Iran: Ahmadinejad v. The Conservatives?

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In the last week, the resurgence of the opposition movement has been parallelled by serious divisions within the regime. One catalyst for the internal arguments was President Ahmadinejad's insistence on the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, the father of his daughter-in-law, as First Vice President. Beyond the issue of nepotism, Rahim-Mashai is disliked by many "conservatives" because of a statement indicating that Iranians are friends of all people, including Israelis.

The "reformist" columnist Mohammd Abtahi, writing at the site Ayande, explains what is at stake in this showdown between conservative elements. He argues that, contrary to appearances, Ahmadinejad's stance is not foolhardy but politically necessary. (Thanks to Mani for both the tip and the translation.)

What is the relationship between the announced election results and the choice of Vice President Rashim-Mashai?

If all parties and individuals supporting the government are totally convinced that the President on 22 of Khordad (12 June) had 24 million votes, they must also logically accept that a great portion of these votes has been won as an affirmation of the President, rather than his conservative supporters. This is because these supporters, especially the more traditional elements, do not have sufficient popularity to procure this huge number of votes for the President through regular procedures.

If this logic is accepted, the President not only does not owe these conservative supporters anything, but as a matter of fact he has done them a huge service by amassing such a huge vote for the whole conservative faction through his policies or his special characteristics, thereby "avoiding a disaster for the conservative faction". If this huge service is indeed the case, it is natural that the President should respond suitably to this mandate and choose his closest ally for vice-presidency, and also demand that others not only accept his choice but also show the appropriate enthusiasm. If the conservative faction sincerely believes that the president has received such a huge mandate, they must accept the consequences of this belief, namely, that they must toe the line of the president.

Therefore, the current conservative opposition to the presidential choice is in fact an attempt to convince the President that somehow without their presence, it would have been impossible for him to obtain this huge number of votes and that the magnitude of this number has nothing to do with the characteristics of the President and his colleagues but is a direct consequence of their active support of him. This recognition would force the President to consider their interests in his choice of officials.

The struggle between the two factions ]the President and his conservative critics with regards to the choice of Vice President directly reflects what has happened during the presidential elections. If the conservative critics are forced to accept the President's choice, it means that a strong and practical effort has been made to convince all the conservative fraction that the 24 million votes associated with the President are real and that the conservative critics must confirm this. However, if the President backs down either in a direct fashion (the President chooses another individual) or indirect fashion (Rahim-Mashai gives up the post voluntarily), it signals that the conservative critics have forced the President and his cabal to comprehend that such a huge number of votes would not have been possible without their active presence, support and good will; therefore the President must concede a considerable amount of power to them.

How this ends remains to be seen.

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22 July: Night Protest in Front of House of Sohrab Arabi (Killed by Basiji on 15 June)

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21 July: Nighttime Allahu Akhbars, Tehran

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21 July: 7 Tir Square, Tehran

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1945 GMT: During a relatively slow period in Iran news, have been following an interesting discussion at Anonymous Iran, sparked by Josh Shahryar's "Green Brief": "they are well written and structured, and even better, they report from a "grass-root" level so that I'm able to get a better "feel" and emotional picture of what really is happening. However, does the method used in gathering this information hold up to established journalistic standards?"

1900 GMT: The Significance of the Event, not the Message. Mir-Hossein Moussavi said Wednesday that protests would continue until all demonstrators are released.

That is distinctive not because of the statement, which is merely a reiteration of what Mousavi said to families of detainees on Monday, but because of the audience. Mousavi was speaking to journalists, a significant relaxation of the restrictions put on his movements and access to media by the Iranian Government in recent weeks.

1525 GMT: Ayatollah Bayat-Zanjani, responding to questions from a "concerned person", has issued a fatwa regarding the inauguration of President Ahmadinejad

If the individual [claiming to be president] has attained his position  illegitimately and fraudulently, the inauguration ceremonies and investment of power done by the supreme leader will  are not sufficient to confer legitimacy [upon the aforementioned president] because [the act of] performing these ceremonies is not the main foundation upon which [presidential legitimacy is built upon] . These ceremonies can only invest power if the president has reached his position through an honest election process.

1245 GMT: More arrests...and more evidence that lawyers are being targeted, possibly to deter them from taking up the cases of detainees (see 1030 GMT). Lawyers Mohammad Reza Azimi and Mostafa Sha'bani have been detained.

