At least 139 children arrested during December protests in Hamedan Province
Hengaw – Monday, February 9, 2026
At least 139 children were arrested by Iranian government forces during the December protests across Hamedan Province and transferred to detention facilities in Hamedan, Nahavand, Malayer, and the Hamedan Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center.
According to documents obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, these arrests took place between December 30, 2025, and January 25, 2026, during the wave of protests in the province.
Among the detained minors, five are girls and 134 are boys. Most of the arrested children were transferred to the Hamedan Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center.
Places of detention of the arrested children are as follows:
• Hamedan Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center: 133 children
• Hamedan Central Prison: 3 children
• Malayer Prison: 2 children
• Nahavand Prison: 1 child
Hengaw’s verification team has documented the identities of these detained children. The list of names and ages, categorized by detention date and facility, is provided below.
Hamadan Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center
December 30, 2025:
Parham Raeisi, 17 years old
January 1, 2026:
Nima Afifi Qader, 16 years old
Saeid Khodabandehloo, 17 years old
Hamed Bahrami, 15 years old
Mehran Ashouri, 15 years old
Hossein Moradi, 15 years old
Mehdi Moradali, 15 years old
Arash Hosseinpanahi, 17 years old
Mohammadmehdi Faramarzi, 15 years old
Mohammadreza Sanaei Shoa, 15 years old
Abolfazl Taheri, 17 years old
Abolfazl Ataei Nazari, 17 years old
Saeid Hayati Khoshnoudian, 15 years old
Amirmehdi Rahimi, 17 years old
Mehdi Khodabandehlouei, 16 years old
Shahin Shahsavand, 15 years old
Ali Abdolrahmani, 17 years old
Abolfazl Soltani, 15 years old
Amirmehdi Nastaran, 15 years old
Mohammad Mahan Faraji, 15 years old
Reza Ghafari, 17 years old
January 2, 2026:
Amirparsa Heydarian Vaqar, 16 years old
Soltani Mahmoudi Shayan, 15 years old
Mobin Zarei, 15 years old
Hossein Zaheri Yeganehgi, 15 years old
January 3, 2026:
Mohammadreza Sanaei Shoja, 16 years old
Shervin Shafiei, 17 years old
Amir Mohammad Chahardouli, 17 years old
Matin Zolfaqari, 17 years old
Amirabbas Rajaei, 17 years old
Mehran Houshyar, 17 years old
Amirhossein Shirian, 17 years old
Mohammadhasan Rabiei, 17 years old
Mehdi Gheibi, 17 years old
Amirmohammad Ahmadpour, 16 years old
Alireza Yousefi, 14 years old
Armin Rajabi, 17 years old
Mohammadmehdi Mesbahi, 16 years old
Matin Marzban, 14 years old
Mohammad Parsa Karami, 15 years old
Mehdi Zarei, 15 years old
Amirmohammad Bayat, 15 years old
Javad Rezaei Vala, 17 years old
Danial Shirian, 17 years old
Mohammadyasin Qahremani, 15 years old
Mohammadmehdi Sadeghi, 15 years old
Ali Hamzehkhani, 17 years old
Amirhesam Lajvard, 16 years old
Hossein Zarei, 16 years old
Amirreza Fattahi Novin, 14 years old
Mohammadjavad Tousan, 17 years old
Mohammad Amin Norouzi, 17 years old
Madiseh Qasemlou, 16 years old
Yasin Rahmanimonfared, 17 years old
Mohammadamin Ardalan, 16 years old
Amirali Gohari Saleh, 17 years old
