A 17-year-old teenager from Kangavar was arrested during protests in Tehran and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, January 2, 2026, Amirreza Soleimani, a 17-year-old from Kangavar, was arrested by government forces during popular protests in Tehran and transferred to an unknown location. According to the […]
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Three citizens from Kangavar; Elaheh Khazaei, Setayesh Khazaei, and Nazanin Khazaei were arrested by security forces in Shahriar, Tehran. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, January 3, 2026, three Kurdish citizens from Kangava; Setayesh Khazaei (18 years old), Nazanin Khazaei (19 years old), and Elaheh Khazaei, residents of Shahriar were arrested […]
During the nationwide protests, at least 16 citizens were arrested by security forces in the provinces of Kermanshah, Ilam, and Tehran and transferred to unknown locations. According to Kolbarnews, Iman Alimoradi, Ali Najafi, Mohammad Hasanvand, Bijan Karimian, Mohammadjavad Zarei, Akbar Darvishi, Aref Darvishi, Mohammad Havasi, Sepehr Salehi, Amir Raoufi, Ehsan […]
The protests that began in Tehran’s bazaar and continued for a fourth day on Tuesday, January 9, have entered a new phase by spreading to cities such as Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Yazd, and Mashhad. The strike at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar for the third consecutive day, the closure of shopping centers […]
The death sentence of Warisha Moradi, a prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been overturned by Iran’s Supreme Court, and her case has been referred to another branch for retrial. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Supreme Court overturned Moradi’s death sentence following a review of her […]
Hamid Farhadi, a Kurdish citizen from Kermanshah and a former political prisoner, was re-arrested in Tehran by security forces three months after his release from Evin Prison. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Sunday, November 9, 2025, agents of the Intelligence Department raided Farhadi’s home in Tehran, arrested him, […]
According to a post published by Atash Shakarami, the aunt of Nika Shakarami, on her Instagram account, her flogging sentence has been carried out. As reported by Kolbarnews, on Monday, November 10, 2025, and based on the statement shared by Atash Shakarami on her Instagram page, the sentence of flogging […]
Gzing Ghazi, a writer and Kurdish civil rights activist originally from Mahabad and residing in Tehran, has been arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, security forces arrested Gzing Ghazi in Tehran without presenting a judicial warrant and transferred […]
Writer: Roman Miraki Fuad Fathi (Sirus Fathi), a labor activist from Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, and a political prisoner imprisoned in Evin Prison, living in Tehran had previously been arrested by security forces on April 26, 2019, during a workers’ rally on the occasion of International Labor Day, […]
Nahid Khodajo, Soudabeh Fakharzadeh, and Azar Karvandi (Korvandi) Mousazadeh, political prisoners, were released from Qarchak Varamin Prison. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, Nahid Khodajo, a well-known labor activist, Soudabeh Fakharzadeh, and Azar Karvandi (Korvandi) Mousazadeh were released from Qarchak Varamin Prison. Details about their release are still […]