1120 GMT: Another Ayatollah for Rafsanjani. Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastghaib has written an open letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani. Calling the former President "the old and loyal friend of the Departed Imam", Ayatollah Khomeini, Dastghaib says, "Your speech expressed all anxieties of many people of this land. all of them who are devout Shi'a muslims, and you pointed out their grievances. We saw violence acted on defenceless people, especially upon unversity students and faculty. [Everyone also saw] the filling up of prisons and brutal interogations."

Praising Rafsanjani's "reasonable suggestions to alleviate" the crisis, Dastghaid also declared, "I proclaim...using any kind of weapon ("warm" or "cold") or imposing confinement on the followers of these gentlemen [Mousavi, Karroubi and Rezaei] is equivalent to heresy....[Applying these methods] will not protect the establishment, and [these methods] are unacceptable for protecting Islam and the revolution. this behavior alienates people from Islam and the establishment."

Dastgheib concluded, "It is imperative for us [the Marjaa, upper-ranking clergy] to listen to the reasonable demands of the friends of the Imam [Khomeini] and the revolution such as Mssrs. Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rezaei, whom a very large number of people have voted for..... [This] will prevent any separation coming between us and the people."

1110 GMT: More on the battle between the Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad camps over "corruption" (0600 GMT). The Supreme Leader's representative in the Revolutionary Guard, Mojtaba Zolnour, claimed that Rafsanjani's brother donated approximately $5 million dollars (in Iranian currency) to the Presidential campaign of Mohsen Rezaei campaign. Mohammad Hashemi-Rafsanjani categorically stated, "We have not paid a penny to any campaign" and challenged the accusor to bring the allegations to court. The Rezaei camp, represented by Ali Ahmadi,  responded by  calling the charges "pure fabrication "and said, "Our budget is a thousand times smaller than Zolnour's favorite [Ahmadinejad]....If Zolnour can not either prove or withdraw his allegations we will take this case to court".

1045 GMT: Reports now emerging of plans for a rally by Mousavi and Karroubi supporters in Baharestan Square in front of the Iranian Parliament, on the day of President Ahmadinejad's inauguration (sometime between 2 and 6 August).

1030 GMT: Lots of Internet chatter about the fate of Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a human rights lawyer and founder of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi’s human rights group, who was arrested on 9 July. Dadkhah has now been charged with possession of two pistols and opium; his defenders believed he is being singled out to intimidate lawyers from representing detainees.

Dadkhah is the lawyer for Abdolfatah Soltani, another human rights lawyer, who was arrested on 16 June.

0730 GMT: Cracks in the Security Wall? As we reported yesterday, Iran's police chief Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, is talking tough:

The security forces will stand in front of any individual of whatever rank that tries to disregard law....[These] individuals create crisis in order to grab power and are the same individuals that claim that they follow the ways of the revolution and Imam [Khomeini] but in fact disregard the principles of supreme leadership....If someone loses an election and then tries to nullify the results, he makes the whole election process useless.

Ahmadi-Moghaddam's deputy added, "The police will punish any illegal gathering."

In contrast the new head of the political-religious office of the Iranian Armed Forces, seems to have distanced the military from the conflict: "Today one of the reasons why the Iranian Armed forces are so popular is that it has refrained from entering the political fray.....Members of the armed forces should be the most well versed in political issues while they remain above the fray."

0715 GMT: Favourite entry from the "Green Brief" by Josh Shahryar on yesterday's demonstrations:

Many eyewitness accounts reported that some security forces would stop running after protesters and start cursing their superiors. Many complained of fatigue and were seen panting and telling protesters, “To just go and leave us alone.”

0620 GMT: So, Did the "Power Overload" Protest Work? After Tuesday night's attempt to black out the Iranian electrical grid by turning on appliances, an interesting announcement from the Tehran electricity authority: "Observe the correct pattern of electricity consumption especially in peak electricity consumption hours."

0615 GMT: Picking up on a story from Monday. Mir Hossein Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, said that her brother has been detained for more than a month. It was widely known, soon after the elections, that members of Mousavi's family had been arrested, but Rahnavard's statement is the first direct confirmation of continued detention.

0600 GMT: More on growing Rafsanjani confidence and Ahmadinejad weakness. Rafsanjani's brother Mohammad Hashemi has said he will take court action over allegations of corruption against Rafsanjani made by the Supreme Leader's representative in the Revolutionary Guard.

Meanwhile a Presidential representative has complained that Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is not giving "fair" coverage to Ahmadinejad: "[IRIB was] not willing to communicate the heartfelt and emotional scenes" of the President's Thursday appearance in Mashaad.


