Coordinating Council of Iranian Teacher Trade Associations (CCITTA) Wednesday, February 4, 2026

A child is not a criminal, and a prison is no place for a child. A child’s place is at home, in school, and among family and friends. The detention, interrogation, intimidation, and exercise of violence against students and adolescents are not mere “security measures”; they constitute the blatant suppression of children and a gross, organized violation of children’s rights.

The continued detention and harassment of children are not merely an assault on their individual liberties; this policy directly targets the psychological and social future of generations and undermines the very foundations of social solidarity and security.

To date, the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teacher Trade Associations has documented 143 children and adolescents killed during the crackdowns—a harrowing statistic that clearly demonstrates that the detention of these children is a continuation of the same policy that led to their killing.

The imprisonment of children is the extension of child-killing.

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teacher Trade Associations categorically condemns the detention of students and adolescents. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of all detained students, an immediate halt to the imprisonment of children, and an end to the policy of systemic suppression of children.

Do not destroy the future of these children.

Names of Detained Students: Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Hasti Ghorbani, Zahra Mahdavi, Saba Mahroumi, Erfan Taj-Abadi, Faraz Ziaei, Meysam Zakeri, Houman Balash-Abadi, Mahan Khoubani, Saha Davoodifar, Shapour Alborzi, Hesam Mohammadi, Benyamin Mousavi, Ahmad Khosravi, Emad Ghorbani, Mojtaba Josi, Mahan Soleimani, Ilia Akounian, Abolfazl Khoran, Saeed Shiei, Kiarash Ansari, Moein Maleki, Nazanin Zahra Mousavi, Saber Vafaeian-Nejad, Mohammad Reza Heydari, Mohammad Mokhtari, Erfan Rahmanpour, Sina Dana, Kourosh Khabari, Ghazal Ghalandari, Ali Eyvazi, Naso Keykhosravi, Bardia Eidipour, Alireza Sajedi, Meysam Damandan, Matin Shadmand, Borhan Samikia, Amir-Ali Babaei, Abolfazl Moradi, Mohammad Afchangi, Iman Hosseini, Yaser Amini, Ahoura Safaeirad.