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Journalists currently imprisoned in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Details
Conditions of
detention
Health condition
Sanandaj
Prison
N/A
N/A
11 years prison
Evin Prison
N/A
Heart and health
problems
08-Oct-2008
4 years prison, followed by exile
Exiled in
Ashtian
N/A
N/A
Spying for Israel
Nov-2008
19 years prison, 5 year ban on
"membership in political parties
and activities in the media"
Evin Prison
With periods of
solitary
confinement
N/A
Ahmad ZaidAbadi
Political activity
Jun-2009
6 years prison, 5 years of exile,
lifetime ban on political activity
Rajaee Shahr
Prison
N/A
N/A
Kayvan Samimi
N/A
14-Jun-2009
6 years prison, 15 year ban on
political, social, and cultural
activities
Rajaee Shahr
Prison
N/A
Worsening health
conditions
Bahman
Ahmadi
Amouee
N/A
19-Jun-2009
5 years prison, 34 lashes
Rajaee Shahr
Prison
Wife also a
journalist and
currently in
prison
N/A
Name
Charges
Date of arrest
Sentence
Prison
Adnan
Hassanpour
Anti-state activities
25-Jan-2007
15 years prison, originally
sentenced to death
Mohammad
Seddigh
Kaboudvand
Acting against national
security, engaging in
propaganda against the state
01-Jul-2007
Mojtaba Lotfi
Spreading anti-state
information, publishing the
views of Ayatollah HosseinAli Montazeri
Hossein
Derakhshan
A/HRC/22/56
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Annex II
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