0545 GMT: Our correspondent Mani posts on an another sign of shifting opinion:

It is interesting that the conservative-leaning Khabar Online is becoming more and more favourable to Mousavi, as it gives space and attention to his proposal for a political front, which "will be formed within a week". The news site states that "[all] reformist parties and groups and some conservative ones have shown interest in joining Mousavi's political front", although Mousavi "seems to be selective with regards to which groups he would like to include in this front".

Khabar Online received this news directly from Alireza Beheshti, one of Mousavi's chief advisors, who said, "By Thursday Mousavi will acknowledge the individuals advising him in forming this political front and will also [provide definitions] making this political front unique". The story reports that Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the Deputy Speaker of the Majlis (Parliament), has said, "In our meeting with Mousavi we told him that if he works the framework of law, we will support him....We are not joining his party but we will support his political activity that is within the framework of law." The "we" in this statement refers to Bahonar, Habibollah Asgharoladi and Yahya Ale-es-hagh, members of a conservative fraction of parliament who met with Mousavi a few weeks before.

(It should be added that Bahonar's manoeuvre is not an open challenge to the election but support of what he sees as a positive compromise. In another newspaper interview, he criticised Ahmadinejad: "He should not equate criticism with sabotage....No one has given his performance an A+." However, he also said, "Mousavi has a huge misconception that he has won....Mousavi asked us to nullify the elections and we refused.")

Khabaronline then reports on, and criticises the response of state-run media: "[In addition to their denuciations of Mohammad Khatami and Mehdi Karroubi] government supporters are clamouring that the legal formation of a political front also requires official permission from the interior ministry....This clamor is just a red herring that diverts attention from the main issue: the fact that during the election the contemptuous treatment of the law led to a great unease and anxiety and that the people converging on Mousavi are the same ones that warned society of the dangers of this contempt."

0515 GMT: Tuesday was an unusual day. My morning update mentioned the possibility of an afternoon protest, coming one month after the big demonstrations of 20 June and the death of Neda Agha Soltan and 57 years after a protest for the nationalist Government of Mohammad Mossadegh, but did not make much of it. Almost every day brings chatter about a march, and there was no sign of endorsement for the gathering from any of the opposition leaders.

By late afternoon, however, it was clear that there had been far-from-unimportant marches. The numbers are uncertain, though even cautious news agencies were ready to say "thousands" rather than "hundreds". The security forces again prevented a single mass gathering, notably in 7 Tir Square.

However, the persistence and size of the demonstrations was significant enough to pick up widespread attention. CNN ran a dramatic report linking protests and alleged footage of Basiji firing at the crowd. For the first time in many days, BBC English took notice; indeed, their correspondent Jon Leyne, almost silent after his expulsion from Iran weeks ago, was declaring that "the pendulum had swung" again and that there must be major change in the Iranian system.

The BBC report is over-dramatic, at least at this point, but Tuesday was more than a sign that the story continues, especially with confirmation that sizable demonstrations have taken place outside Tehran. The public demonstrations needs to be set alongside, and indeed intertwined with the pressure within the system against not only President Ahmadinejad but also the Supreme Leader. The short but sharp response of Hashemi Rafsanjani,indirectly but clearly addressing Ayatollah Khomeini's attempt on Monday to intimidate the opposition leaders, should not be underestimated. The former President was not only endorsing protest but encouraging it.

In that context, it remains to be seen whether the Supreme Leader's continuing strategy to confront rather than compromise --- his Monday address should be set alongside his 19 June prayer speech, which will eventually either be seen as a defiant assertion of his power or one of the greatest blunders he has ever made --- will work. Meanwhile, President Ahmadinejad is looking not only foolish but foolhardy. He seems to have received no boost from his Thursday speech in Mashaad (see separate entry on the video dispute), which was overtaken by Rafsanjani's weekend trip to the city, and his manoeuvres in the choice and defence of his first Vice President have been clumsy. Perhaps more than clumsy --- having unsettled many of his own supporters, Ahmadinejad looks foolhardy in his resistance to Khamenei's call to let Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai go.

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Amidst much discussion, including on Enduring America, about the position of clerics in the post-election conflict, the excellent Tehran Bureau has compiled a list of the positions of ayatollahs who have made their views known publicly. Six Grand Ayatollahs have made statements supporting demonstrations, two have been neutral, and one opposed. Amongst Ayatollahs, eight (including Hashemi Rafsanjan) have been supportive of at least some opposition demands, two neutral, and seven opposed. (Note: Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastghaib, who wrote an open letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani today, can be added to the list of supporters of the protest movement):

Since protests erupted in Iran after its disputed Presidential election, a growing number of influential Shia clerics have made statements in favor of the protesters.

