Three Baloch men arrested in Sistan and Baluchestan Province; Whereabouts unknown

Hengaw – Sunday, June 22, 2025

Three Baloch men — Abdolhamid Hashemzehi, Farzad Sabouri, and Na’im Koohi — have been arrested by security forces in separate incidents across Iranshahr, Sarbaz, and Rask in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Their whereabouts and conditions remain unknown.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Friday, June 20, 2025, Abdolhamid Hashemzehi, a 22-year-old resident of Iranshahr, was arrested by plainclothes agents in the city and taken to an undisclosed location.

Similarly, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, Farzad Sabouri, a 22-year-old resident of Saberabad village in Sarbaz County, was detained by Ministry of Intelligence agents in the village of Kish Kalag.

Earlier, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Na’im Koohi, a 21-year-old Sunni religious activist from the village of Jakigur in Rask County, was arrested in front of the Hazrat Amir Moawiyah Mosque by IRGC intelligence agents and also transferred to an unknown location.

The arrests were carried without presentation of arrest warrants, according to informed sources.

No legal charges have been announced, and no information has been made available regarding the reasons for the arrests.