At least nine more detained in Kermanshah Province amid protests

Hengaw – Saturday, January 3, 2026

At least nine Kurdish individuals from Kermanshah (Kermashan) province have been detained by Iranian authorities and transferred to undisclosed locations, bringing the total number of arrests in the province to 28.

Information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights shows that Masoud Biniyaz from Eslamabad-e Gharb (Shabad) and Maziar Rostami, a 21-year-old from Kermanshah, were detained by government forces on Friday, January 3, 2026.

Ehsan Hayati was detained by government forces in the Vakil Agha neighborhood of Kermanshah on Thursday, January 2, 2026. On the same day, four residents of Harsin—Yousef Safari, 22, Peyman Hosseini, Morteza Hosseini, and Ehsan Hosseini—were also detained by government forces.

Aria Farhang, a 21-year-old from Kermanshah, was detained by government forces in the Nowbahar neighborhood of the city on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

Reza Darabi, a 34-year-old from Kermanshah, was detained by government forces on Dabir-e Azam Street in the city on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

According to data recorded by the Statistics and Documentation Center of Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at least 28 individuals have been detained by Iranian authorities over the past several days in the cities of Harsin, Kermanshah, Sarpol-e Zahab, and Eslamabad-e Gharb (Shabad).