Jalal Alavi, a resident of the village of Kuseh Kahriz, in the Mahabad district, was temporarily released from prison after 100 days in detention upon posting bail of 10.5 billion tomans. According to Kolbarnews, on 27 June 2026, Jalal Alavi was temporarily released after nearly three months in detention and […]
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Nine days after the arrest of Saman Zandehpil, a resident of Mahabad, his family still has no information regarding his place of detention or his condition. According to Kolbarnews on Thursday, June 18, 2026, Saman Zandehpil, a 40-year-old man and son of Hossein, was arrested by forces of the Intelligence […]
Mostafa Pirouti, a 51-year-old married citizen originally from Piranshahr and residing in Mahabad, was arrested by Intelligence Department forces in front of his home and transferred to a security detention center in Urmia. According to Kolbarnews on Thursday, June 11, 2026, Intelligence Department forces arrested Mostafa Pirouti in front of […]
Awat Rostami, a citizen from the village of “Khorkhoreh” in Mahabad, was temporarily released from Mahabad Prison after 100 days of arbitrary detention upon posting bail of 10 billion tomans. According to Kolbarnews on Saturday, June 13, 2026, Awat Rostami was transferred from a security detention center to Mahabad Prison […]
Vahab Hosseinzadeh, a citizen from Mahabad, was temporarily released from the county prison after 81 days in detention upon posting a heavy bail bond. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, June 8, 2026, Vahab Hosseinzadeh, a resident of Mahabad, was temporarily released from Mahabad Prison after 81 days in detention upon […]
June 2, 1983. On that morning, the people of Mahabad were confronted with a notice distributed throughout the city by the governor’s office. A list of names. Fifty-nine names. Fifty-nine young men and teenagers who had been executed. The same individuals who had been taken from the streets months earlier. […]
Mohammad Faraji and Raouf Sheikh-Maroofi, two Kurdish political prisoners from Bukan and among those arrested during the Jina Revolutionary Uprising, are now facing a serious risk of execution after their death sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court. According to Kolbarnews, in recent days the death sentences of Mohammad Faraji […]
Mansour Abbasi, Ahad Khayri, and Vahed Khayri, three citizens from Mahabad County, were arrested by security forces amid the continuing wave of arbitrary arrests of citizens and transferred to an undisclosed location. No information regarding their condition or whereabouts has been made available. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours […]
A citizen from Mahabad identified as Siavash Azizi Moghadam was arrested around 20 days ago by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an undisclosed location, and no information regarding his condition is currently available. According to Kolbarnews, security forces arrested this citizen from Mahabad […]
Two citizens from Mahabad, including a 17-year-old teenager, were arrested following raids by security forces on their homes in the village of “Kouseh Kahriz” and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Tuesday, May 12, 2026, security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Organization of […]