The Updated Identities of 38 Prisoners with National-Security Charges in Ward 7 of Evin Prison

The following list contains the name of the prisoners with national-security charges who are currently imprisoned in ward 7 of Evin Prison and have charges such as ā€œrelationship with enemy statesā€ and ā€œespionageā€. Most of these prisoners are in the ward 7 but some of them are locted in wards 4 and 8 of Evin Prison. Many of these prisoners have denied their charges and believe their charges are based on political intentions. In this list, there are many dual-citizens or prisoners with permanent residence permit of a foreign country.

Most of the prisoners with national-security charges are tried based on the Article 501 (espionage) or the Article 508 (collaboration with an enemy state) of the Islamic Penal Law. Due to lack of transparency in the trial process by the judicial system and uncertainty in having a fair trial, this list is created according to charges pressed by the judicial system against these prisoners. Human Rights Activists News Agency in IranĀ (HRANA) is unable to confirm or reject such charges. HRANA updates the list of the prisoners based on different categories, charges, and geographical location periodically in order to inform its audience and support victims of human rights violations.

The following is the updated identities of 38 prisoners with national-security charges in the ward 7 of Evin Prison:

 

  1. Amir Hossein (Iman) Seyrafi, was sentenced to a seven-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with a hostile governmentā€. He is a computer engineer and his expertise are in cyber security.
  2. Amir Salimi Aghdam was sentenced to a five-year prison term on the charge of ā€œespionageā€. He is a professor with a jurisdiction doctorate degree.
  3. Babak Al-Ebrahim was sentenced to a three-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a masterā€™s degree in economy from Germany.
  4. Javid Javidnia was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a doctoral degree in geophysics from the Netherlands.
  5. Ahmad Reza Jalali (Djalali) was sentenced to death on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He is a Swedish-Iranian dual citizen and a university professor.
  6. Anoush Ashouri is sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with a hostile government of the United Kingdomā€.
  7. Hamidinia was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with a hostile governmentā€. He is a foreign affairs specialist and a former employee of Iranā€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  8. Reza Jokari was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He is a physics engineer and an employee of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.
  9. Shahab Manzouri was sentenced to six years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United Kingdomā€.
  10. Xiyue Wang was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of espionage for the United States. He is a Chinese American dual citizen.
  11. Mokhtar Salehi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He is an Iranian Kurd and has a high school diploma.
  12. Sattar Sheykh was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a doctoral degree in art from Tehran University of Art.
  13. Ali Kebritsaz Tavakoli was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€.
  14. Mohammad Ali Babapour was charged with ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€. His does not have a sentence yet.
  15. Seyed Javad Noorjamali was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He is a computer engineer and a network administrator.
  16. Shahab Damiri was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He was a wrestling captain.
  17. Ali Asgari was sentenced to a seven-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with a hostile governmentā€.
  18. Ali Kashefi was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He is a professor of Sharif University.
  19. Kamran Ghaderi was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vienna in Austria.
  20. Mohammad Asnaashari was sentenced to a three-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a masterā€™s degree in computer programming.
  21. Mohammad Javad Zarei was sentenced to a 7-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€.
  22. Mehdi Zarei was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€.
  23. Ali Johari was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€.
  24. Kiumars Marzbain was sentenced to 25-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€.
  25. Farid Faridnia, a Kurdish citizen, was sentenced to a seven-year prison term on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€.
  26. Manouchehr Mohammad Ali was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with a hostile governmentā€. He has a doctoral degree in French literature.
  27. Masoud Kiani was sentenced to five years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has doctorate in dentistry from Ukraine.
  28. Mehdi Ahmadi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€. He has a masterā€™s degree in cyber security from the University of Virginia.
  29. Najaf Hesari, a Kurdish citizen, was sentenced to three years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€.
  30. Ali Azarifar was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a doctoral degree in programming from Australia.
  31. Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi was charged with ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He does not have a sentence yet.
  32. Amir Rahimpour was charged with ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€ and his sentence is still unknown. He has a masterā€™s degree in electrical engineering.
  33. Afshin Salehi was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a bachelorā€™s degree in computer.
  34. Mohammad Amini was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United States of Americaā€. He has a masterā€™s degree in computer.
  35. Jalil Baroghi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He has a bachelorā€™s degree in electrical engineering.
  36. Mohammad Omidi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He was a former employee of Iranā€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  37. Masoud Mosaheb was charged with ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€. He does not have a sentence yet.
  38. Mohammad Amin Nasab was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of the United Kingdomā€. He is an Iranian-British dual citizen.
  39. Majid Nikafraz was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of ā€œcollaboration with the hostile government of Israelā€.

This list only contains the national-security related prisoners in this ward. Ā Other political prisoners with charges such as ā€œassembly and collisionā€, ā€œpropaganda against the stateā€, and ā€œmissionaryā€ are also held in this ward.

The List of 39 Prisoners of Ward 7 of Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency ā€“ The following list is the names of prisoners in different halls in ward number 7 of Evin prison who are detained and imprisoned with charges like ā€œbeing in contact with conflicting governmentsā€ and ā€œespionageā€. Themajority of them has rejected the accusations and consider them to have political motives.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the majority of security-political prisoners are being held in ward number 7 of Evin prison. Some are being held in wards 4 and 8 as well. Continue reading “The List of 39 Prisoners of Ward 7 of Evin Prison”