. Shahin Zeynali, journalist, sentenced to 2 years and 91 days in prison
34. Hassan Etemadi, journalist, sentenced to 2 years in prison
35. Yahya Samadi, Sanandadj, former editor of Souran weekly, arrested July 27, 2010
36. Siamak Ghaderi, journalist, IRNA, arrested August 7, 2010, sentenced to 4 years in prison January 24, 2011
37. Mehdi Jalil-Khani, author, freelance, Zanjan, arrested January 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, sentence confirmed August 9, 2011
38. Mohammad Reza Mogheiseh, Bist-saleh-ha, arrested October 24, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2010
39. Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, arrested December 1, 2009, sentence of 1 year in prison, released on bail January 28, 2010, returned to prison January 31, 2010
40. Mehran Rajabi, journalist, ISNA, ILNA, Kargaran, Etemade Melli and Hamshahri, arrested February 7, 2011, held incommunicado
41. Hamed Ataei, editor in chief of Aina News, sentenced to 4 months in prison January 5, 2011
42. Omid Mohades, journalist, Shahid Beheshti website, arrested February 9, 2011
43. Taghi Rahmani, freelance journalist and Mehdi Karroubi’s advisor, arrested February 9, 2011
44. Nozhat Amirabadian, journalist, Fararu, Aftab, and Hammihan News, arrested February 11, 2011
45. Abdollah Naseri, former head of the Islamic Republic New Agency IRNA, spokesman to reformists, arrested February 14, 2011
46. 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
47. Ahmad Nourmohammadi Abadchi, blogger, arrested at home after raid of security forces in mid March 2011, whereabouts unknown
48. Mina Shahrvand, blogger, arrested at her home after raid of security forces on February 3, 2011, transferred to an unknown location
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. Manuchehr Tamri, reporter to IRNA, arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on April 17, 2011
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. Rahman Gh. Bonapour, reporter to Diplomatic Hamshahri, Tehran Emrooz dailies, arrested on June 3, 2011, held in Evin prison, no recent information available
58. Saeed Moghanli, Azeri journalist, poet and civic activist, arrested after raid against father’s home on June 8, 2011
59. Solmaz Ikdar, journalist, arrested at Hoda Saber’s funeral at Behesht-e Zahra on June 13, 2011
60. Zahra Yazdani, journalist for Asr-e Eghtesad, arrested at home on June 21, 2011
Zahra Yazdani
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. Blogger and political and civil rights activist Ali Kalaei summoned to Evin prison to serve his 7 years sentence on 25 July 2011
65. Saeed Jalalifar, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested December 2, 2009, released on bail March 2010, rearrested on July 31, 2011
66. 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
67. Arash Azrahimi, photojournalist in Babolsar district, arrested on Ashura 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison for „propaganda against regime“ on August 7, 2011
68. Faranak Farid, writer and translator who contributes to the Feminist School website, arrested on 3 September 2011 in the northwestern city of Tabriz
69. 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
70. Hadi Ahmadi, reporter to official news agency ISNA, arrested on September 22, 2011
71. 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 September without any official reason being given
Ali Dini Torkamani
73. Ali Nazamolmolki, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011
74. Farzad Sadri, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011
75. Saeid Nazari, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011
76. 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
77. Hassan Fathi, journalist, arrested for „cooperating with BBC Persian“ on November 12, 2011
78. Rojin Mohammadi, blogger, medical student, arrested after returning to Iran, transferred to Evin prison on November 23, 2011
79. 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
80. Bahar Alinia, blogger, student and political activist, abducted after leaving home in the week before December 3, 2011, no data on whereabouts available
81. Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Shargh, Chelcheragh, arrested December 12, 2010, released on bail January 16, 2011, rearrested on December 13, 2011
82. 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
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, 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. 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
Narges Mohammadi
11. Hamed Saber, photojournalist, arrested June 21, 2010, released on bail August 8, 2010
12. Amirhadi Anvari, journalist, Shargh, arrested December 9, 2010, released on bail December 15, 2010
13. 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
Abdolreza Tajik
14. Hadi Heydari, cartoonist, arts editor of Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 19, 2010, released on bail December 27, 2010
15. Ahmad Gholami, deputy chief editor of Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail December 29, 2010
16. Ali Khodabakhsh, financial manager of Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail December 29, 2010
17. Farzaneh Roustaie, editorial staff Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail January 17, 2011
18. 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
19. Ali Anjam-Rouz, journalist for Gilan, arrested February 27, 2010; released on bail May 7, 2010; court date September 27, 2010
20. Omid Montazeri, freelance, arrested December 30, 2009, released on bail April 5, 2010
21. Hamid Mafi, 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
22. Mojtaba Lotfi, freelance, cleric, arrested October 8, 2008, released and sent to Ashtian for 10 years in exile on July 9, 2010
