Amid the continuing pressure by security agencies on members of the Shahini Charity Association in Kamiyaran, Jamal Rostami, one of the association’s members, was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to an undisclosed location.
His arrest brings the number of individuals associated with the organization detained over the past two weeks to at least three.
According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Tuesday, 4 August 2026, Jamal Rostami, a 57-year-old resident and member of the Shahini Charity Association, was arrested after Ministry of Intelligence agents raided his family garden in Shahini (Shayini) village, in Kamyaran County. He was taken to an undisclosed location.
According to information received, the security agents provided no explanation for the arrest, and no information has since been released regarding his whereabouts or condition.
With the arrest of Jamal Rostami, the number of founding members and activists affiliated with the Shahini Charity Association who have been detained by security agencies over the past two weeks has risen to at least three.
Previously, Esmail Khateri, a resident of Shahini village who lives in Paveh, was arrested on Friday, 24 July 2026, after Ministry of Intelligence agents raided his mother’s home in Shahini village. Foad Shadi was also arrested on Saturday, 25 July 2026, by security forces without the presentation of a judicial warrant and transferred to an undisclosed location.
Despite repeated inquiries by the families of these three individuals to security and judicial authorities in Kamiyaran and Sanandaj, no official information has been provided regarding the reasons for their arrests, the charges against them, or their place of detention, increasing concerns among their families about their fate.
