Killed by Government Forces:
The government has admitted to at least 27 fatalities in Tehran but the true numbers are most probably much higher. The Campaign has been able to identify only the names of four persons killed in Tehran during recent protests because of the extreme restrictions imposed by the government. There are also reports of fatalities in other cities but the Campaign has not been able to collect any reliable information.
1) Neda Aghasoltan, student, was murdered at the demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009
2) Naser Amirnejad, Aerospace PhD student, was murdered during the attack on the Tehran University dormitories on the night of Wednesday, 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town, one of the villages in the city of Yasouj on 19 June 2009.
3) Mostafa Ghanian, graduate student at Tehran University, was murdered during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories on the night of Monday , 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town in Mashad on 21 June 2009.
4) Mehdi karami, killed in Jonat Abad Street, Tehran, 15 June 2009
5) Eight people were killed during the attack to the peaceful demonstration in Tehran on 15 June 2009, according to the government report
6) At least nineteen people were killed during the attack on the peaceful demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009, according to the government report
There are also several hundred injuries about which there is no information available, and some could be life-threatening. The Campaign has been informed that Ashkan Zahabian, a member of the Modern Faction of the Islamic Students Association of Ferdowsi University has been severely injured after attacks by members of Basiji Militia and is currently in a coma.
Arrested and in Detention as of 23 June 2009:
Government officials have announced a total of 645 arrests in Tehran since 13 June 2009. The Campaign has received information that about 70 people detained in Shiraz have been released as of 21 June. The Campaign believes several hundred more people could be in detention throughout the country. The following is a list of prominent political personalities, journalists, and students that the Campaign has received.
I. Political personalities and members of the reformist presidential candidates’ campaigns:
1) Mostafa Tajzadeh, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and deputy of the Interior Ministry during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 13 June
2) Behzad Nabavi, a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and former minister and parliamentarian, was arrested on 13 June and released the day after. He was arrested on 16 June for the second time
3) Mohsen Mirdamadi, General Secretary of the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian, was first arrested on 13 June and released the day after, but was disappeared on 17 June
4) Saeed Hajarian, a senior adviser to reformists, a journalist, member of the Central Council of the Iran Front Participation, member of the first City Council in Tehran, the victim of an assassination attempt in 2000, was arrested on 15 June, is paralyzed and suffers serious brain and spinal cord injuries
5) Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Vice president of the Iran Front Participation, coordinator of the reformist campaign in Kurdistan and former government spokes person during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 16 June
6) Ali Abtahi, a senior adviser to Karroubi’s Campaign, former Deputy of Parliament Office of President Khatami, and a vice president under Khatami, was arrested on 16 June
7) Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one of the founding members of the Human Rights Defenders Center as well as a member of Executive Board of the Bar Association, was arrested on 16 June
8) Javad Emam, a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization
9) Hojat Esmaieli, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization
10) Mohsen Safaiee Farahani, member of the Iran Front Participation and the head of its Implementation Board, and former president of the Football Federation,
11) Ali Tajernia, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian
12) Baghier Oskouiee, leading official in Karroubi’s campaign, was arrested on 16 June
13) Saeed Laylaz, prominent economist and Journalist, was arrested on June 17
14) Kuroush Zaieem, a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front, was arrested on 21 June
15) Davoud Solaymani, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian
16) Mohammad Tavasoli, director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first Mayor of Tehran after the 1979 Revolution, was arrested on 16 June
17) Hossein Zaman, a well-known pop singer whose works have been banned from State controlled Radio and Television because of his support for the reformist movement
18) Mohsen Aminzadeh, a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami’s cabinet, on June 16
19) Saeed Shirkvand, member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami’s cabinet
20) Ahmad Zaydabadi, general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist, was arrested on June 13
21) Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June
22) Hamed Iranshahi, member of the Central Council of Advar organization, was arrested on June 16
23) Musa Saket, a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking supporters of Karroubi, was arrested on 18 June
24) Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist, was arrested on 16 June
25) Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal Affairs Ministry in Khatami’s presidency
26) Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits, was arrested on 21 June
27) Khoshchehreh, Son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June
28) Mohsen Bastani, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan
29) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan
30) Ahmad Afjeiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
31) Emad Bahavand, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
32) Mojtaba Khandan, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
33) Saeed Zeraatkar, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
