The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has released a partial list of more than 80 members who were arrested or remain missing following its February 23 operation inside one of the regime’s most heavily guarded compounds.
In an statement, the organization said the names had been submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur and other relevant international bodies. The PMOI stated that Iranian authorities have withheld information about those detained or killed in connection with the operation, fearing the political and social consequences.
“The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran has announced the names of a number of those arrested and missing in the operation on Khamenei’s compound on 4 Esfand, which have been submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur and relevant international bodies,” the statement said. “Because the regime is terrified and wants to cover up this confrontation with the PMOI on the ground, it has not announced the name of any of the arrested or martyred so far.”
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The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran announced the names of several arrested and missing individuals from the operation against Khamenei's "Beyt" on February 23, whose details have been submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur and international human rights… pic.twitter.com/BUC9tbZ4VQ— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) March 12, 2026
According to the statement, the Iranian regime, alarmed by the far-reaching domestic and international repercussions of the February 23 operation, has intentionally withheld the names of those arrested or killed. The statement describes this silence as a deliberate effort to conceal the true scope of the operation and to hide what it calls an unprecedented breach in the regime’s security apparatus.
The statement further says that, in response to this concealment, the PMOI has repeatedly urged the UN Special Rapporteur and representatives of international human rights organizations to seek access to the detained fighters and to examine the bodies of those killed. It also notes that, on February 25, the PMOI announced that two professional cameramen — whose sole responsibility was to document the operation — are among the missing, and that their identities and professional information have been submitted to the relevant international bodies.
Widespread Clashes Between Mojahedin and IRGC / Protection Forces at Khamenei’s Headquarters on February 23, 2026https://t.co/lpjnDn6Xfx#IranProtests #Iran
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 24, 2026
Names of the detained and missing fighters
- Zahra Vahdati, 37, born in Tehran
- Gita Zamanpour, 44, born in Tehran
- Afsaneh Fard, 46, born in Tehran
- Flora Seifzadeh, 62, born in Tehran
- Kaveh Pour-Rostami, 18, born in Khalkhal
- Yasin Yari, 20, born in Karaj
- Ali Kashkouli, 20, born in Tehran
- Amir (last name withheld), 20, born in Tehran
- Ali (last name withheld), 20, born in Tehran
- Nima Bagherpour, 21, born in Shahr-e Qods
- Sasan Talaei, 21, born in Tehran
- Mohammad-Sam Mahmoudkhani, 22, born in Varamin
- Kourosh Alvandi, 22, born in Tehran
- Reza Kavandi, 22, born in Dezful (Cameraman)
- Sajjad (last name withheld), 23, born in Shahr-e Qods
- Ahmad (last name withheld), 23, born in Fashafouyeh
- Hassan Ajori, 24, born in Shahriar
- Reza Kalashi, 24, born in Tehran
- Hossein (last name withheld), 24, born in Shahriar
- Hossein (last name withheld), 24, born in Karaj
- Hesam Bagheri, 25, born in Tehran
- Saman Atlasi, 25, born in Tehran
- Hesam Kalami, 25, born in Tehran
- Farzad Hassani, 26, born in Tehran
- Alireza Choubaki, 27, born in Karaj
- Hassan Souri, 28, born in Tehran
- Hassan Akbarinia, 28, born in Pakdasht
- Siamak Ashtiani, 28, born in Tehran
- Reza Kermani, 29, born in Fashafouyeh
- Bahram Jamali, 29, born in Tehran
- Bahram Nafarieh, 29, born in Tehran
- Ali Saeed Bazmandeh, 30, born in Tehran
- Amir Nezamfar, 30, born in Tehran
- Iman Khodaei, 31, born in Tehran
- Reza-Ali Heydarzadeh, 31, born in Tehran
- Ali Abbasi, 32, born in Varamin
- Mohsen Nabavi, 32, born in Tehran
- Masoud Razavi, 32, born in Tehran
- Masoud (last name withheld), 32, born in Tehran
- Mohammad (last name withheld), 32, born in Malard
- Soheil Ahmadvand, 33, born in Tehran
- Ali-Akbar Saket, 34, born in Tehran
- Saman Mohammadi, 34, born in Malard
- Amir Ansarifar, 35, born in Tehran
- Vahid (last name withheld), 35, born in Malard
- Behtash Sadeghpour, 35, born in Homayounshahr (Cameraman)
- Ahmad Tamouei, 36, born in Tehran
- Bahram Torki, 36, born in Karaj
- Ehsan (last name withheld), 36, born in Malard
- Mohammad Atanik, 37, born in Hashtgerd
- Saeed Davari, 37, born in Karaj
- Belal Tohidlou, 38, born in Robat Karim
- Mohammad Teymouri, 38, born in Urmia
- Mohsen (last name withheld), 38, born in Hashtgerd
- Mostafa Taheri, 39, born in Tehran
- Hassan Khosravi, 39, born in Shahrekord
- Behnam Parsa, 40, born in Tehran
- Ali Gholipour, 40, born in Langarud
- Mehdi Rahnamoun, 40, born in Tehran
- Hossein Hassani, 42, born in Karaj
- Hojjat Kalashi, 43, born in Tehran
- Mohammad-Ali Khanali, 44, born in Tehran
- Ehsan Lotfi, 44, born in Tehran
- Mohammad-Taghi Sobhani, 44, born in Rasht
- Kazem Kalashi, 45, born in Tehran
- Mehdi Kalashi, 45, born in Tehran
- Ahmad Rayat, 45, born in Qaemshahr
- Hassan Shirkhoda, 45, born in Qaemshahr
- Amir-Hossein Rezaeifar, 45, born in Tehran
- Sadegh Jamshidi, 45, born in Tehran
- Vahid Babarajabi, 45, born in Tehran
- Ali-Mohammad Lebasi, 45, born in Tehran
- Ali-Mohammad Hosseini, 47, born in Karaj
- Reza Hosseini, 47, born in Mashhad
- Mehdi Gholipour, 47, born in Langarud
- Ali-Asghar Moghaddam, 48, born in Tehran
- Mahmoud Hosseini, 50, born in Saveh
- Omid Nornia, 50, born in Tehran
- Ehsan Fallahi, 51, born in Karaj
- Sohrab Ghamzadeh, 60, born in Lahijan
- Rasoul Sadati, 66, born in Qaemshahr
- Ahmad Mokhayyeri, 69, born in Gorgan
The arrests followed the unprecedented events of Monday, February 23, 2026, when PMOI fighters were involved in intense clashes with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the early morning until the afternoon in the area surrounding the headquarters of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. More than 100 Mojahedin fighters were reportedly killed or arrested, while 150 others who had reached positions within the second security perimeter of Khamenei’s headquarters returned safely to their bases by midnight.
The operation represented a major blow to the regime because it targeted the heavily fortified Motahari Complex, a roughly 620-by-770-meter area that includes the supreme leader’s headquarters, the office and residence of Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme National Security Council, the central judiciary office, the Assembly of Experts, and the Ministry of Intelligence’s central office. The compound is protected by nearly 8,000 security personnel, including the IRGC’s Vali-e Amr Protection Corps and the Ansar al-Mahdi Corps, and is enclosed by four-meter-high reinforced concrete walls fitted with metal anti-drone and anti-projectile barriers. Despite these extensive defenses, several rotating surveillance cameras were reportedly disabled at dawn with help from individuals inside the compound, and the clashes caused heavy casualties, with ambulances moving in and out of the area under tight escort until noon.