Grand Ayatollahs in Support of Protesters (in alphabetical order)

Though an exact list is hard to come by, experts agree that there are only a few dozen Grand Ayatollahs now living. Shia clerics earn the title of Grand Ayatollah through years of study, publishing papers and books on theological subjects, and gathering thousands or even hundreds of thousands of followers. Literally translated, grand ayatollah, or marja taqlid, means “source of emulation.”

Grand Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili: “We do not have to pacify the protest by force,” said Ardabili in a meeting in late June with the Guardian Council, according to widely-quoted story from the Iranian Labour News Agency. “Let the people decide who is right and who is not.” Ardabili was a close and senior aid to Ayatollah Khomeini, and was the head of the Judicial system of Iran until Khomeini,’s death. He also established Mofid University.

Grand Ayatollah Bayat-Zanjani issued a fatwa July 12 calling the elections illegitimate. On July 6 he said, “Every healthy mind casts doubt on the way the election was held… “More regrettable are post-election large-scale arrests, newspaper censorship and website filtering, and above all the martyrdom of our countrymen whom they describe as rioters,” according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. Bayat-Zanjani’s Farsi-language website has recently been filled with almost daily statements like these. Bayat-Zanjani is a former chancellor of Tehran University.

Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani called the election results announced by the government “a grand lie,” according to a June 30 story in Le Monde. Golpayegani, who was the first Secretary-General of the Guardian Council after the Revolution, met with some members of the Council and reportedly expressed regrets for what had happened.

Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri: A pro-Ahmadinijad website claimed July 13 that Montazeri suffers “severe memory disorders” and asks who has written statements attributed to the Grand Ayatollah. Montazeri responded by posting a photograph of a statement in his own handwriting on his website. On July 12, Montazeri wrote a fatwa calling the regime “un-Islamic.” He went on to say: “Injustice is the intentional opposition to the teachings of religion, the foundations of reasonableness, and rationality, and the national accords and consensus that have become the laws of the land. The ruler who opposes these is no longer qualified to rule.” He posted a July 8 statement to: “Protest the improper performance of official repression.” He has also called for three days of mourning for the death of Neda Agha-Soltan and other protesters. He has also said that, “No one in their right mind” could believe the election results,” in a statement issued June 16. Montazeri’s support for this June’s protesters is important but hardly surprising. Once the hand-picked successor to former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, Montazeri lost favor after protesting the executions of political prisoners in the late 1980s and spent years under house arrest in the holy city of Qom after criticizing the current Supreme Leader.

Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei: “Everyone in the past days witnessed the attacks… that maimed, murdered, and caged any number of children,” said Saanei according to a translation of a July 3 statement on his website. Saanei had already expressed his “sympathy with the families of the victims of the recent disasters.” A confidante of Ayatollah Khomeini, Saanei retired as the head of the Guardian Council in 1988. More recently, he issued a fatwa in which he declared suicide bombing as haram and a ‘terrorist act.’

Grand Ayatollah Jalaleddin Taheri called the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “illegitimate” and “tyrannical,” according to a July 1 story from Radio Free Europe. He also said the regime’s actions are sending the Islamic Republic “to a museum.” Like Montazeri, Taheri is also a powerful cleric with a history of protest. One of Ayatollah Khomeini’s close friends and former Friday prayer leader of the city of Isfahan, he resigned his post in 2002 in protest over government corruption, the house-arrest of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, and the actions of militias he called club-wielding vigilantes.

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Iran: A List of Those Killed and Detained (21 July)

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The blog Revolutionary Road, a useful source of information throughout the post-election crisis, has posted a list of names of more than 60 people killed or missing and more than 300 detained since 12 June:

