Seven Iranians Jailed After the 2009 Protests Who Are Still in Jail

As the protests spread across the Middle East, it's worth remembering the failed 2009 uprising in Iran. These opposition leaders are still in jail:

Zia Nabavi, a bright college student who co-founded the Committee to Defend the Right to Edu

Mohammad Ali Abtahi is a scholar, a pro-democracy activist, a former guest of The Daily Show, and a former vice president of Iran. He had substantial internet presence, running a blog about Iranian politics expressing views critical of the cu

Jila Baniyaghoub, is a champion of women’s rights and an award-winning journalist. In the wake of the 2009 election protests, Iranian police entered their home and arrested Baniyaghoub and her husband Bahman Ahmadi Amoui.  She was charged w

Mir Hossein Mousavi was the 79th (and last) Prime Minister of Iran (1981–89), the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts (until he was stripped of his position in 2009), and most notably the opposition presidential candidate who lost to incumb

Behzad Nabavi is a prominent leftist politician who founded the reformist Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization. In the wake of the 2009  protests, he was arrested by plain clothes police officers and charged with conspiracy against th

Majid Tavakoli is a 24 year-old former student of Amirkabir University, who, after publicly criticizing the government following the 2009 election, was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison. In May of 2010 he went on a hunger strike in prote

Mahdieh Golroo was a student and member of the Committee to Defend the Right to Education and a vocal critic of the government. Not unsurprisingly, she was arrested and quickly convicted of spreading anti-government progaganda. She will be in prison u