Security forces arrest three Kurdish men in Oshnavieh

Hengaw: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Three Kurdish men from Oshnavieh (Shno)—Yaser Sharifian, Rashid Faqizadeh, and Omid Ebrahimi—were arrested by local security forces in the early hours of Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the men were detained following raids on their homes, carried out without the presentation of arrest warrants. After their arrest, they were taken to undisclosed locations.

Sources close to the families report that repeated efforts to obtain information about the detainees’ conditions and whereabouts have been unsuccessful.

No official information has been immediately released regarding the reasons for their arrests or any charges brought against them.