The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has published the names of its fighters who were either arrested or went missing during the historic operation on the headquarters of the regime’s supreme leader on February 23. In a bid to secure their safety and prevent further regime atrocities, the PMOI has formally submitted this list to the United Nations Special Rapporteur and other relevant international authorities.
Terrified of the vast domestic and international implications of the operation, the Iranian regime has deliberately refused to announce the names of any detainees or martyrs. This silence is a desperate attempt to cover up the scale of the operation and mask the unprecedented vulnerabilities of the regime’s security apparatus on the ground.
In response to this cover-up, the PMOI has repeatedly called on the UN Special Rapporteur and representatives of international human rights organizations to be permitted to meet with the arrested fighters and to visually inspect the bodies of the martyrs. Additionally, the PMOI announced on February 25 that two professional cameramen, whose sole mission was to document the operation, are among the missing. Their names and professional details have also been forwarded to the relevant international bodies.
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
Striking the heart of the regime
The apprehension of these brave individuals stems from the unprecedented events of Monday, February 23, 2026. From the early hours of the morning until the afternoon, PMOI fighters engaged in heavy clashes with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directly around the headquarters of the regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. While over 100 Mojahedin fighters were martyred or arrested, an astounding 150 fighters who had successfully taken positions in the second security perimeter of Khamenei’s headquarters safely returned to their bases by midnight.
The scale of the operation was deeply humiliating for the regime. The target was the highly fortified Motahari Complex, an area measuring roughly 620 by 770 meters that houses 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 guarded by nearly 8,000 personnel, including the IRGC Vali-e Amr Protection Corps and the Ansar al-Mahdi Corps. It is surrounded by four-meter-high reinforced concrete walls topped with metal anti-drone and anti-projectile barriers. Despite these defenses, the fighters managed to disable several of the complex’s rotating surveillance cameras at dawn with assistance from individuals inside the headquarters, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy and forcing ambulances to move in and out of the compound under heavy escort until noon.