Anwar Moloudi, a resident of the village of Kheirabad in Mahabad County, was temporarily released after 130 days of arbitrary detention upon posting 15 billion tomans in bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, July 13, 2026, Anwar Moloudi, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Kheirabad in the Shamat District […]
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Hoshyar Shabani, a civil activist and former political prisoner from Baneh, was temporarily released from Saqqez Central Prison on Monday, July 13, 2026, after spending more than six months in detention and being transferred between the prisons of Sanandaj and Saqqez. His release was granted upon the posting of 3.5 […]
As the arrest of civil activists and citizens continues, Sabah Valadbeygi, a retired teacher, environmental activist, and head of the Noor Mountaineering Group in Paveh, along with his brother, Nozad Valadbeygi, has been arrested by security forces. Reports indicate that Sabah Valadbeygi has been transferred to a security detention facility […]
Arman Faraji, a resident of the village of Nesareh Olya in Divandarreh County, was arrested by security forces without the presentation of a judicial warrant and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, July 4, 2026, security forces arrested Arman Faraji, son of Abdollah and Soheila, a […]
Matin Faramarzi, a cultural activist from Mahabad, was arrested by security forces without the presentation of a judicial warrant as part of the continuing wave of arrests targeting Kurdish citizens and activists. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, security forces arrested Matin Faramarzi in Sheikh Shaltout Park in […]
More than two months after the arrest of Yusuf Kolonekzadeh, a Kurdish language translator and teacher from Urmia, he remains in legal limbo at Urmia Central Prison, and the court has so far refused to approve his temporary release on bail. According to Kolbarnews, despite more than two months having […]
Security forces raided the home of Alireza Hemmati, a teachers’ union activist and civil activist from Abdanan, searched the house, confiscated his personal belongings, and summoned him to appear before the Ilam Revolutionary Court. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, security forces raided the home of Alireza Hemmati, […]
Coinciding with the fortieth-day memorial ceremony for Mojtaba and Meysam Veisi, two deceased brothers from Kermanshah, security forces continued their pressure on families seeking justice by arresting two close relatives of the family.The arrests took place on the eve of the memorial ceremony without any explanation regarding the fate or […]
Security forces of the Islamic Republic raided the home of Kamal Piranpour, a resident of Mahabad, arrested him without presenting a judicial warrant, and transferred him to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Tuesday, 7 July 2026, security agents entered the home of Kamal Piranpour, a […]
Dariush Bidaki, an 18-year-old Kurdish Kurmanj from Bojnord, remains in an undisclosed location four days after being arrested by security forces, with no information available regarding his whereabouts or condition. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, 5 July 2026, Dariush Bidaki, an 18-year-old resident of Bojnord in North Khorasan Province, was […]