Farideh Ketabi Miandoab, a resident of Urmia, remains in an uncertain condition six days after her arrest, and no precise information has been released regarding her place of detention or her situation. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, March 27, 2026, security forces entered the private home of Farideh Ketabi Miandoab […]
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Nasser Bakarzadeh, a prisoner held in Urmia Central Prison, has been sentenced to death for the third time by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic on charges of “spying for Israel.” According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the death sentence against Nasser Bakarzadeh was issued by Branch […]
One week after the arrest of Ashkan Kalaki, a citizen from the village of Jalqaran in the Somay Baradost region of Urmia, there is still no precise information available about his fate, and the complete lack of information about his situation continues. According to Kolbarnews, despite one week having passed […]
Bahman Rasoulian, a citizen from Oshnavieh, has been arrested in recent days by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred for interrogation to one of the security detention centers in Urmia. According to Kolbarnews, in recent days Bahman Rasoulian was arrested by security forces without the presentation […]
Ashkan Kalaki, a Kurdish citizen from the village of Jalgharan, a district of Urmia County, has been arrested by security forces, and so far no information is available regarding his fate or place of detention. According to Kolbarnews, in recent days Ashkan Kalaki, a 33-year-old Kurdish citizen from the village […]
Writer: Roman Miraki Life of Mehrab Abdullahzadeh, a Kurdish citizen from Urmia and one of detainees of “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising in Urmia during Jin Jiyan Azadi movement, is in serious danger after his death sentence was confirmed by judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran. This political prisoner is now […]
Yaqub Karim-Pour, a citizen from Miandoab who was arrested during the 12-day Iran–Israel war, was sentenced to death by Branch One of the Urmia Revolutionary Court on the charge of “corruption on earth” through “spying for Israel.” According to Kolbarnews, Yaqub Karim-Pour, a citizen adhering to the Yarsan faith and […]
Esmail Seyyed Mahmoudian, a citizen from Oshnavieh, remains in an indeterminate state in one of the security detention centers in the city of Urmia 20 days after his arrest and has been deprived of access to a lawyer, phone calls, and visits with his family. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, […]
Three citizens from one family, named Sufi Rostami, Zeynab Yousef-Pour, and Shilan Rostami, were violently arrested by security forces in the city of Urmia and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, December 18, 2025, Sufi Rostami, 60 years old and from “Bayangan” in the suburbs of […]
Masoum Ahmadi and his cousin, Jandar Ahmadi, both from the Somay-e Bradost region of Urmia, were killed in an avalanche along the Iran–Turkey border. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Tuesday, December 9, 2025, two young Kolbars from Somay-e Bradost, identified as Masoum Ahmadi and Jandar Ahmadi lost their […]