HRANA has identified him as Yousef Ziayi, 44 years old, a father of two, and a resident of Urmia.
A source close to Mr. Ziayi’s family confirmed the news to HRANA, stating: “Mr. Ziayi was arrested by agents of Urmia’s Ministry of Intelligence yesterday afternoon.”
The reasons for the arrest and the charges against this citizen are not yet known.
The identities of six of them have been reported as “Hesam Mahdi, Amir Nadimi, Farideh Vaisi, Hamid Sabzeh, Amanj Ghorbani, and Farzin Movafaghi.”
According to the report, the arrest of these citizens occurred during the funeral of Esmaeil Karimi, a natural resources officer. Karimi was injured in a fire incident in the village of Kani Gisheh, Kamyaran County, on Monday, July 22, and was transferred to Kosar Hospital in Sanandaj. He passed away the previous day due to the severity of his burns, which covered eighty percent of his body.
No information is available yet about the whereabouts and charges against these detained citizens.
Among these individuals, Farideh Vaisi, Amir Nadimi, Amanj Ghorbani, and Farzin Movafaghi have previously been arrested and faced judicial actions.
His identity has been reported as “Ramin Zaleh, a resident of Naqadeh.”
The report, quoting a source, states that on Monday, July 22, security forces, without presenting a judicial warrant, entered the family home of this citizen, arrested him, and took him to an unknown location.
The reasons for the arrest and the charges against this citizen are not yet known.
His identity has been reported as “Asad Kakeh, born in 1994.”
According to this report, Mr. Kakeh was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on one of the streets in Takab without a judicial warrant.
So far, there is no information on the reasons for his arrest, his whereabouts, or the charges against him.
The individual has been identified as “Feyzollah Shadi, 47 years old, from the village of Kavaneh, and a resident of Kamyaran.”
The report states that security forces arrested this citizen at his workplace in Kamiyaran without presenting a judicial warrant and transferred him to an unknown location. His workplace has also been sealed.
No information has yet been obtained about the charges against this citizen.
According to data collected by the Department of Statistics and Publication of HRA in 2023, Kurdistan Province accounted for 8.3% of reported human rights violations, including instances of arbitrary detentions.
According to this report, the agents arrested the former political prisoner without presenting a judicial warrant and transferred him to an undisclosed location.
At the time of this writing, no information has been obtained about the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.
It is worth noting that in May 2022, Veisi was sentenced by Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Saeedi, to two years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime and cooperation with one of the political opposition parties.” Branch 4 of the Kurdistan Court of Appeals eventually sentenced him to four years of suspended imprisonment and five months in prison.
This Sanandaj resident began serving his sentence in September 2022 in the city’s prison. He was released five months later upon completing his sentence.
According to a source, Mr. Karsaz was arrested early in the morning on Wednesday, July 3rd, by security forces at his residence in Oshnavieh without a judicial warrant. On the other hand, Messrs. Rasul Pour and Oghabi were also arrested by security forces on the evening of Tuesday, July 2nd, without a judicial warrant.
As of the time of this report, no information has been obtained about the whereabouts and charges against these citizens.
Rigi, 31 years old, a native and resident of Khash, was arrested on a street in Khash by the Ministry of Intelligence’s forces.
So far, no information has been obtained regarding the reasons for his arrest or his place of detention.
According to data collected by the Department of Statistics and Publication of HRA in 2023, Sistan and Baluchestan Province accounted for 5.63% of reported human rights violations, including instances of arbitrary detentions.
Based on a ruling issued on Sunday, June 23, 2024, by the Urmia Court of Appeals, Mr. Majidi has been sentenced to three years in prison for “supporting the Israeli government”, one year for “propaganda against the regime,” and eight months for “insulting the Supreme Leader.” According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the most severe punishment for Majidi is enforceable.
Previously, on April 25, the initial sentence had been delivered to him by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court 2 of Bukan.
Mehdi Majidi was arrested by security forces on November 6, 2023, and transferred to one of Urmia’s security detention centers.
After being transferred to Bukan Prison, he was released on bail on December 28, 2023.
Based on reports received by HRANA, after appearing at this judicial institution, Faridi was arrested and transferred to the city’s prison. As of now, the charges against him remain unknown.
Ehsan Faridi is a 21-year-old student of Manufacturing Engineering at Tabriz Technical College. He was previously arrested on March 9th, 2023, and transferred to Tabriz prison. He was eventually released on bail on March 19th of the same year.