23. Mansoureh Shojai, freelance, feminist websites, arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail January 29, 2010
24. Kayvan Farzin, Farhang-e Ahang, arrested January 2010, released March 2010
25. Nooshin Jafari, Etemad, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail March 3, 2010
Nooshin Jafari
26. 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
27. Farshad Azizi, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 7, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010
28. Mehdi Gilani, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 6, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010
29. Kaveh Ghassemi Kermanshahi, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail May 23, 2010, sentence reduced to 4 years in prison on March 16, 2011
30. Kambiz Nouruzi, head of Association of Iranian Journalists, arrested June 28, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison
31. Mahboubeh Khansari, journalist, Kaleme Sabz, Hammihan and Shargh, arrested May 31, 2010, released on bail June 28, 2010
32. Mirhamid Hassanzadeh, editor of Ghalam News website, arrested August 4, 2009, released on bail August 16, 2009
33. Mehrdad Rahimi, freelance and blogger, arrested January 1, 2010, released on bail March 8, 2010
34. Ramin Jabbari, blogger and journalist, Bayram, Nedaye Moghan, Yashil Moghan, arrested May 17, 2010, released on bail May 28, 2010
35. Mostafa Jamshidi, journalist, editorial staff of Yashil Moghan and Nedaye Moghan, arrested May 18, 2010, released on bail May 19, 2010
36. Mostafa Kazzazi, journalist, editor of Seda-ye Edalat, sentenced to 11 months in prison July 28, 2010, assumed to be free pending appeal
37. Majid Saeedi, photojournalist, Tehran, arrested June 30, 2009, released on bail, eventually in 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison
38. 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
39. 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
40. Rahim Gholami, Ardebil, freelance, arrested April 11, 2008, reduced sentence of 1 year in prison October 28, 2009, released on bail December 29, 2010
41. 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
42. Behzad Basho, journalist and cartoonist, arrested June 2009, released on bail June 26, 2009
43. Heydar Karimi, journalist, Khoy, arrested June 9, 2010, released on bail October 21, 2010
44. Keyvan Farzin, music critic for journal Farhang va Ahang, arrested January 2010, released on bail March 2010
45. Khalil Darmanki, Asr Azadegan, Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 27, 2009, released on bail May 17, 2010
46. Mahmoud Mahmoudi, journalist, workers rights activist, Sanandaj, arrested December 26, 2010, released on bail January 6, 2011
47. Mazdak-Ali Nazari, journalist, arrested November 9, 2009, released February 8, 2010, sentenced to 40 months in prison, pending appeal December 5, 2010
48. Mohammad Atrianfar, journalist, leading member of Kargozaran Sazandegi party, arrested June 16, 2009, released on bail November 24, 2009
49. 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
50. Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of Etemad-e Melli, Rasht, arrested June 18, 2009, released on bail October 30, 2009
51. Mehdi Zaboli, photographer with newspaper Hamshahri, arrested on 20 June 2009, released on bail 5 July 2009
52. 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
53. Mostafa Izadi, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 28, 2009, released on bail 1 February 2010
54. Navid Khanjani, human rights reporter, arrested 2 March 2010, released on bail 3 May 2011, sentenced to 12 years prison 31 January 2011
55. Pourya Mousavi, journalist, public relations director to Aeen journal, student activist, arrested 17 January 2011, released on bail 31 January 2011
56. Saeed Heydarpour, journalist, blogger, arrested 10 October 2010, sentenced to 5 years prison suspended for 5 years on 5 December 2010
57. 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
58. Zeynab Kazemkhah, ISNA, arrested February 7, 2010, released on bail March 7, 2010, sentenced to 5 years in prison November 22, 2010
59. Navid Mohebbi, freelance, arrested September 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for 5 years, released on bail on December 25, 2010
60. Abdolnaser Mahimani, journalist, head of the Gorgan House of Press, arrested February 12, 2011, released on bail February 19, 2011
61. Maziar Khosravi, former editor of Aftab News, now journalist to Shargh, arrested February 11, 2011, released on bail February 24, 2011
62. Mohammad Hossein Mahimani, law student and photojournalist, Gorgan, arrested February 11, 2011, on hungerstrike, released February 27, 2011
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
Mahsa Amrabadi
66. 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
67. 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, return to Evin prison February 27, 2011, released on May 5, 2011
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. Shiva Kamalipour Azad, journalist, member of Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), arrested on 26 April 2011, released on bail on 25 May 2011
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. Sam Mahmoudi Saraei, 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
Sam Mahmoudi
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. 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
81. 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
82. 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
83. 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
Sentenced journalists who have left Iran (incomplete)
1. Ali Moazzami, Shargh, arrested March 8, 2010, released March 19, 2010, has fled Iran
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