Killed by Government Forces

Abolfazl Abdollahi (21 years Diploma in EE June 30 2009)
Neda Aghasoltan (Student Tehran 20 June 2009)
Vahed Akbari (34 years married with a 3-year-old girl Tehran June 30 2009)
Kaveh Alipour(Tehran15 June 2009)
Naser Amirnejad (Aerospace PhD student Tehran U.14 June 2009)
Sohrab Arabi(Tehran June 2009)
Mohammad Asgari (IT department Interior Ministry TehranJune 2009)
Kianoosh Assa (chemistry student at Elm va Sanaat University Tehran June 2009)
Fatemeh Barati (Tehran June 20)
Yagoub Barvayeh( masters degree student in Theater at Tehran University June 2009)
Sarvar Boroumand (Tehran June 25 2009)
Mobina Ehterami (Tehran June 20)
Mostafa Ghanian (Graduate student Tehran U.14 June 2009)
Mohsen Hadadi (24-year-old computer programmer Tehran June 30 2009)
Iman Hashemi (Tehran June 30 2009)
Masoud Hashem-Zadeh (Tehran June 30 2009)
Farzad Hashti( Tehran June 2009)
Mohammad Hossein Barzegar (Tehran June 27 2009)
Mohsen Imani ( Tehran June 20)
Seyed-Farzad Jashni (Abdanan from Ilam province lost in Tehran June 30 2009)
Bahman Jenabi (Shop worker Tehran20 June 2009)
Mehdi Karami( killed in Jonat Abad Street Tehran15 June 2009)
Shalar Khazri (Tehran June 2009)
Masoud Khosravi (Tehran June 25 2009)
Parisa Koli (25-year-old general Graduated literature Tehran June 31 2009)
Hamid Maddah Shorcheh (Mashhad June 2009)
Iman Namazi (student at Tehran University June 25 2009)
Nader Nasseri (Tehran June 30 2009)
Mohammad Nikzadi ( 22 year old graduate in Civil Tehran June 26 2009)
Mehrdad Heydari(Journalist Mashhad 12 July)
Davood Sadri (Karaj June 2009)
Fahimeh Salahshoor ( 25 years Tehran June 24 2009)
Ali Shahedi ( 24 years Tehranpars after arrest June 31 2009)
Kasra Sharafi (Tehran June 20)
Kambiz Shojaii (Tehran June 20)
Ashkan Sohrabi Student (Tehran20 June 2009)
Seyed-Reza Tabatabaii ( 30-year accounting degree Tehran June 30 2009)
Vahid-Reza Tabatabaii (29 years BA in English Tehran July 3 2009)
Salar Tahmasbi (27 years student of Business Administration Rasht June 30 2009)
Hossein Tahmassebi (25 was beaten to death in Kermanshah 20 June 2009)
Mohammad Kamrani (student Tehran 16 July)
Arman Estakhripour (18 years old student Shiraz 14 July)
Alireza Eftekhari (Student, Journalist Abrar-e eqtesadi newspaper 30 June)

Saeed Abbasi (24 years old ,Tehran 20 June)
Ahmad Naeem Abadi (Tehran ,15 June)
Salar Ghorbani Param (22 years old ,Tehran,unknown date)
Hossein Toufanpour (Tehran 20 June)
Tina Soudi (Student ,Tehran,20 June)

Hossein Akhtar Nejad (Isfahan ,unknown date)
Maryam Mehr Azin (24 years old Tehran)
Hossein Akhtar Nejad (Isfahan ,unknown date)
Maryam Mehr Azin (24 years old Tehran)
Milad Yazdan Panah (30 years old Tehran)

Hamed Besharati(26 years old Tehran)
Babak Sepehr(35 years old Tehran)
Neda Asadi
Amir Kaviri (Tehran)
Moharram Chegini Qeshlaqi (34 years old Tehran)
Mohammad Hossein Feizi (26 years old Tehran)

Ramin Ramezani(22 years ols Tehran)
Saeed Esmaeeli Khanbebin (23 years old Tehran)
Ali Fathalian(Tehran)
Taraneh Mousavi (arrested 28 June ,died on unknown date)
Mr. Mo’azez (27 years old Tehran)
Masoud Hashemzadeh(27 years old,Tehran,20june)

