New monoclinic polymorphs of RE 2 FeSe 2 O 2 (RE = La, Ce) were synthesized at 800°C in a NaI/KI flux, and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (C2/m, Z = 2). mC-La 2 FeSe 2 O 2 and mC-Ce 2 FeSe 2 O 2 represent new structures in the RE 2 FeSe 2 O 2 family, and contain iron atoms exclusively in a distorted octahedral coordination of four selenium and two oxygen atoms. Such FeSe 4 O 2 octahedra occur together with FeSe 4 -tetrahedra if the synthesis temperature in-