This list reports the notable citizens, civil and political
activists, students, journalists, lawyers and athletes who have been arrested in Iran during the ongoing
protests sparked by the
death of Mahsa Amini
On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini,; ku, ژینا ئەمینی, Jîna Emînî died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious mor ...
in September 2022. There is no clear information about the whereabouts and the situation of many of them.
The arrests come on top of severe internet restrictions and blocking of apps including
Instagram
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can ...
and
WhatsApp
WhatsApp (also called WhatsApp Messenger) is an internationally available freeware, cross-platform, centralized instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by American company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). It allows us ...
, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the outside world.
This list is organized in alphabetic order of the surnames.
Detainees
See also
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Human rights in Iran
References
{{Mahsa Amini protests
Mahsa Amini protests
Women, Life, Freedom