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Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is imprisoned for her activism and criticism of state-endorsed religious interpretations.
On September 26, 2022, authorities arrested Iraee from her home in…
Rahele Ahmadi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
On July 10, 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi, an activist against compulsory hijab,…
Yasaman Ariani was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Ariani for protesting compulsory hijab after she was…
Saba Kord Afshari was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Afshari for protesting compulsory hijab after a…
Monireh Arabshahi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Arabshahi for protesting compulsory hijab by…
Soori Babaei Chegini was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Chegini from her brother's home in Qazvin after she posted a…
Melika Qaragozlu was detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Qaragozlu, a student activist, reportedly after she…
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani was imprisoned for her human rights work in support of the LGBTQI+ community.
On October 27, 2021, authorities detained Sedighi-Hamadani in Urumieh,…
Mahsa Amini was detained and died in state custody in relation to state-imposed religious dress.
In September 2022, police tasked with enforcing public morals in Tehran arrested Amini for…
Seyyed-Karam Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On December 1, 2022, authorities in Saveh reportedly beat and arrested Abbasi, a Yarsani…
Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush…
Hamid Gharehassanlou is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Gharehassanlou,…
Mansour Safayi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On December 12, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Safayi after summoning him.
In…
Siavash Hayati was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Hayati alongside other other Yarsani…
Kaki Farzad Almasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Almasi alongside other other…
Maryam Nematollahi is imprisoned for opposing state-mandated religious veiling.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nematollahi, an Instagram influencer and…
Morsen Afrouz was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions and in relation to his religious association.
In November 2022, authorities in Firuzkooh reportedly detained …
Mojahed Kourkour is imprisoned and sentenced to death on false charges justified on a religious basis.
On December 20, 2022, authorities in Ahvaz arrested Kourkour in a violent raid…
Fatemeh Sepehri is imprisoned for criticizing state-imposed religious policies.
On September 21, 2022, security forces arrested Sepehri following the outbreak of nationwide…
Nasrin Soutudeh was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In October 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Soutudeh, an Iranian human rights activist and lawyer, as she…
Reza Rasaei is imprisoned and sentenced to death for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Rasaei, a Yarsani adherant, in Karaj after…
Neda Fotouhi is imprisoned for her membership in a religious organization and activism.
In October 2023, Iranian security forces arrested Fotouhi, an Iranian follower of Erfan-e-Halgheh,…