Arrest of another man brings total Kurdish detainees to four

Hengaw: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

With the arrest of Mohammad Sohrabi, the number of Kurds arrested in Piranshahr today has risen to four. Hengaw previously reported the arrests of three other individuals: Fardin Mahmoudi, Nemat Ahmadnejad, and Morad Estewar.

According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, January 20, 2025, intelligence forces raided the workplace of Mohammad Sohrabi, a 31-year-old cabinet maker. Sohrabi, who had been previously detained during Woman, Life, Freedom movement, was arrested without an arrest warrant. He had earlier been sentenced to 16 months of imprisonment and one year of exile by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Intelligence forces also arrested Fardin Mahmoudi, a 30-year-old civil and environmental activist, during a raid on his workplace.

Following the arrests, intelligence agents searched the homes of both people, seizing personal belongings.

Earlier in the day, intelligence forces stormed the homes of Nemat Ahmadnejad, 37, and Morad Estewar, 45, violently arresting them in the presence of their families.

As of now, no details have been provided regarding the reasons for these arrests, the charges against them, or the current whereabouts and conditions of the four detainees, all of whom are married.