34) Rouholah Sahraee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
35) Ali Mehrdad, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
36) Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
37) Reza Arjaini, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
38) Jalal Bahrami, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
39) Sadegh Rasouli, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
40) Ahad Rezaiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
41) Bagher Fathali Baygi, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
42) Mansour Vafa, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan
43) Ali Pourkhayri, member of the Iran Participation Front
44) Shahin Nourbakhsh, member of the Iran Participation Front
45) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front
46) Mohammad Shokuhi, member of the Iran Participation Front
47) Ashkan Mojaleli, member of the Iran Participation Front
48) Maysam Varahchehre, member of the Iran Participation Front
49) Mahdian Minavi, member of the Iran Participation Front
50) Farhad Nasrollahpour, member of the Iran Participation Front
51) Amir Ariazand, member of the Iran Participation Front
52) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front
53) Adel Dehdashti, member of the Iran Participation Front
54) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Iran Participation Front
55) Mahmoud Ebrahimi, member of the Iran Participation Front
56) Bahram Kardan, member of the Iran Participation Front
57) Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee, the head of the Youth Supporters of the Moussavi Campaign
58) Mohammadreza Jalaieepour, a student in Oxford and in charge of the website of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on June 17 in Tehran Airport
59) Saeed Nourmohammadi, member of the Iran Participation Front
60) Ali Mohaghar, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party
61) Hedayatollah Aghaiee, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party
62) Ali Waghfi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
63) Hamzeh Ghalebi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
64) Saeed (Hassan) Nikkhah, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
65) Hesam Nasiri, member of the Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran
66) Ehsan Bagheri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
67) Homaiee, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
68) Fatahi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
69) Zakeri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran
70) Rouholah Shahsavar, member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan
71) Mohsen Rouzbehan, member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan
72) Kaveh Servati, member of Moussavi Campaign, was arrested on 20 June
73) Maryam Ameri, member of Karroubi’s Campaign
74) Naseh Faridi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign
75) Morteza Khani, member of Karroubi’s Campaign
76) Bagher Oskouiee, member of Karroubi’s Campaign
77) Siamand Ghiyasi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah
78) Mohammad Jafari, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah
79) Dr. Jalil Sharabianlu, a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz
80) Dr Ghafar Farzadi, in Tabriz
81) Majid Jabari, in Tabriz
82) Rahim Yawari, In Tabriz
83) Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz
84) Dr. Laya Farzadi, in Tabriz
85) Shabeti, in Tabriz
86) Shamlu, in Tabriz
87) Dr. Ghafarzadeh, in Tabriz
88) Dr. Soltaniazad, in Tabriz
89) Dr. Panahi, in Tabriz
90) Dr. Seyflou, in Tabriz
91) Dr. Dadizadeh, in Tabriz
92) Mehdi Yarbahrami, in Tabriz
93) Mansour Ghafari, in Tabriz
94) Hojatollah Amiri, in Tabriz
95) Amir Hossein Jahani, in Tabriz
96) Rhdah Rahimipour, in Tabriz
97) Mehdi Khodadadi, in Tabriz
98) Payam Haydar Ghazvini, student in Gazvin
99) Nasim Riahi, student in Gazvin
100) Mojtaba Rajabi, student in Gazvin
101) Atar Rashidi, student in Gazvin
102) Hanieh Yousefian
II) Journalists:
Some of the journalists who were also political personalities are listed above under the political personalities. The list of detained journalists is also independently verified by Reporters without Borders.
1) Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli, was arrested on 18 June
2) Rajabali Mazrouiee, head of the Journalists Association, was arrested on 20 June
3) Karim Arghandehpour, a blogger (
http://www.futurama.ir/) and reporter for
pro-reform newspapers Salam, Vaghieh and Afaghieh, was arrested on 14 June
4) Maziyar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian dual national, journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran, was arrested on 22 June
5) Kayvan Samimi Behbahani, editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist, was arrested on 14 June
6) Zhila Baniyaghoub, journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website, was arrested on 20 June
7) Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, journalist, was arrested on 21 June
8) Mojtaba Pourmohsen, journalist and Radio Zamaneh’s representative in Rasht, was arrested on 15 June
9) Mahsa Amraiee, Journalist , was arrested on 14 June
10) Behzad Bashou, Cartoonist, was arrested on 14 June
11) Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi, TV producer was arrested on 14 June
12) Abdolreza Tajik, journalist was arrested on 14 June
13) Rohollah Shahsavar, journalist was arrested in Mashhad, was arrested on 17 June
14) Mashallah Haydarzadeh, journalist in Boushehr, was arrested on 14 June
15) Hamideh Mahouri, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June
16) Amanolah Shojaiee, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June
17) Hossein Shokouhi,a journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June
18) Somayeh Touhidlou, sociologist and blogger in the Road of Health
19) Shiva Nazarahari, a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist was arrested on 13 June
20) Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz, former director of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 23 June during the attack to the newspaper property. Beheshti’s son, Sadra, was arrested while he was visiting his father.
