TEHRAN — Fatemeh Ziaei Azad, a 66-year-old former political prisoner and human rights activist in Tehran, was arrested on Thursday, August 7, 2025, by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. …
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TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian blogger Donya Hosseini, also known online as Donya Azad, has been held without contact with her family for 12 days following her arrest in Tehran on …
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Raquel Ataeian Arrested in Iran Over Baha’i Faith Security forces raid her home, seize belongings in Qaemshahr Iranian security forces have arrested Raquel Ataeian, a member of the Baha’i faith, …
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Two Kurdish men, Abdol Rasouli and Keyvan Soleimani, have been arrested by Iranian Intelligence Department forces without court-issued warrants, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. On June 19, …
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Mahabad, Iran – Khabat Kardani, a 36-year-old Kurdish resident of the village of Gagashi near Mahabad, was arrested by Iran’s Intelligence Department on the evening of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, …
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Mohammad Aminifar (Jokhur), a 40-year-old Kurdish man from Aliabad, Naqadeh, has been transferred to Naqadeh Central Prison to serve a 29-month sentence, following a summons from the city’s Public and …
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Behnam Momtazi, a Baha’i adherent from Qazvin, was arrested on February 17, 2025, after responding to a summons at the Sentence Enforcement Office to begin serving his two-year and one-day …
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On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, five Kurdish individuals from Javanrud were arrested by Iranian security forces and transferred to the Naft Square Detention Center in Kermanshah. The detainees, identified as …
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The arrest of two Sunni Arabs, Hossein Albou Obeid and Emad Mazraeh, has raised alarm amid ongoing crackdowns in Khuzestan Province. Both individuals were detained by Iranian security forces and …
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In a continuation of the ongoing crackdown against Kurdish and Sunni individuals in Kermanshah, at least eight people from Sarpol-e Zahab have been arrested by Iranian security forces. The detained …