- Target:
- info_leader@leader.ir, info@dadiran.ir
- Region:
- GLOBAL
- Website:
- www.iranrights.org
Crackdowns on students in Iran are a routine practice. Students are intimidated, arrested, imprisoned, and sometimes tortured and killed. This is a partial list of Iranian students who are currently in detention in Iran’s prisons, serving their sentences; or have been sentenced in absentia:
Partial List of Students Sentenced to Prison or Serving a Prison Term
1- Abbas Hakimzadeh, 2- Abed Tavancheh, 3- Abolfazl Abedini, 4- Ahmad Batebi, 5- Ahmad Q'asaban, 6- Aidin Khaje’I, 7- Ali Afshari, 8- Akbar Atri, 9- Ali Ershadi, 10- Ali Azizi, 11- Ali Konturi, 12- Ali Malihi, 13- Ali Nikunesbati, 14- Ali Parviz, 15- Ali Salem, 16- Ali Sepandar, 17- Ali Shakeri, 18- Ali Shoja’I, 19-Alireza Firuzi, 20- Alireza Kiani, 21- Alireza Rahnama’I , 22- Amir Hossein Tavakoli, 23- Amir Mardani, 24- Amir Mesbah Q’azi, 25- Aram Veisi, 26- Arash Khondel, 27- Arash Rayeji, 28- Arash Sade’qi, 29- Ardeshir Karimi Khiavi, 30- Payman Aref, 31- Arman Reza Khani, 32- Arman Sedaq’ati, 33- Arsalan Abadi, 34- Asq’ar Akbarzadeh, 35- Atefeh Nabavi, 36- Bahram Vahedi, 37- Bakhtiar Khoshnam, 38- Behruz Alizadeh, 39- Behruz Javid Tehrani, 40- Behzad Parvin, 41- Bita Samimizad, 42- Borhan Baq’ai’, 43- Dana Lanjabadi, 44- Ehsan Dolatshah, 45- Ehsan Kavusi, 46- Ehsan Mansuri, 47- Faraz Zehtab, 48- Farhad Haj Mirza’I, 49- Farzad Eslami, 50- Faye’q Rurast, 51- Foad Shams, 52- Hajir Kordnejad, 53- Hajir Palaschi, 54- Hamed Omidi, 55- Hamid J’afari, 56- Hamid Piruzfam, 57- Hamidreza Amirkhahi, 58- Hani Bavi, 59- Hassan Salamat, 60- Hassan Tarlani, 61- Hassan Zar'ezadeh Ardeshir, 62- Hojatollah Rahimi, 63- Hossein Buq’dar, 64- Hossein Hosseini, 65- Hossein Matlube, 66- Hossein Rahmani, 67- Iman Sediq’I, 68- Jamal Rahmani, 69- Kaveh Reza’I, 70- Kayvan Amiri Eliasi, 71- Kazem Reza’I, 72- Kianoosh Sanjari, 73- Kiarash Kamrani, 74- Kayvan Rafi’, 75- Lefteh Sarkheh, 76- Mahdieh Golru, 77- Mahmud Mojdehi, 78- Majid Asadi, 79- Majid Dorri, 80- Majid Maku’I, 81- Majid Tavakoli, 82- Mansur Tiorinasab, 83- Masud Babapur, 84- Mehdi Allahyari, 85- Mehdi Davudian, 86- Mehdi Gerailu, 87- Mehdi Mahmudi, 88- Mehdi Mosafer, 89- Mehran Kusha, 90- Mehrdad Bozorg, 91- Mehrdad Lohrasebi, 92- Milad Garajian, 93- Misa’q Yazdannejad, 94- Mobayen Mir’arab, 95- Mohammad Hashemi, 96- Mohammad Hassan Jonaydi, 97- Mohammad Mehdi Bokhara’I, 98- Mohammad Purabdollah, 99- Mohammad Saleh Ayuman, 100- Mohammad Sayyadi, 101- Mohammad Tab’e Mohammadi, 102- Mohammad Yussefi, 103- Morteza Semyari, 104- Moshfe’q Samandar, 105- Mostafa Papi, 106- Nader Ahsani, 107- Naseh Faridi, 108- Nazari, 109- Nima Latif Tojar, 110- Omid Montazeri, 111- Payam Shakiba, 112- Payman Piran, 113- Pedram Raf’ati, 114- Puria Sharifian, 115- Q’asem Kershavi, 116- Rahim Q’olami, 117- Rajab’ali Dashab, 118- Rashed Abdollahi, 119- Rasul Morovat, 120- Razieh J’afari, 121- Ronak Saffarzadeh, 122- Sajjad Radmehr, 123- Salman Sima, 124- Saman Bozorgi, 125- Seyyed Baq’er Sajjadi, 126- Seyyed Hamed Kavusi, 127- Seyyed Mehdi Khoda’I, 128- Seyyed Reza J’afarian, 129- Seyyed Zia’edin Nabavi, Shabnam Madadzadeh, 130- Shiva Nazarahari, 131- Siavash Hatam, 132- Sina Golchin, 133- Sina Shokuhi, 134- Soheil Mohammadi, 135- Sorush Sabet, 136- Surena Hashemi, 137- Tofi’q Partovi, 138- Vadud S’aadati, 139- Vahid Mohammadi Tabar, 140- Voria Morovati, 141- Yahya Tavusi, 142- Yaser Goli, 143- Yaser Q’ane’I, 144- Yashar Darolshafa, 145- Yashar Q’ajar, 146- Zeynab Peighambarzadeh.
