Matin Rasouli and Hadi Khezri detained, whereabouts unknown

Hengaw – Monday, August 17, 2026

Iranian security forces have arrested Matin Rasouli and Hadi Khezri, two Kurdish men from Piranshahr and Oshnavieh (Shno), respectively. Both remain incommunicado, with no information available about their current condition.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Rasouli was arrested in Piranshahr on Sunday, August 16, 2026, and taken to an undisclosed location.

Khezri, 27, from Haq village in Oshnavieh, was detained by Intelligence Department forces on the evening of Saturday, August 15, while returning home. He was arrested on a street in the city without a warrant and transferred to a security detention facility in Urmia.

Both men have been denied access to a lawyer, family visits, and phone calls, while their families’ efforts to obtain information about them have so far been unsuccessful.

Authorities have not disclosed the reasons for their arrests, the charges against them, or Rasouli’s place of detention.