January 4, 2026:
Abolfazl Mehri, 17 years old
Ali Asghar Sohbati Anvar, 17 years old
Amirali Shabani, 15 years old
Sam Mahdian Malek, 16 years old
Abolfazl Ahmadlou, 15 years old
Mohammad Abdolrahmani, 14 years old
Amirali Mohseni, 17 years old
Mohammadtaha Shahvandi, 16 years old
Armin Haji Cherchian, 16 years old
Mohammadreza Asghari, 17 years old
Parham Javaheri, 16 years old
Abolfazl Karami, 15 years old
Amirali Ahmadi, 15 years old
Erfan Yousefi, 16 years old
Hamidreza Rostami, 16 years old
Parham Ansari, 17 years old
Mohammadhossein Karami, 15 years old
Hossein Alavi, 16 years old
January 5, 2026:
Farshad Fayazi, 17 years old
Peyman Omidi, 16 years old
January 7, 2026:
Mikaeil Fatian Nasab, 17 years old
January 8, 2026:
Amirhossein Zanganeh, 17 years old
Mehdi Fallah, 17 years old
Ali Mohammad Zarei, 17 years old
Ali Asghar Dargahi, 17 years old
January 9, 2026:
Mohammadmehdi Soleimani, 16 years old
Mohammad Golzari Mahvar, 16 years old
Mohammad Zaker Yousefi, 16 years old
Mohsen Pashaei Khojasteh, 17 years old
Yaser Moeini, 17 years old
Parsa Taheri, 15 years old
Mohammad Javad Nasiri, 16 years old
Ahoura Sharafian, 16 years old
Mohammad Yadegari, 17 years old
January 10, 2026:
Alireza Jalilvand, 17 years old
Milad Jalilvand, 17 years old
Amirali Parvizi, 15 years old
Amirali Jamehbozorgi, 16 years old
Sam Rezaei, 16 years old
Mohammadali Gharagozloo, 17 years old
Mohammadyasin Chahardouli
Alireza Mashouf, 16 years old
Amirali Mohammadi, 16 years old
Abolfazl Torkashvand, 16 years old
Shahab Shekrollahi, 16 years old
Amirali Babaei Touski, 17 years old
Sajjad Lotfali Khani, 17 years old
Mohammadmehdi Torkashvand, 15 years old
Hesam Esmaeili, 17 years old
Kourosh Haqiqi, 17 years old
Pedram Arghavani, 15 years old
Seyed Hassan Zarini, 17 years old
Seyed Hossein Zarini, 17 years old
Taha Kamalian, 15 years old
Mohammadmatin Khanjani, 17 years old
Mohammad Souri, 16 years old
Amirabbas Gholkhanbaz, 17 years old
Saman Qasemzadeh, 17 years old
Nima Abdolmaleki, 16 years old
Mehdi Farighi Asl, 17 years old
Mohammad Hossein Ghafari, 17 years old
Amirabbas Nasirian Ahoor, 16 years old
Mohammad Hossein Namavand, 17 years old
Mohammadmahdiyar Imani Rahmatian
Amir Mahan Seifikar, 17 years old
January 11, 2026:
Mohammadtaha Khoshbakht, 16 years old
January 12, 2026:
Amirmohammad Heydari Shayegan, 17 years old
January 13, 2026:
Hamidreza Takloo, 17 years old
January 14, 2026:
Seyed Taha Hosseini Sedq, 17 years old
January 17, 2026:
Amirabbas Motamedi, 17 years old
January 19, 2026:
Sobhan Hosseinkhah, 15 years old
January 20, 2026:
Mohammadsadegh Rahimi, 17 years old
January 23, 2026:
Yousef Gomari, 17 years old
January 24, 2026:
Parsa Madadnia, 17 years old
January 25, 2026:
Mohammadtaha Farahani Rokni, 17 years old
Yasin Gholkhani, 16 years old
Alireza Ahmadi Mansh, 17 years old
Nahavand Prison
January 2, 2026:
Abolfazl Garaei, 17 years old
Malayer Prison
December 31, 2025:
Sina Ahmadi Farashmi, 17 years old
January 10, 2026:
Yeganeh Souri, 16 years old
Central Hamadan Prison
January 4, 2026:
Reyhaneh Torabi, 15 years old
Lavin Gharaei, 16 years old
January 17, 2026:
Setayesh Piroddin, 15 years old