21) Hassan Maadikhah, director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister,
22) Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar, was arrested on 22 June
23) Fariborz Soroush, arrested in Karaj
III) University Students and professors:
[The names of students who were arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories are based on information released by the Reports of Human Rights Committee]
1) Marjan Fayazi, student at Mazandaran University, was arrested on June 22
2) Sogan Alikhah, student at Mazandaran university, was arrested on June 22
3) Alireza Kiani, student at Mazandaran university
4) Milad Hosseini Koshtan, student at Mazandaran university
5) Ali Nazari, student at Mazandaran university
6) Siavoush Safavi, student at Mazandaran university
7) Ashkan Zahabian, student at Mazandaran university
8) Ali Dinavari, student at Mazandaran university
9) Rahman Yaghoubi, student at Mazandaran university
10) Maziar Yazdani, student at Mazandaran university
11) Ali Abbasi, student at Mazandaran university
12) Shouaneh Merikhi, student at Mazandaran university
13) Majid Dari, an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran, was violently arrested on 21 June in his home
14) Esmaiel Jalilvand, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June
15) Hamdollah Namjou, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June
16) Hossein Reisian, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin, was arrested on June 21
17) Fazli, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin
18) Imani, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin
19) alborzi, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin
20) Darvish, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin
21) Mohsen Barzegar, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18
22) Iman Sedighi, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18
23) Hesam oldin Bagheri, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18
24) Siavash Saliminejad, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 20
25) Alireza Khoshbakht, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17
26) Zahra Tohidi, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17
27) Ziaoldin Nabavi, secretary of the Education Rights Council, was arrested on 16 June
28) Sohrab Ahadian, student at Tehran University, was arrested on June 17 when the Tehran University Dormitories were violently attacked
29) Reza Arkouzi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
30) Karim Emami, student, was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14
31) Mohammad Hossein Emami, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
32) Elaheh Imanian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
33) Rouholah Bagheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
34) Farhad Binazadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
35) Iman Pourtahmasb, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
36) Ezat Torbati, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14
37) Somayeh tohidlou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
38) Milad Chegini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
39) Mohammadreza Hohabadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
40) Seyed Javad hosseini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
41) Farshid Heydari Zamin, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
42) Behnam Khodabandeh lou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
43) Mohammad Khansari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
44) Mohammad Davoudian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
45) Mahmoud Delbari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
46) Ali Raiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
47) Omid Rezaiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
48) Ali Refahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
49) Seifolah Rmezani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
50) Ebrahim Raidian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
51) Naser Zamani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
52) Majid Selahvand, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
53) Hanif Salimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
54) Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
55) Hamed Shaykh alishahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
56) Iman Shaydaieezaban, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
57) Farhad Shirahmad, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
58) Saman Sahebjalali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
59) Farhan Sadeghpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
60) Farshad Taheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
61) Ghamdideh Olum, student, was arrested during the attack to the TehranUuniversity Dormitories at midnight on June 14
62) Esmaieel Ghorbani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
63) Mohammad Karimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
64) Erfan Mohammadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14
65) Naseh Faridi, student at Teacher Training Universtiy, was arrested on June 17
66) Izadi, Professor of Bualisina University in hamedan, was arrested on June 16
67) Majzoubi, University Professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan, was arrested June 13
68) Amin Nazari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
69) Siavash Hatam, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
70) Pouria Sharifian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
71) Mehdi Mosafer, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
72) Reza Jafarian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
73) Hojat Bakhtiari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
74) Mostafa Mehdizadeh, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
75) Omid Sohravi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
76) Vahid Amirian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
77) Fazolah Joukar, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
78) Mehdi Torkaman, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
79) Nastaran Khodarahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
80) Ali Ahmadi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
81) Mosaab Ebrahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
82) Saeed Parvizi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
83) Bahareh Hosseini, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
84) Hadis Zamani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
85) Nahid Siahvand, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
86) Imani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan
Arrested and Released:
1) Mohammad Reza Khatami, member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June
2) Zahra Mojaradi, a member of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June
3) Saeed Shariati, a member of the Iranian Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June
4) Taghi Rahmani, political figure and journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after
5) Reza Alijani, political figure, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after
6) Hoda Saberi, journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after
7) Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani’s Family were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours
8) Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement, was arrested on June 14 from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery
9) Ahmad Ahmadian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
10) Eskandari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
11) Amin Afzali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14 and released later
12) Vahid Anari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
13) Mohammad Bolourdi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
14) Hossein Hamedi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
15) Mohsen Habibi, Mazaheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
16) Navid Haghdadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
17) Mohammad reza Hokmi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
18) Kazem Rahimi Olume, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
19) Morteza Rezakhani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
20) Maysam Zareiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
21) Amin Samiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
22) Bahram Shaabani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later
23) Alireza Shaykhi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
24) Ebrahim Azizi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
25) Siavash Fiaz, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
26) Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
27) Hossein Noubakht, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
28) Javad Yazdanfar, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later
29) Habib Khadangi, student, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later