Evin Prison: 120 political prisoners are being kept in Ward 8/ their names and length of conviction
31-July-2022
Category: ethnic minorities، Freedom of Expression، Prisoners، religious minorities
July 30, 2022
News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Ethnic minorities – Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement: The number of political prisoners in Ward 8 of Evin Prison has increased to 120, while this ward lacks the minimum facilities, and the prisoners are denied the hygienic equipment as well as medical care. The Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran has collected these prisoners’ names and charges as well as their length of imposed terms of imprisonment.
According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 120 political prisoners, convicted of various charges, are being held in Hall 9, Ward 8 of Evin Prison. While the ward lacks the minimum facilities as well as the hygienic and sanitary equipment.
The Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran has collected the names of 120 political prisoners imprisoned in Hall 9 of Ward 8 in Evin Prison. It should be noted that apart from these political prisoners, several other political prisoners also are being kept in the other wards of Evin Prison. Among them is Ali Younesi, as well as the political prisoners who have been recently transferred from Greater Tehran Prison to Evin.
The names of the prisoners in Ward 8 of Evin Prison are as follows:
1- Javad Lari/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
2- Jaber (Arash) Johari/ Length of conviction: 7 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding against the Islamic Republic
3- Mehdi Salimi/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding against the Islamic Republic
4- Alwar Gholivand/ Length of conviction: 3 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding against the Islamic Republic
5- Sina Zahiri/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
6- Seyyed Mohammad Taghavi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Acting against national security by supporting the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
7- Naghi Saif/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
8- Sepehr Imam Jomeeh/ Length of conviction: 10 years imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
9- Vahid Bani Amerian/ Length of conviction: 10 years imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
10- Kasra Bani Amerian/ Length of conviction: 3 years imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
11- Yashar Towhidi/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding against the Islamic Republic
12- Adel Gorji/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment/ Accusation: Propaganda against the regime (student activist)
13- Mohammad Khani/ Length of conviction: 4 and a half years of imprisonment/ Accusation: Propaganda against the regime as well as gathering and colluding (translator and researcher)
14- Mohammad Taghi Fallahi/ Length of conviction: 6 months of imprisonment/ Accusation: Propaganda against the regime (Teachers’ Union activist)
15- Nader Afshari/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
16- Reza Khandan/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding (author and translator)
17- Arash Ganji/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding (author and translator)
18- Khosro Sadegh Borujeni/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding (author and translator)
19- Azim Alinejad/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
20- Amir Hossein Moradi/ Length of conviction: 16 years of imprisonment/ Accusations: corruption on earth, gathering and colluding against the regime, and propaganda against the regime
21- Masoud Shah Hosseini/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
22- Hassan Khoramshah/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
23- Masoud Moeini/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
24- Sattar Babaei/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
25- Abolhasan Montazer/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
26- Meysam Golshani/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
27- Ramazan Hemmati/ Length of conviction: 10 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
28- Bijan Zareei/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
29- Ramin Parsa/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
30- Afshar Munesi/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment / Accusation: Propaganda against the regime
31- Mohsen Dorudian/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
32- Reza Nowrouzi/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
33- Reza Mehregan/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
34- Yasin Jamali/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
35- Saeed Afkham Ebrahimi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
36- Ali Asghar Zali/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment / Accusations: Propaganda against the regime and insulting the leader of the Islamic Republic
37- Shahrouz Ramazan Afshar/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: propaganda against the regime
38- Milad Fattahi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
39-Ali Mohammadipour/ Length of conviction: 10 years of rigorous imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
40- Hossein Keihani/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
41- Parviz Seifi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
42- Nematollah Hakimi Kiasaraei/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
43- Mohammad Ali Mahmoudi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization, and propaganda against the regime
44- Amir Hushang Jahanbakhsh/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization, and propaganda against the regime
45- Meysam…/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
46- Loghman Aminpour/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization and propagating against the regime
47- Mohammad Saeed Samimi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization and propagating against the regime
48- Mohammad Irannejad/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
49- Mehran Raouf/ Length of conviction: 7 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
50- Mojtaba Naderi/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
51- Amir Abbas Azarmvand/ Length of conviction: 3 and a half years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
52- Ali Asghar Hoseini Rad/ Length of conviction: 7 and a half years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
53- Pouria Shahrabi/ Length of conviction: 6 months of imprisonment / Accusation: propaganda against the regime
54- Babak Chatrooz/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
56- Moein Hajizadeh/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
