Iranian authorities detain four more Kurds in Qorveh

Hengaw – Monday, February 16, 2026

Iranian authorities have detained at least four more Kurdish men in Qorveh amid an ongoing wave of arrests targeting residents of the city.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Milad Mozafari, Ehsan Bashiri, and Mohammad Khademi were arrested on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

Mohammad Asadi, another Kurdish resident of Qorveh, was arrested at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2026. Government forces detained him at his workplace on Takhti Street, using violence during the arrest.

No precise information is available regarding the charges against them, their place of detention, or their fate.

Hengaw previously reported the arrest of six other residents of Qorveh, Majid Bagheri, Ali Bagheri, Moslem Cheraghi, Mousa Makhdoumi, Yousef Dehqani, and Anvar Alipanah.