Kurdish political asylum seeker Sirwan Aminpour arrested in Norway and at risk of deportation to Iran

Hengaw – Thursday, January 16, 2026

Sirwan Aminpour, a Kurdish political asylum seeker residing in Norway, has been arrested and transferred to the Trandum detention facility, where he now faces the risk of deportation to Iran.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Sirwan Aminpour is a 44-year-old married man and the father of one child, originally from the city of Mahabad.
As of the time of this report, Aminpour remains detained at Trandum and has not been transferred to another facility.

Aminpour left Iran in 2009 following his participation in protests during Iran’s Green Movement and subsequently applied for asylum in Norway. In addition to his political activities, he is also a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Should he be deported to Iran, his life would face a serious and immediate threat under the current circumstances.

Expressing deep concern over the possibility of Aminpour’s deportation and the risk of torture and inhuman treatment by Iran’s security apparatus, Hengaw calls on the Norwegian government to immediately halt the deportation process and to uphold international human rights conventions and principles in its treatment of asylum seekers. Hengaw has also urgs international human rights bodies—particularly organizations responsible for refugee protection—to respond swiftly and take action to prevent his forced return to Iran.