Number of detained labor activists rises to two in Sanandaj as Idris Khodakarami arrested by Iranian intelligence

Hengaw – Monday, December 29, 2025

Idris Khodakarami, a Kurdish labor activist from Sanandaj (Sine), has been arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to the Intelligence Detention Center in the city. Hengaw had earlier reported the arrest of another Kurdish labor and civil activist, Abdullah Khani, also in Sanandaj.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Khodakarami was detained in Sanandaj on Saturday, December 27, 2025.

Earlier, Hengaw reported that 60-year-old labor and civil activist Abdullah Khani, a resident of Sanandaj, had also been arrested by the Intelligence Office and transferred to the same detention center.

No information is available regarding the reasons for their arrests, their legal status, place of detention, or health conditions.