Between January 10 and January 26, 2026, security forces of the Islamic Republic arrested at least 15 Kurdish citizens in various cities and villages of Ilam Province. These individuals were arrested without the presentation of any judicial warrant and transferred to unknown locations. Despite several days to more than nineteen days having passed since the arrest of some of these citizens, families remain unaware of their condition, place of detention, and possible charges.
According to Kolbarnews, the arrests have mostly involved sudden raids by security forces on homes, the use of physical violence, beatings, and in a number of cases extensive destruction of houses. Local sources have described these actions as part of an intensification of the security atmosphere and repression in Ilam Province.
According to received information, the details of the detainees are as follows:
Mehrdad Hasanvand, 30 years old, from Darreh Shahr, was arrested on January 14, 2026, and seventeen days have passed with no information about him.
Habil Bigmohammadi, a young man from Chavar, was arrested on January 11, 2026, and there has been no information about his situation for twenty days.
Hamid Cheraghi, a young man from Dehloran, was arrested on January 22, 2026, and has been incommunicado for one week.
Sasan Pakravan, a young man from Ilam, was arrested on January 27, 2026, following a violent raid by security forces on his personal home, during which his house was completely destroyed.
Zahed Zarei, a young man from Chavar, was arrested on January 10, 2026, and there has been no information about his fate for nineteen days.
Jafar Mahmoudi, a young man from Chavar, was arrested with violence on January 10, 2026, and has been incommunicado for nineteen days.
Hossein Mahmoudi, a young man from Chavar, was arrested with beatings on January 10, 2026, and for nineteen days his family has had no information about his condition.
Saeed Yasemi, a young man from Abdanan, was arrested on January 18, 2026, and has been in complete incommunicado detention for eleven days.
Hasan Khoshroo, from Ilam, was arrested on January 26, 2026, and three days have passed with no information about him.
Mehrdad Nasiri, 46 years old, from Sarableh, was arrested on January 11, 2026, and has been incommunicado for eighteen days.
Mojtaba Hajian, 24 years old, from Abdanan, was arrested in Tehran on December 27, 2025, and was incommunicado for two days.
Farzaneh Seidi, a young woman from Ilam and a previous detainee of the “Revolutionary Jina” uprising, was rearrested on January 27, 2026, and transferred to an unknown location.
Mohammadreza Shahbazi, from the village of Karzan and from the Khezl tribe, was arrested on January 25, 2026, following a raid by security forces.
Zahra Nazari, a young woman and fitness coach in Ilam, was arrested at her workplace on January 26, 2026, and transferred to an unknown location.
Kian Negahdar, an employee of Dehloran Petrochemical, was arrested eight days ago following a violent raid by security forces on his personal home and transferred to Ilam Prison; during the raid, his house was completely ransacked.
This new wave of arrests has increased concerns about the intensification of security measures and the widespread violation of the rights of Kurdish citizens in Ilam Province.
Images from right to left: Farzaneh Seidi, Mehrdad Hasanvand, Sasan Pakravan, Habil Bigmohammadi, Jafar Mahmoudi, Zahra Nazari, Hamid Cheraghi, Kian Negahdar, Hasan Khoshroo, Zahed Zarei, Arash Nasiri, Mohammadreza Shahbazi, Hasan Mahmoudi, Mojtaba Hajian, Saeed Yasemi.
