Sardar Seyedabdollahi, a 19-year-old from the village of Gazgask in Piranshahr County, has been serving his sentence at Urmia Central Prison after nine months since the beginning of his detention. According to Kolbernews, on March 31, 2025, Sardar Seyedabdollahi was arrested by the Piranshahr Intelligence Department forces. After being transferred […]
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Khaled Shir, a trader and livestock farmer from Mirabad, lost his life after being shot directly by forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the border areas of the county. According to Kolbernews, on Thursday, October 1, 2026, Khaled Shir, also known as Khaled Abdullah Haji, a married […]
Ebrahim Kolashi, a worker from the village of Balu in the Urmia region, lost his life after falling from a height while carrying out construction work. According to Kolbernews, on Monday, September 28, 2026, Ebrahim Kolashi fell from a height while performing construction work and died as a result of […]
Nima Rasoulzadeh, a citizen from Gowmishgoli village in the outskirts of Miandoab, remains in limbo in one of the security detention centers in Urmia, 57 days after his arrest. According to Kolbarnews, despite 57 days having passed since his arrest, Nima Rasoulzadeh is still being held in one of the […]
Loghman Pourmand, a 36-year-old citizen from Dizaj Margavar, Urmia, has remained in an unknown situation six months after his arrest, and his family has no information about his place of detention or condition. According to Kolbarnews, in late March 2026, Loghman Pourmand was arrested without the presentation of a judicial […]
Five citizens from Urmia, including two members of families seeking justice, were arrested over two days during raids by Intelligence Department forces on their homes and workplaces and transferred to unknown locations. According to Kolbarnews, at around 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2026, Vahid Shabani, Behdar Shabani, and Saleh […]
Farhang Dehghan, a citizen from Urmia, was arrested with the use of violence and transferred to an unknown location following raids by Intelligence Department forces on his workplace and subsequently his family home. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Farhang Dehghan, a citizen from the village of “Dizaj […]
Yousef Kolonekzadeh, a Kurdish translator and language instructor from Urmia, has remained in custody at Urmia Central Prison without a judicial determination more than four months after his arrest and has been denied access to a lawyer and visits with his family. According to Kolbarnews, despite the family’s efforts to […]
Elham Alizadeh, 30, known as “Soheila,” a resident of Mahabad, was arrested after Intelligence Ministry forces raided her family home without presenting a judicial warrant and was transferred to one of the agency’s security detention centers in Urmia for interrogation. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, September 6, 2026, Intelligence Ministry […]
Saman Qaderi, a citizen from Urmia and one of those arrested during the January protests, has been sentenced by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran to a total of fourteen years in prison. According to Kolbarnews, Saman Qaderi, 37, a political prisoner held in Greater Tehran Prison, […]