Arrested University Students

Ali Abbasi (student at Mazandaran University)
Sohrab Ahadian ( student at Tehran University arrested June 17 when the Tehran University Dormitories were violently attacked)
Ali Ahmadi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Sogan Alikhah ( student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)
Vahid Amirian ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Reza Arkouzi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Rouholah Bagheri ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hojat Bakhtiari (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Mohsen Barzegar (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Farhad Binazadeh (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Milad Chegini (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Adrin Jalali (25 years old MA student Tehran arrested 14 June)
Mohammad Davoudian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mahmoud Delbari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Dinavari (student at Mazandaran University)
Mosaab Ebrahimi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Karim Emami (student was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14)
Naseh Faridi (student at Teacher Training Universtiy arrested June 17)
Marjan Fayazi (student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)
Esmaieel Ghorbani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavash Hatam (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Farshid Heydari Zamin (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammadreza Hohabadi ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Hossein Emami (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Milad Hosseini Koshtan (student at Mazandaran University)
Bahareh Hosseini (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Elaheh Imanian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Reza Jafarian (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Esmaiel Jalilvand ( a student activist in Shiraz University arrested 21 June)
Seyed Javad hosseini (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Fazolah Joukar ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Mohammad Karimi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Khansari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Behnam Khodabandeh lou (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nastaran Khodarahimi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Alireza Khoshbakht (an expelled graduate student arrested June 17)
Alireza Kiani ( student at Mazandaran university)
Mostafa Mehdizadeh (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Shouaneh Merikhi (student at Mazandaran University)
Erfan Mohammadi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mehdi Mosafer (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Ziaoldin Nabavi (secretary of the Education Rights Council arrested 16 June)
Hamdollah Namjou ( a student activist in Shiraz University arrested 21 June)
Ali Nazari (student at Mazandaran University)
Amin Nazari ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Hesam oldin Bagheri (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Ghamdideh Olum( student was arrested during the attack to the TehranUuniversity Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Saeed Parvizi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Iman Pourtahmasb( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ebrahim Raidian( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Raiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Refahi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Omid Rezaiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Seifolah Rmezani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Farhan Sadeghpour( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavoush Safavi (student at Mazandaran University)
Saman Sahebjalali (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hanif Salimi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavash Saliminejad( student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 20)
Iman Sedighi (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Majid Selahvand( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Pouria Sharifian (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Iman Shaydaieezaban( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hamed Shaykh alishahi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Farhad Shirahmad( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nahid Siahvand (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Omid Sohravi ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Imani ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Farshad Taheri (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Zahra Tohidi (an expelled graduate student arrested June 17)
Somayeh tohidlou (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ezat Torbati (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14)
Mehdi Torkaman (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Rahman Yaghoubi ( student at Mazandaran university)
Maziar Yazdani ( student at Mazandaran university)
Ashkan Zahabian (student at Mazandaran University)
Hadis Zamani (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Naser Zamani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nima Nahvi ( Babol Uni student arrested 1 July)
Ashkan Aghazadeh (26 years old ,student, Tehran arrested on 9 July)
Mohammad Ali Salehi (22 years old ,Student , Tehran ,arrested 17 June)

University Professors

Alborzi (university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Ardeshir Amirarjomand( chair of UNESCO-s Democracy and Human Rights Program at Shahid Beheshti University)
Darvish( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Fazli (university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Imani( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Izadi (Professor of Bualisina University in hamedan arrested June 16 2009)
Majzoubi(University Professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan arrested June 13 2009)
Hossein Reisian( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin arrested June 21 2009)

Journalists

Bahman Ahmadi Amoui( journalist arrested 21 June)
Mahsa Amraiee (Journalist arrested 14 June)
Karim Arghandehpour (reporter for pro-reform newspapers Salam Vaghieh and Afaghieh)
Maziyar Bahari (an Iranian-Canadian dual national journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran)
Zhila Baniyaghoub( journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women-s Center website arrested 20 June)
Behzad Bashou (Cartoonist arrested 14 June)
Alireza Beheshti Shirazi ( editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz former director of the Iran Participation Front)
Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar( arrested 22 June)
Mohammad Ghouchani( journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli arrested 18 June)
Mashallah Haydarzadeh( journalist in Boushehr arrested 14 June)
Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi (TV producer arrested 14 June)
Hassan Maadikhah (director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister)
Hamideh Mahouri( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Rajabali Mazrouiee( head of the Journalists Association arrested 20 June)
Shiva Nazarahari (a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist arrested 13 June)
Mojtaba Pourmohsen (journalist and Radio Zamaneh-s representative in Rasht arrested 15 June)
Clotilde Reiss (journalist and graduate student at the eminent Lille Political Sciences Institute June 2009)
Kayvan Samimi Behbahani (editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist arrested 14 June)
Rohollah Shahsavar( journalist was arrested in Mashhad arrested 17 June)
Amanolah Shojaiee( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Hossein Shokouhia( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Fariborz Soroush (arrested in Karaj)
Abdolreza Tajik( journalist arrested 14 June)
Somayeh Touhidlou( sociologist and blogger in the Road of Health)
Mahsa Amrabadi (journalist and blogger in Tehran arrested 14 June)
Masoud Bastani ( journalist in Tehran arrested 5 July )
Issa Saharkhiz (Journalist Tehran arrested 4 July)
Kambiz Norouzi (Journalist Tehran arrested on 28 June )
Sima Didar (Blogger and activist)
Mehdi Zaboli (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Tohid Beygi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Majid Saeedi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Satiar Emami (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Marjan Abdolahian (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Kourosh Javan (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Saeed Movahedi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)

