Former Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Farhadi re-arrested in Tehran

Hengaw – Monday, November 10, 2025

Hamid Farhadi, a Kurdish resident of Kermanshah (Kermashan) and former political prisoner, has been re-arrested after security forces of the Islamic Republic raided his home in Tehran and transferred him to an undisclosed location. The arrest took place approximately three months after his release from Evin Prison, where he had served a four-month sentence.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Farhadi, originally from Kermanshah and residing in Tehran, was detained by agents of the Intelligence Department on the evening of November 9, 2025, and taken to an unknown location.

Sources informed Hengaw that security forces searched his home without presenting an arrest warrant and confiscated several of his personal belongings.

Farhadi was released from Evin Prison on August 21, 2025, after completing his sentence. He had previously been sentenced to 14 months in prison and fined 30 million tomans on charges of “propaganda against the state.” Although the prison sentence was suspended, he was compelled to serve four months due to his inability to pay the fine.

He was first arrested on July 8, 2024, by security forces and released a few days later on bail.

No information has been made available regarding the reasons for his re-arrest, the charges against him, or his current condition and whereabouts.