Babak Bahrami, Kurdish activist, taken to Marivan Prison to serve sentence
Hengaw – Sunday, September 21, 2025
Babak Bahrami, a Kurdish civil activist from Marivan who was recently sentenced to prison in what has been described as a fabricated case, has been arrested to serve his sentence and transferred to Marivan Prison. The case was intended to put pressure on Jamshid Bahrami, a Kurdish filmmaker and journalist living abroad and Babak Bahrami’s brother.
According to information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Bahrami was taken into custody on Saturday, September 20, 2025, after being summoned to the Enforcement Branch of the Marivan Court to serve a 96-day prison sentence. He was subsequently transferred to the city’s prison.
Bahrami had previously been convicted in absentia by the Marivan Revolutionary Court, presided over by Ehsan Rouhi, and sentenced to 96 days of discretionary imprisonment on charges of “insulting Khamenei.”
Hengaw has learned that several influential figures connected to the authorities opened a security case against Bahrami after seizing family land and filing a lawsuit. Sabah Bahrami, Kamal Nouri, Kamel Nouri, Hassan Badroj, Baheyeh Bahrami, and Mohammad Ali Vahidi were identified as participants in fabricating the case at the Marivan court, which led to the sentence.
These individuals attempted to seize more of Bahrami’s property after selling land belonging to him. Following Bahrami’s complaints against those involved in the unauthorized sale and those who knowingly purchased the property, they converted an existing civil and criminal case in the Marivan court into a security case.
It is noteworthy that Babak Bahrami, in addition to supporting his wife, is responsible for caring for his elderly mother.
Bahrami has previously faced pressure and interrogation from judicial and security bodies over his own activism as well as the activities of his brother, Jamshid Bahrami, a Kurdish journalist and filmmaker.