Political personalities and members of the reformist presidential candidates campaigns

Ali Abtahi (senior adviser to Karroubi-s Campaign former Deputy of Parliament Office of President Khatami)
Ahmad Afjeiee( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Hedayatollah Aghaiee( a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party)
Maryam Ameri( member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Mohsen Aminzadeh (a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami-s cabinet on June 16)
Hojatollah Amiri( in Tabriz)
Amir Ariazand (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Reza Arjaini (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mohammad Atrianfar( a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist arrested 16 June)
Ehsan Bagheri( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Emad Bahavand( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Jalal Bahrami (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mehrdad Balafkan( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mehrdad Balafkan (member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan)
Mohsen Bastani (member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan)
Qorban Behzadinejad (director of Mir-Houssein Moussavi-s campaign arrested on 24 June)
Adel Dehdashti( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mahmoud Ebrahimi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Javad Emam (a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization)
Hojat Esmaieli( a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization)
Naseh Faridi (member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Ghafar Farzadi( in Tabriz)
Laya Farzadi (in Tabriz)
Bagher Fathali Baygi( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mansour Ghafari( in Tabriz)
Hamzeh Ghalebi (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Siamand Ghiyasi (member of Karroubi-s Campaign in Kermanshah)
Saeed Hajarian( a senior adviser to reformists a journalist)
Payam Haydar Ghazvini (student in Gazvin)
Amir Hossein Jahani( in Tabriz)
Dadizadeh( in Tabriz)
Ghafarzadeh( in Tabriz)
Panahi( in Tabriz)
Seyflou( in Tabriz)
Shabeti (in Tabriz)
Shamlu (in Tabriz)
Soltaniazad (in Tabriz)
Hamed Iranshahi( member of the Central Council of Advar organization arrested June 16)
Majid Jabari( in Tabriz)
Mohammad Jafari (member of Karroubi-s Campaign in Kermanshah)
Mohammadreza Jalaieepour (a student in Oxford and in charge of the website of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front arrested June 17 in Tehran Airport)
Bahram Kardan( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mojtaba Khandan( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Morteza Khani( member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Jahanbakhsh Khanjani (a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal Affairs Ministry in Khatami-s presidency)
Mehdi Khodadadi( in Tabriz)
Ebrahim Khoshchehreh (a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits arrested 21 June)
Saeed Laylaz( prominent economist and Journalist arrested June 17)
Ali Mehrdad (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Fatahi( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Homaiee (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Nikkhah (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Zakeri( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Mahdian Minavi( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mohsen Mirdamadi (General Secretary of the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian disappeared on 17 June)
Ali Mohaghar( a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party)
Ashkan Mojaleli( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Abdolah Momeni (member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson arrested 21 June)
Behzad Nabavi (a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization arrested 16 June)
Hesam Nasiri (member of the Moussavi-s Campaign in Tehran)
Farhad Nasrollahpour (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Shahin Nourbakhsh( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Saeed Nourmohammadi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Bagher Oskouiee (member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Baghier Oskouiee( leading official in Karroubi-s campaign arrested 16 June)
Abbas Pourazhari (in Tabriz)
Ali Pourkhayri (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Rhdah Rahimipour (in Tabriz)
Mojtaba Rajabi (student in Gazvin)
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)
Atar Rashidi (student in Gazvin)
Sadegh Rasouli (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Ahad Rezaiee (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Nasim Riahi (student in Gazvin)
Mohsen Rouzbehan (member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan)
Mohsen Safaiee Farahani ( member of the Iran Front Participation and the head of its Implementation Board and former president of the Football Federation)
Rouholah Sahraee( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Musa Saket( a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking supporters of Karroubi arrested 18 June)
Kaveh Servati (member of Moussavi Campaign arrested 20 June)
Rouholah Shahsavar( member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan)
Jalil Sharabianlu (a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz)
Saeed Shirkvand( member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami-s cabinet)
Mohammad Shokuhi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Davoud Solaymani (a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian)
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 arrested 16 June)
Khoshchehreh (Son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June)
Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee( the head of the Youth Supporters of the Moussavi Campaign)
Ali Taghipour (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Ali Tajernia( a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian)
Mostafa Tajzadeh (a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization arrested on 13 June)
Mohammad Tavasoli (director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first Mayor of Tehran after the 1979 Revolution arrested 16 June)
Mansour Vafa (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Maysam Varahchehre( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Ali Waghfi (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Mehdi Yarbahrami( in Tabriz)
Rahim Yawari( In Tabriz)
Hanieh Yousefian
Kuroush Zaieem (a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front arrested 21 June)
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)
Ahmad Zaydabadi (general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist arrested June 13)
Saeed Zeraatkar (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Ayda Mesbahi(member of Mosharekat front arrested 22 June)
Hossien Ezat Zadeh (member of central committee, Tehran 21 July)
Asghar Fanni Pour (member of central committee, Tehran 21 July)
Hossien Mojtahedi(member of National Front , Tehran 21 July)
Ali Ghaderi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Hamid Mojtabaiee(member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Ali Ghaderi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Hossien Riahi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Mr. Komeilian (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)