57- Sohrab Hasankhani/ Length of conviction: 2 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
58- Majid Hosseininejad/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
59- Mukhtar Yazdani/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
60- Saeed Asghari/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
61- Saeed Nasimi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
62- Behzad Ashtari/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
63- Meisham Mohammadi/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment/ Accusation: Propaganda against the regime
64- Mahan Jalaldoost/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment/ Accusation: propaganda against the regime
65- Rashid Bahadoriaei/ Length of conviction:- / Accusation: –
66- Sirus Gharacheh/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
67- Reza Jamshidi/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
68- Ayyoub Ahrari/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
69- Pouriya Mazroob/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
70- Nemat Khorshidi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
71- Mehdi Akbari/ Length of conviction: 10 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
72- Hadi Karimi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
73- Mehdi Rokhparvar/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
74- Nasser Noor Goltappeh/Sentence: 10 years of imprisonment/Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
75- Saheb Fadaei/ Length of conviction: 6 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
76- Mahmoud Chogha/ Length of conviction: 8 years of imprisonment / Accusation: acting against national security by forming a house church
77- Mehdi Shaver/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
78- Hossein Mahmoudi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: establishing or managing an illegal organization, disturbing the public mind, gathering and colluding, propaganda against the regime
79- Amirhossein Mirkhalili/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
80- Shahram Najaf Tumrai/ Length of conviction: 2 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: Propaganda against the regime through promotion of Baha’i religion
81- Ahmad Dehghan/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: propaganda against the regime through promoting Baha’i religion
82- Fardin Fedaeian/ Amount of Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment/ Accusation: propaganda against the regime through promoting Baha’i religion
83- Sahba Farnoosh/ Amount of Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: Formation of and membership in an illegal group and propaga against the regime through promoting Baha’i religion
84- Mohammad Jahani/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment/ Accusation: propaganda against the regime
85- Ali Darabi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
86- Mohammadreza Molazadeh/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
87- Ahmad Yazdanipour/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
88- Mehdi Mustafavi/ Length of conviction: 2 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
89- Hamed Mirzazadeh/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment/Accusation: assembly and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
90- Javad Henduarki/ Length of conviction: 7 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: Assembly and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the country’s security
91- Yaser Mohajeri/ Length of conviction: 1 year of imprisonment / Accusation: propaganda against the regime
92- Hossein Shanbezadeh/ Length of conviction: 3 and a half years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
93- Pooya Nikmaram/ Length of conviction: 2 and a half years of imprisonment/ Accusation: Spreading lies and propaganda against the regime
94- Majid Kahradi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
95- Nima Heydari/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
96- Fardin Asghar Tabar/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
97- Sadegh Omidi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
98- Ahmad Hashemi/ Length of conviction: 2 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
99- Karim Azizmohammadi/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention to commit a crime against the security of the country by recording video from prohibited places
100- Behrouz Montazer/ Length of conviction: 10 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: having linkage with hostile countries
101- Mehdi Ebadi/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country by filming from prohibited areas.
102- Arash Bashardoost/ Length of conviction: 3 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
103- Alireza Malmoli/ Length of conviction: 3 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
104- Mehdi Salamat/ Length of conviction: 2 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
105- Mehdi Abbaspour/ Length of conviction: 2 and a half years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
106- Hassan Naseri/ Length of conviction: 22 years of imprisonment/ Accusation:-
107-Mohammad Hossein Sohrabifar/ Length of conviction: 10 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: –
108- Mohammad Mehdi Abdollahzadeh/ Length of conviction: 3 years and seven months of imprisonment/ Accusation:-
109- Alireza Borehi/ Length of conviction: – / Accusation:-
110-Mohammed Ali Saghian/ Length of conviction: – / Accusation:-
111- Masoud Ahmadi/ Length of conviction: – / Accusation:-
112- Mahmoud Alinaghi/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
113- Roozbeh Meshkinkhat/ Length of conviction: 10 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: forming and establishing a group with the intention of subverting the regime
114- Mohammad Yahyapour/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country through the linkage with hostile countries.
115- Kass Lennon Borkh (Dutch citizen)/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment/Charge: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country through the linkage with hostile countries
116- Machi E. Walchak (Polish citizen)/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country through the linkage with hostile countries
117- Emad Sharghi (Iranian-American citizen)/ Length of conviction: 5 years of penal servitude / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country through the linkage with hostile countries
118- Abolfazl Nejad Fattah/ Length of conviction: 5 years of imprisonment / Accusation: gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country
119- Hossein Dulabi/ Length of conviction: 3 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization
120- Hasan Nasrollahzadeh/ Length of conviction: 4 years of imprisonment/ Accusation: acting against national security through the support of the People’s Mojahedin Khalq organization