Environmental activist Azad Haji Mirzaei re-arrested in Sanandaj

Hengaw – Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Azad Haji Mirzaei, a Kurdish environmental activist from Sanandaj (Sine), has been re-arrested by Iranian security forces and transferred to an undisclosed location.

According to information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Haji Mirzaei, an environmental activist from Baweriz village in the Sanandaj district, was detained by security forces on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

The arrest was carried out without a warrant at his workplace in Sanandaj’s Tanakora Bazaar.

Haji Mirzaei has previously been arrested and prosecuted by Iranian security and judicial authorities for his environmental and civic activities.