Five men arrested by government forces in Esfarayen

Hengaw – Friday, January 2, 2026

Five Kurdish men from Esfarayen County in North Khorasan, identified as Ali Qavidel, Peyman Mirzaei, Issa Shokouri, Abbas Beidi, and Arien Heidari, were arrested by government forces and transferred to undisclosed locations.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Issa Shokouri, a 24-year-old resident of Esfarayen, was arrested on Friday, January 2, 2026.

In a separate incident on Thursday evening, January 1, 2026, Ali Qavidel, Peyman Mirzaei, Abbas Beidi, 25, and Arien Heidari, 20, all from Esfarayen, were also arrested.

Following their arrests, the individuals were transferred to undisclosed locations, and no information is currently available regarding their conditions of detention or health status.