Arrested and Released

Amin Afzali (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14 and released later)
Ahmad Ahmadian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Reza Alijani (political figure arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Vahid Anari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Ebrahim Azizi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Mohammad Bolourdi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Siavash Fiaz (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Mohsen Habibi (Mazaheri student)
Navid Haghdadi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Hossein Hamedi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani-s Family were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours)
Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Habib Khadangi( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Zahra Mojaradi (a member of the Iran Participation Front arrested 13 June and released on 14 June)
Hossein Noubakht( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Kazem Rahimi Olume( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Taghi Rahmani (political figure and journalist arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Mohammad Reza Hokmi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Mohammad Reza Khatami (member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami)
Morteza Rezakhani( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released late)
Hoda Saberi (journalist arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Amin Samiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Bahram Shaabani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Saeed Shariati (a member of the Iranian Participation Front arrested 13 June and released on 14 June)
Alireza Shaykhi( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Eskandari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Javad Yazdanfar (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Ebrahim Yazdi( General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement arrested June 14 from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery)
Maysam Zareiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Bita Samimi (22 years old , Physics student and activist at Amirkabir Uni ,arrested 27 June and released 5 July )
Hossein Rassam (44 years old, UK embassy worker arrested on 27 June ,unknown date released)
Iason Athanasiadis (30 years old , arrested at airport on 22 June and released 5 July)
Mehdi Khaz’ali (44 years old, son of Ayatollah Khaz’ali, arrested on 29 June, released 21July)
Majid Dori (an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran was violently arrested on 21 June in his home , released on 9 July)
Mitra Farahani (34 years old , filmmaker living in Paris , arrested 17 June and released 30 June)
Zeynab Peighambarzadeh (27 years old , Women’s and student rights activist ,Tehran arrested 6 July ,released 7 July)

Human Rights, Students' Rights, and Women's Rights Activists and Lawyers

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah (Human rights activist and lawyer Tehran arrested 8 July)
Shadi Sadr (Lawyer , human rights activist and journalist in Tehran arrested 17 July)
Kaveh Mozaffari (Women rights activist and journalist Tehran arrested 9 July)
Abolfazl Abedini (Head of PR for Human rights activist and journalist Ahvaz arrested 30 June)
Peyman Aref (Student activist arrested 6 July)

Missing people

Hooman Fakhar (32 years old ,worked for Mousavi campaign ,reportedly taken away by police)
Hooman Haghighat (24 years old , unheard of since 17 June)
Hasan Kazemini(19 years old Tehran)

Recent Arrests

Bijan Khajehpour(42 years old ,Business and economic consultant ,arrested at airport 27 June)
Dr. Hossein Sheikh Aghai (Cartoonist ,Mahabad)
Taher Faramarzi (Head of machinery spare parts union,Mahabad)
Karim Sufi Moloudi (author ,Mahabad)
Jafar Vahab Pour (Head of Kaveh union Area artifacts Board,Mahabad)
Hasan Atash Poush (Mahabad)
Soleiman Parviz Khani (Shopkeeper,Mahabad)
Javad Sedighifar (29 years old ,Tehran arrested 20 June)
Mohammad Kazem Zadeh (24 years old Tehran arrested 9 July)
Farhad Lashgari (26 years old Tehran arrested 9 July)
Jalil Nourifar (30 years old Tehran arrested 25 June)
Mohammad Hossien Vosoughi (32 years old Tehran arrested 17 July)
Amin Moghbeli (25 years old Tehran , arrested on 9 July )
Salar Najjar Zadeh (31 years old ,Tehran, arrested on 9 July)
Arash Mohammadi (27 years old.Tehran arrested 20 June)