Below is a list of students in Iran that have been expelled from university by the government or university authorities:
1- Abbas Shokuhmand, 2- Abdoljalil Reza'i, 3- Abdollah Davudian, 4- Abed Tavancheh, 5- Adib Rostampur, 6- Aidin Akhavan, 7- Ali Esma'ili, 8- Ali Taghipur, 9- Ali Zat’ali Fard, 10- Ali Saberi, 11- Ali Hossein Asadzadeh, 12- Alireza Baqeri 13-Alireza Firuzi, 14- Ameneh Qasempur, 15- Amid Moshrefzadeh, 16- Amin Emami, 17- Amin Khosravi, 18- Amirabbas Fakhravar, 19- Amirhossein Fotuhi, 20- Anush Sharifi Mojtaba'i, 21- Arash Khandel, 22- Ardalan Tebiyanian, 23- Kianoosh Sanjari, 24- Arman Roshani, 25- Arsalan Sa'idi, 26- Ashkan Zahabian, 27- Asqar Qanbari, 28- Atefeh Nabavi, 29- Bahador Darehshuri, 30- Bijan Sabagh, 31- Bina Momtazi, 32- Bita Momtazi, 33- Borhan Rasti Ghalaati, 34- Danial Motahari, 35- Davud Habibi, 36- Edris Kamela, 37- Emad Bahavar, 38- Esmai'l Jalilvand, 39- Fa'ez Samimi, 40- Farahnaz Felfeli, 41- Faraz Vazirzadeh, 42- Farbod Eshraghi, 43- Farivar Yazdani, 44- Fatemeh Babazadeh, 45- Foad Namaei, 46- Foad Khanjani, 47- Ghazal Sadeqi, 48- Hajar Kabiri, 49- Hamdollah Namju, 50- Hamed Tofigh, 51- Hamed Hassandust, 52- Hamed Honarkhah, 53- Hamid Kargar, 54- Hannan Azizi Banitaraf, 55- Hedayat Qazali, 56- Hesam Salamat, 57- Hiva Azizi, 58- Hojatollah Soltanifar, 59- Hossein Najafi, 60- Iman Seddiqi, 61- Jamaleddin Rahmani, 62- Kamelia Kowsari, 63- Karo Sadeqiyani, 64- Kaveh Rezaei, 65- Kazem Rezaei, 66- Khosrow Musivand, 67- Kuhyar Gudarzi, 68- Kurosh Jannati, 69- Lava Baghi, 70- Mahdieh Golru, 71- Mahnush Dehghan, 72- Mahsa Jazini, 73- Mahsa Meshkin, 74- Majid Dorri, 75- Masud Musavi, 76- Matin Meshkin, 77- Maziar Sami’i, 78- Mehdi Aminizadeh, 79- Mehdi Khalili, 80- Milad Moharrami, 81- Minu Shahriari, 82- Mohammad Zamani, 83- Mohammad Sayyadi, 84- Mohammad Nami Saber, 85- Mohammad Ali Ebadi, 86- Mohammad Esma'il Salahi, 87- Mohammad Hossein Na'imipur, 88- Mohammad Reza Hedayati, 89- Mohammad Saleh Ayuman, 90- Mohsen Sohrabi, 91- Mohsen Fatehi, 92- Mojdeh Nurani, 93- Mona Sharifi Mojtabaei 94- Nader Mahd Qarebaq, 95- Naghmeh Rastegar, 96- Nahid Babazadeh, 97- Na'im Kamali, 98- Nariman Afshar, 99- Nasim Mo'attar, 100- Nasser Puyafar, 101- Negin Sayyahi, 102- Nilufar Kan'ani, 103- Omid Golbaz, 104- Parham Fazl'ali, 105- Parisa Emadi, 106- Payam Peykari, 107- Payam Heidar Qazvini, 108- Payman Aref, 109- Pedram Qanbari, 110- Puya Qolamrezaei, 111- Puyan Mahmudian, 112- Qarib Sajjadi, 113- Ramin Derakhshan, 114- Ruzbeh Riazi Moqadam, 115- Sabbah Nasiri, 116- Saghar Aqdasi, 117- Sahand Yussefi Nasrabadi, 118- Sa'id Ardeshiri, 119- Sa'id Y'aqubinejad, 120- Salar Saket, 121- Sam'a Nurani, 122- Samad Pashaei, 123- Samaneh Asadkhani, 124- Sara Mahbubi, 125- Sara Khademi, 126- Sepehr Qodrat, 127- Seyyed Hamed Ahmadi, 128- Seyyed Ruhollah Torabi, 129- Seyyed Ziaedin Nabavi, 130- Shahab Hassanzadeh, 131- Shahram Adinehvand, 132- Shahu Mohammadi, 133- Shayan Sana’i, 134- Sheida Nikravan, 135- Shiva Nazarahari, 136- Showresh Moradi, 137-Siamak Karimi, 138- Siamak Nadali, 139- Siaman Qiasi 140-Siavash Saliminejad, 141- Sina Dana, 142- Sivan Bahmani, 143- Soha Yazdani, 144- Soheil Assefi, 145- Sona Qolinejad, 146- Sorush Sabet, 147- Surena Hashemi, 148- Tohid Alizadeh, 149- Bahram Vahedi, 150- Yashar Qajar, 151- Yunes Mirhosseini, 152- Zahra Tohidi, 153- Zahra Janipur, 154- Zahra Faraji, 155- Zohreh Asadpur.
To His Excellency, The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei,
Your Excellency:
We are students around the world, writing to express our deep concern about the fate of a large number of our fellow university students in Iran. During the past few years, according to various and reliable published reports, these students have been arrested, detained indefinitely, or otherwise deprived of the right to continue their studies. Many among them have been tried and sentenced to various prison terms by the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Courts. In the past year alone, nearly three hundred students have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to fourteen years. The names of some of these students are hereby attached for Your Excellency’s information.
Your Excellency:
The charges leveled against the detained and/or condemned students are not clearly specified in the Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Furthermore, the activities for which the students have been detained and condemned are all included in the rights and freedoms of Iranian citizens as specified in your country’s Constitution. We would like to draw Your Excellency’s attention to some of these charges: “acting against national security by participating in a demonstration,” “gathering in Tehran University to protest the execution of political prisoners,” “speaking publicly in the student day commemoration,” “commemorating the death of a student who was killed in the 2009 protests,” and “publishing articles and granting interviews to foreign media.”
We also would like to bring to Your Excellency’s attention the serious breaches of due process of law committed by law enforcement agencies throughout the investigative as well as trial proceedings. These breaches have included but are not limited to: interrogation and trial of the accused without the presence of an attorney; application of mental and physical pressures on the accused, in order to extract involuntary confessions; and holding secret, closed, and summary trials.
Your Excellency:
Iranian students, we fear, are being systematically punished for their peaceful civil, political, and human rights-related activities, in violation of their rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly. These are the most vital of the rights of individuals that are universally recognized and sanctioned by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Iran has long been a party.
In this regard, we would like to remind Your Excellency of the historic words of the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the late Imam Khomeini, who, on 11 October 1978, strongly condemned what he saw as the violations of students’ rights in Iranian universities before the revolution:
“If our universities were what they should be, they would not use the police to silence our young students who wish to speak of justice. . . . They beat up girls. They beat up boys. They beat up the youth. They imprison and mistreat them and violate their rights.
. . . A university governed by one person is no university. The academic environment must be a free environment.”
Your Excellency:
You are today the highest political and religious authority in Iran. You are, by the Constitution of the Islamic Republic, mandated to protect the rights and freedoms of every Iranian citizen.
We earnestly urge you to ensure that Iranian university students can fully enjoy these rights and freedoms by seeing to it that the politically motivated charges against them are dismissed and that those who are serving prison terms are immediately and unconditionally released, so that they can return to their universities and resume their studies.
Respectfully yours,
The Support Iranian Students' Human Rights petition to info_leader@leader.ir, info@dadiran.ir was written by ABF and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.