During December 2010 at least 79 of political, journalists and students were arrested and detained nationwide.

RAHANA reports, during December 7 events (students day) student arrests around the country have increased, 23 of whom have been mentioned in the below table. Like other months Kurdish activists and citizens have had the highest number of arrests and at least 23 of them have detained following up their arrests. Arrest of 8 journalists shows the severity of clashes between security agency and the press. 8 journalists have been arrested and detained during the security agency's attack to Shargh newspaper. Religious minorities, especially Baha'i and followers of God have also has 11 arrestees. A Christian citizen had also been arrested, whom was released after a short term in detention. Families of political prisoners and the victims of the presidential election events have also had several arrests, whom are still in prison. 12 of 79 arrests in the months of December are female.

In the recent month Mohammadreza Kafami, son of late Ayatollah Sheikh Mahmud Kafami and his two sons were arrested. These arrests increased the number of arrestees to 97 individuals.

Name

Last name

Month

Activitie

Affiliation

Place of arrest

Place of imprisonm ent

Sex

Sentence

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 11 12 13

Nader Seraj Majid Hashem Omid Anisa Roya Kheirolla h Fataneh Masud Hojat Ruhollah Abdollah

Asgari Kian AghaSafari Karimi Ghanbari Safarian Ghanbari Haghjuya n Nouri Ataeian Zonurian Akhlaghi Shahbazi

30 1 1 16 18 29 29 3 30 5 66 9 10

14

Mahdi

Ramezani

14

15 16 17 18 19 21

Hakimeh Neda Fakhrolssadat Fatemeh Faezeh Alireza

Shokri Mostaghi mi Mohtasha mi pur Maleki Nouri-zad Nouri-zad

14 14 25 25 25 25

University Professor Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Religious minority Election martyr family Election martyr family Election martyr family Prisoner's family Prisoner's family Prisoner's family Prisoner's family Prisoner's family

* Baha'i Baha'i Christian Baha'i Baha'i Baha'i Believes in god Baha'i Baha'i Believes in god Baha'i *

Yasuj Ramsar Ramsar Karaj Sari Babolsar Sari Kermans hah Sari Ghaemsh ahr Kermans hah Shiraz Shiraz

Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence * Ghaemshah r Prison Intelligence * Intelligence

Male Male Male Male Male Femal e Femal e Male Femal e Male Male Male Male Released 10 Months

Tehran

Intelligence

Male Femal e Femal e Femal e Femal e Femal e Femal e

* * * * * *

Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran

Intelligence Intelligence Evin Evin Evin Evin

Released

Released Released Released Released

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 41 42

Zeinab Behruz Sajedeh Arash Farzad Esmaeel Ahmad Houman Arya * Hadi Mohama d Sevin Foad Majid Hojat Ali Hamed Afshin Mohsen Ghasem Nima

Nouri-zad Shahrokh Bina Kianush Rad Sadeghi Eslami Soleiman poor Ghiasvand Jafari Hamedi Saeedi Shakeri Shirazi Shiva Saberi Sadeghi Sahraei Farzid Falahi Keshtgari Mahbubia n Mahmudi Mokhtaria n

25 7 7 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Prisoner's family Prisoner's family Prisoner's family Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student

* * * Allameh Tabatabae i Azad University Amirkabir University * Art University * Art University Amirkabir University Amirkabir University Art University Amirkabir University Art University Art University Amirkabir University Amirkabir University Industrial University Shiraz Amirkabir University * Amirkabir University

Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Kermans hah Tehran Kermans hah Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Shiraz Tehran Kermans hah Tehran

Evin Evin Evin Evin Evin Evin * Intelligence Kermansha h prison Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence * Intelligence * * Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Evin * Intelligence

Femal e Femal e Femal e Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male

Released Released

5 years

Released

Released 6 months Released Released Released Released Released Released Released Released Released Released * * Released

43 44 43

Vahid Iman Hazhir

Nosrati Sadeghi Ranjbari

16 17 17

Student Student Student

Art University * * Consolidat ion Office Clergy assembly East East East East East National trust East Reformist Prisoners Rights Activist Participati on Front Economist Reformist Reformist * Reformist Musavi front Ayatollah Kazemini

Tehran Babol Baneh

* Intelligence Intelligence

Male Male Male

Released Released *

46

Siavash

Hatem

Student

Tehran

Evin

Male

Released

47 48 49 51 51 52 53 54 55 56

* Ali Farzaneh Ahmad Keyvan Amir hadi Mehran Reyhane h Hadi Emadelddin Ali Fariborz Mohama d Alireza Abolfazl Fatemeh Vahid Mohama d

Soleimani Khoda bakhsh Rustaei Gholami Mehregan Anvari Faraji Tabatabae i Heydari Baghi Shokurirad Raeisdana Shafei Taheri Tabarzadi Arabsorkh i Talaei Navaz

24 16 16 16 16 18 20 21 28 14

Clergy Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Repoeter Reporter/ Humanrights Political Political Political Political Political Political Political Citizen

Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran

* Evin Evin Evin Evin Evin Evin 209 Evin Evin Evin

Male Male Femal e Male Male Male Femal e Male Male Male

Released

Released Released

7 years

57 58 59 61 61 62 63 64

18 27 28 28 28 28 9 15

Tehran Tehran Tehran Tehran Ahvaz Tehran Tehran Tehran

Evin Evin Evin Evin Intelligence Evin Evin Evin

Male Male

front Mohama Beygi MAhdavi Ghezelhesa r prison * 2/5 years

65 66

Moein Hosein

8 13

Citizen Political

* Reformist Iranian Civil Society Party Freedom movement Bus Sydicate Bus Sydicate * * * * * * * * * Kurdish Parties * * * * *

Tehran Khorram abad Hameda n Tehran Tehran Tehran Mahabad Mahabad Mahabad Mahabad Bukan Mahabad Mahabad Mahabad Bukan Saghez Saghez Saghez Saghez Saghez Marivan

67

Javad

Vafaei

17

Political

Intelligence

68 69 71 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 81 82 83 84 85

Hashem Morteza Ali akbar Himan Soraya Vali Solatan Ali Razgar Shuresh Khadijeh * Shakhav an Kaveh Mansur Azad Omid Borhan

Sabaghian Komsari Nazari Farman Maam Rahman pur Afshari Afshari Afshari Afshari Afshari Afshari Kamal Hosseini Khalifehi Daryanus h Rostami Mohamad Amini Razkhadiv

24 1 8 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 4

Political Workers Workers Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd

* Evin Ghezelhesa r Prison Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Saghez Prison Saghez Prison Intelligence Saghez Prison Saghez Prison Intelligence Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Femal e Male Male Male Male Male Male Male 8 years

86 87 88 89 91 91 92 93 94 95

Ebrahim Adel Refigh Hamid Omid Abubekr Rahman Abdollah Majid Abdollah

Soleimani Sohrabi Sohrabi Mariei Nouri Yeganeh Razkhadiv Raygan Mariei Bahrami

4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 9

Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd Kurd

* * * * * * * * * *

Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Marivan Baneh

Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence

Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male